Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): Norway
The latest reading SOTW holds for Norway is 82.84% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.PRIME.RT.Q · NOR
Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.
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- Latest
- 82.84
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 83.19
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 85.18
- % of population in subgroup · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 106
- Every reading SOTW holds
Norway · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 82.84 |
| 2026-Q1 | 83.19 |
| 2025-Q4 | 83.05 |
| 2025-Q3 | 83.25 |
| 2025-Q2 | 83.30 |
| 2025-Q1 | 83.50 |
| 2024-Q4 | 83.79 |
| 2024-Q3 | 83.77 |
| 2024-Q2 | 83.70 |
| 2024-Q1 | 83.49 |
| 2023-Q4 | 83.89 |
| 2023-Q3 | 84.28 |
| 2023-Q2 | 84.14 |
| 2023-Q1 | 83.67 |
| 2022-Q4 | 84.06 |
| 2022-Q3 | 84.52 |
| 2022-Q2 | 84.66 |
| 2022-Q1 | 84.66 |
| 2021-Q4 | 84.31 |
| 2021-Q3 | 84.13 |
| 2021-Q2 | 83.20 |
| 2021-Q1 | 82.47 |
| 2020-Q4 | 83.34 |
| 2020-Q3 | 82.82 |
| 2020-Q2 | 82.75 |
| 2020-Q1 | 84.34 |
| 2019-Q4 | 83.59 |
| 2019-Q3 | 84.38 |
| 2019-Q2 | 84.13 |
| 2019-Q1 | 84.12 |
| 2018-Q4 | 84.09 |
| 2018-Q3 | 83.89 |
| 2018-Q2 | 83.83 |
| 2018-Q1 | 83.55 |
| 2017-Q4 | 82.90 |
| 2017-Q3 | 82.78 |
| 2017-Q2 | 83.19 |
| 2017-Q1 | 82.89 |
| 2016-Q4 | 82.74 |
| 2016-Q3 | 82.78 |
| 2016-Q2 | 83.08 |
| 2016-Q1 | 83.30 |
| 2015-Q4 | 83.08 |
| 2015-Q3 | 82.93 |
| 2015-Q2 | 83.38 |
| 2015-Q1 | 83.45 |
| 2014-Q4 | 83.55 |
| 2014-Q3 | 84.00 |
| 2014-Q2 | 84.48 |
| 2014-Q1 | 83.93 |
| 2013-Q4 | 84.61 |
| 2013-Q3 | 84.62 |
| 2013-Q2 | 84.09 |
| 2013-Q1 | 84.29 |
| 2012-Q4 | 84.62 |
| 2012-Q3 | 84.76 |
| 2012-Q2 | 84.83 |
| 2012-Q1 | 84.98 |
| 2011-Q4 | 84.99 |
| 2011-Q3 | 84.93 |
| 2011-Q2 | 85.02 |
| 2011-Q1 | 85.08 |
| 2010-Q4 | 84.84 |
| 2010-Q3 | 84.80 |
| 2010-Q2 | 84.94 |
| 2010-Q1 | 85.14 |
| 2009-Q4 | 85.21 |
| 2009-Q3 | 85.34 |
| 2009-Q2 | 86.17 |
| 2009-Q1 | 86.72 |
| 2008-Q4 | 86.73 |
| 2008-Q3 | 87.13 |
| 2008-Q2 | 86.77 |
| 2008-Q1 | 86.39 |
| 2007-Q4 | 86.50 |
| 2007-Q3 | 85.73 |
| 2007-Q2 | 85.42 |
| 2007-Q1 | 85.33 |
| 2006-Q4 | 84.83 |
| 2006-Q3 | 84.38 |
| 2006-Q2 | 84.18 |
| 2006-Q1 | 84.13 |
| 2005-Q4 | 83.66 |
| 2005-Q3 | 83.27 |
| 2005-Q2 | 82.90 |
| 2005-Q1 | 83.14 |
| 2004-Q4 | 83.19 |
| 2004-Q3 | 83.41 |
| 2004-Q2 | 83.10 |
| 2004-Q1 | 82.81 |
| 2003-Q4 | 82.76 |
| 2003-Q3 | 83.16 |
| 2003-Q2 | 83.04 |
| 2003-Q1 | 83.16 |
| 2002-Q4 | 83.91 |
| 2002-Q3 | 84.65 |
| 2002-Q2 | 85.12 |
| 2002-Q1 | 84.88 |
| 2001-Q4 | 85.10 |
| 2001-Q3 | 85.17 |
| 2001-Q2 | 85.19 |
| 2001-Q1 | 85.13 |
| 2000-Q4 | 85.20 |
| 2000-Q3 | 85.45 |
| 2000-Q2 | 85.50 |
| 2000-Q1 | 85.18 |
Source: OECD. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.