Norway unemployment rate history: choose a year or date to look up past values. Preview the observations and download your selection.
- History starts
- January 2006
- History ends
- August 2026
- Frequency
- Monthly observations
- Unit
- Percent
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12 observations · January 2020 to December 2020
| Date or period | Value · Percent | Source |
|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | 4.1% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| February 2020 | 3.6% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| March 2020 | 3.6% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| April 2020 | 4.0% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| May 2020 | 5.0% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| June 2020 | 5.3% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| July 2020 | 5.7% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| August 2020 | 5.3% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| September 2020 | 5.4% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| October 2020 | 5.4% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| November 2020 | 5.1% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
| December 2020 | 4.5% | Statistics Norway (SSB) |
Norway unemployment rate history by year
Full history →| Year | Average | High | Low | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | 4.7% | 5.3%March 2026 | 3.8%July 2026 | ▲ +0.1 |
| 2025 | 4.5% | 5.8%June 2025 | 3.7%January 2025 | ▲ +0.2 |
| 2024 | 4.0% | 4.5%January 2024 | 3.5%February 2024 | ▼ −0.6 |
| 2023 | 3.6% | 3.9%February 2023 | 3.2%May 2023 | ▼ −0.2 |
| 2022 | 3.2% | 3.9%May 2022 | 2.6%April 2022 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 4.5% | 5.6%May 2021 | 3.0%December 2021 | ▼ −2.1 |
| 2020 | 4.7% | 5.7%July 2020 | 3.6%February 2020 | ▲ +0.4 |
| 2019 | 3.9% | 4.3%February 2019 | 3.2%April 2019 | ▼ −0.2 |
| 2018 | 4.0% | 4.5%June 2018 | 3.4%December 2018 | ▼ −0.6 |
| 2017 | 4.4% | 5.0%March 2017 | 3.8%October 2017 | ▲ +0.1 |
| 2016 | 4.9% | 5.6%February 2016 | 4.0%December 2016 | ▼ −1.0 |
| 2015 | 4.7% | 5.2%July 2015 | 4.2%August 2015 | ▲ +0.6 |
| 2014 | 3.8% | 4.3%September 2014 | 3.2%February 2014 | ▼ −0.5 |
| 2013 | 3.9% | 4.2%March 2013 | 3.4%October 2013 | ▲ +0.3 |
| 2012 | 3.5% | 3.9%January 2012 | 3.1%March 2012 | ▼ −0.5 |
| 2011 | 3.6% | 4.0%June 2011 | 3.1%December 2011 | ▼ −0.2 |
| 2010 | 4.0% | 4.7%March 2010 | 3.3%November 2010 | ▼ −0.2 |
| 2009 | 3.5% | 4.0%June 2009 | 3.0%December 2009 | ▼ −0.2 |
| 2008 | 2.9% | 3.5%June 2008 | 2.6%February 2008 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | 2.7% | 3.0%January 2007 | 1.9%December 2007 | ▼ −1.1 |
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| Year | Average | High | Low | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3.6% | 4.4%June 2006 | 2.3%December 2006 | ▼ −1.9 |
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