Unemployment rate: Norway
4.637% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.637 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3.574 |
| 2022 | 3.231 |
| 2021 | 4.359 |
| 2020 | 4.424 |
| 2019 | 3.684 |
| 2018 | 3.801 |
| 2017 | 4.164 |
| 2016 | 4.68 |
| 2015 | 4.296 |
| 2014 | 3.486 |
| 2013 | 3.425 |
| 2012 | 3.129 |
| 2011 | 3.196 |
| 2010 | 3.527 |
| 2009 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 2.521 |
| 2007 | 2.493 |
| 2006 | 3.397 |
| 2005 | 4.381 |
| 2004 | 4.256 |
| 2003 | 4.221 |
| 2002 | 4.022 |
| 2001 | 3.738 |
| 2000 | 3.458 |
| 1999 | 3.247 |
| 1998 | 3.737 |
| 1997 | 4.687 |
| 1996 | 5.036 |
| 1995 | 6.307 |
| 1994 | 5.349 |
| 1993 | 5.965 |
| 1992 | 5.91 |
| 1991 | 5.407 |