Increase in full-time employed women

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The employment rate was 68,6 per cent in the third quarter of 2019. This is the highest result since 2013 for corresponding quarters.

Written by: Håvard Lien

In absolute numbers this means that 2 755 000 persons were employed, with 1 464 000 men and 1 291 000 women. The year-on-year increase was 42 000 persons. This is outside the margin of error in the Labour Force Survey.

Even if the employment rate is the highest in six years, the level is still low seen in a 30-year perspective. The average of the third quarters for the period 1990-2019 is 68,9 per cent.

Figure 1. Employment rate, persons 15-74 years, 3rd quarter

Total Men Women
1990 66.3 72.5 60.1
1991 65.9 72.0 59.8
1992 65.3 71.3 59.3
1993 65.1 70.6 59.5
1994 66.1 71.9 60.3
1995 67.3 72.8 61.8
1996 68.7 74.1 63.2
1997 70.5 75.7 65.2
1998 71.6 76.9 66.3
1999 71.4 75.9 66.8
2000 71.3 75.6 67.0
2001 71.1 75.3 66.9
2002 71.1 74.7 67.3
2003 70.0 73.1 66.8
2004 69.8 73.2 66.4
2005 69.6 72.9 66.2
2006 69.8 73.6 66.0
2007 70.9 74.3 67.5
2008 71.8 75.0 68.5
2009 70.0 72.4 67.5
2010 69.1 71.6 66.6
2011 69.4 72.1 66.5
2012 69.1 71.7 66.5
2013 68.9 71.4 66.2
2014 68.3 71.2 65.3
2015 67.8 70.5 65.1
2016 67.3 69.4 65.1
2017 67.0 69.1 64.7
2018 67.9 70.7 65.0
2019 68.6 71.4 65.6

Increase in full-time employed women 

There has been an increase in both full-time and part-time positions, but we see a difference between men and women. Most of the increase in employment among men has been in part-time positions (16 000 more persons in part-time of a total increase of 23 000 positions), whereas for women the situation is the opposite (3000 more part-time of a total of 19 000 positions). Still, however, many more women than men work part-time, but the difference has diminished somewhat over the last 12 months.

Figure 2. Change in employment levels, by sex and working time, 3rd quarter 2018-3rd quarter 2019

Men Women
Part-time 16 3
Full-time 5 14

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