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Declining or stable unemployment in most counties
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Registered unemployed (terminated in Statistics Norway), 2012

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Declining or stable unemployment in most counties

Telemark and Vest-Agder were the only counties with an increase in the number of registered unemployed persons between 2011 and 2012. However, in terms of the unemployment rate, Telemark was the only county with an increase.

Unemployed persons registered at the Employment Office. Municipalities with the highest and the lowest unemployment rate, by sex. Annual average. Per cent.Published 14 February 2013
 2012
 TotalMalesFemales
Municipalities with the lowest rate of unemployment:   
1417 Vik0.70.90.6
1546 Sandøy0.70.31.3
1046 Sirdal0.80.70.8
1151 Utsira0.81.20.2
1265 Fedje0.81.20.3
1266 Masfjorden0.80.61.0
1418 Balestrand0.80.80.8
1431 Jølster0.81.10.5
1567 Rindal0.80.80.7
Municipalities with the highest rate of unemployment:   
2022 Lebesby5.36.93.5
2023 Gamvik5.35.45.2
1837 Meløy5.57.03.6
2028 Båtsfjord5.66.24.9
2002 Vardø6.27.64.5
2011 Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino6.49.13.5
1857 Værøy8.011.53.9

Source: Statistics Norway

On average, 65 682 persons were registered as unemployed in 2012. This corresponds to 2.5 per cent of the labour force, and is 0.2 percentage points less than for 2011. Østfold and Telemark had the highest registered unemployment rate, with 3.3 per cent, while Rogaland and Sogn og Fjordane, both with 1.8 per cent, had the lowest.

Broken down by gender, Telemark had the highest unemployment rate among men, with 3.7 per cent, while Sogn og Fjordane had the lowest, with 2.1 per cent. For women, the corresponding figures were Østfold with 3 per cent and Sogn og Fjordane with 1.6 per cent.

Among the municipalities, Værøy in Nordland had the highest registered unemployment rate, with 8 per cent, while Vik in Sogn og Fjordane and Sandøy in Møre og Romsdal had the lowest, both with 0.7 per cent. It is primarily the smaller municipalities that have the highest or lowest rates of unemployment. Meløy had the highest increase in the share of unemployment, from 2.8 per cent to 5.5 per cent, while Leirfjord had the greatest decline, from 4.2 to 2.4 per cent. Among the larger municipalities, Sarpsborg had the highest registered unemployment rate in 2012, with 3.9 per cent. Kongsberg had the lowest unemployment rate, with 1.3 per cent.

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1. NAV’s figures on registered unemployed persons.

2. Statistics Norway’s figures on unemployment based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS figures also include unemployed persons who are not registered with NAV, as well as those registered with NAV but who are classified as participants on labour market initiatives. Conversely, some registered unemployed persons are not classified as unemployed in the LFS. Persons on involuntary leave and age groups with long periods of unemployment, who no longer consider themselves active jobseekers.