Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment in Norway
Norway: Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment was 2,746 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment in Norway, 1956–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Norway recorded 2,746 Persons for number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment in 2025. That is the highest value across all 69 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment in Norway peaked at 2,746 Persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,015 Persons, in 1958.
That places Norway 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 69 years of available data.
Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment in Norway, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 1,018 Persons | — |
| 1957 | 1,025 Persons | +0.7% |
| 1958 | 1,015 Persons | -1.0% |
| 1959 | 1,021 Persons | +0.6% |
| 1960 | 1,037 Persons | +1.6% |
| 1961 | 1,058 Persons | +2.0% |
| 1962 | 1,071 Persons | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 1,076 Persons | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 1,091 Persons | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 1,106 Persons | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 1,119 Persons | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 1,140 Persons | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 1,152 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 1,171 Persons | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 1,203 Persons | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 1,354 Persons | +12.6% |
| 1973 | 1,369 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 1,391 Persons | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 1,442 Persons | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 1,514 Persons | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 1,557 Persons | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 1,585 Persons | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 1,610 Persons | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 1,620 Persons | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 1,645 Persons | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1,649 Persons | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 1,658 Persons | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 1,682 Persons | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 1,742 Persons | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1,794 Persons | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 1,848 Persons | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 1,832 Persons | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 1,778 Persons | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 1,766 Persons | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 1,760 Persons | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 1,761 Persons | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,766 Persons | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1,802 Persons | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,851 Persons | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 1,920 Persons | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 2,016 Persons | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 2,058 Persons | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 2,079 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 2,085 Persons | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 2,096 Persons | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 2,108 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 2,087 Persons | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 2,096 Persons | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 2,110 Persons | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 2,152 Persons | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 2,239 Persons | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 2,318 Persons | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 2,297 Persons | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 2,308 Persons | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 2,357 Persons | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,406 Persons | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 2,419 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 2,436 Persons | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,455 Persons | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,454 Persons | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,471 Persons | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,512 Persons | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 2,540 Persons | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,536 Persons | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,644 Persons | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 2,715 Persons | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 2,745 Persons | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,745 Persons | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,746 Persons | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,020 Persons | 1,015 Persons | 1,025 Persons | 4 |
| 1960s | 1,102 Persons | 1,037 Persons | 1,171 Persons | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,447 Persons | 1,203 Persons | 1,610 Persons | 9 |
| 1980s | 1,725 Persons | 1,620 Persons | 1,848 Persons | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,878 Persons | 1,760 Persons | 2,079 Persons | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,159 Persons | 2,085 Persons | 2,318 Persons | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,436 Persons | 2,308 Persons | 2,540 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,689 Persons | 2,536 Persons | 2,746 Persons | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment in Norway?
- Number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment in Norway was 2,746 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 2,746 Persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,015 Persons in 1958.
- How does Norway rank for number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment?
- Norway ranks 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The dataflow "Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow shows the number of employees broken down by economic activities (ISIC Rev. 4). Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes. Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 2 are also available from 1970 to 2014 Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 3 are available from 1983 to 2023. Data for Canada are currently only available in ISIC Rev. 3