Norway - Unemployment Rate 2011
3.20%
−0.60pp from 2010
Norway's unemployment rate was 3.20% in 2011, decreased +0.60pp from 3.53% in 2010. This was the 32nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2011▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Niger | 0.32% | -56.0% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 0.56% | 24.4% |
| 3rd | Cambodia | 0.58% | -25.2% |
| 4th | Thailand | 0.66% | -34.0% |
| 5th | Myanmar | 0.75% | 3.3% |
| 6th | Pakistan | 0.80% | -85.7% |
| 7th | Chad | 0.92% | 1.0% |
| 8th | Lao PDR | 0.96% | 35.6% |
| 9th | Viet Nam | 1.00% | -65.3% |
| 10th | Bahrain | 1.21% | -66.4% |
| 11th | Solomon Islands | 1.29% | -20.1% |
| 12th | Mali | 1.40% | 2.0% |
| 13th | Tonga | 1.59% | 6.2% |
| 14th | Burundi | 1.60% | -0.8% |
| 15th | Togo | 1.98% | -16.7% |
| 16th | Kuwait | 2.05% | 12.7% |
| 17th | Liberia | 2.21% | -2.4% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.26% | -48.5% |
| 19th | Madagascar | 2.52% | -41.2% |
| 20th | Macao SAR, China | 2.56% | -9.4% |
| 21st | United Arab Emirates | 2.59% | -7.5% |
| 22nd | Papua New Guinea | 2.62% | 30.9% |
| 23rd | Benin | 2.65% | 154.5% |
| 24th | Moldova | 2.68% | -63.8% |
| 25th | Kenya | 2.70% | -3.4% |
| 26th | Senegal | 2.85% | 2.1% |
| 27th | Korea | 2.99% | -19.3% |
| 28th | Malaysia | 3.05% | -7.6% |
| 29th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.07% | -1.6% |
| 30th | Guatemala | 3.17% | -9.4% |
| 31st | Cuba | 3.18% | 27.2% |
| 32nd | Norway | 3.20% | -15.8% |
| 33rd | Bhutan | 3.23% | -2.1% |
| 34th | Mozambique | 3.30% | 1.1% |
| 35th | Timor-Leste | 3.39% | 2.5% |
| 36th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.42% | -22.5% |
| 37th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.43% | -42.3% |
| 38th | Ecuador | 3.46% | -31.1% |
| 39th | Tanzania | 3.47% | 14.5% |
| 40th | Peru | 3.48% | -56.0% |
| 41st | Liechtenstein | 3.49% | 1.2% |
| 42nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.52% | 2.8% |
| 43rd | Uganda | 3.52% | -2.8% |
| 44th | Philippines | 3.59% | -51.0% |
| 45th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.64% | -57.8% |
| 46th | Andorra | 3.68% | 22.5% |
| 47th | Bangladesh | 3.74% | 10.6% |
| 48th | Nigeria | 3.77% | -26.0% |
| 49th | Burkina Faso | 3.83% | 2.7% |
| 50th | Singapore | 3.89% | 78.9% |
| 51st | Oman | 3.95% | 1.0% |
| 52nd | Cameroon | 3.99% | -3.0% |
| 53rd | Turkmenistan | 4.00% | 0.1% |
| 54th | Panama | 4.03% | -38.2% |
| 55th | Sri Lanka | 4.12% | -17.6% |
| 56th | Comoros | 4.12% | -1.7% |
| 57th | Seychelles | 4.13% | -10.3% |
| 58th | Ghana | 4.21% | -21.7% |
| 59th | El Salvador | 4.30% | -39.9% |
| 60th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.32% | 5.3% |
| 61st | Sierra Leone | 4.39% | 1.1% |
| 62nd | Fiji | 4.41% | -37.9% |
| 63rd | Switzerland | 4.41% | 25.4% |
| 64th | Honduras | 4.47% | 8.6% |
| 65th | China | 4.55% | 0.4% |
| 66th | Japan | 4.55% | -10.0% |
| 67th | Austria | 4.64% | -11.0% |
| 68th | Paraguay | 4.67% | 2.2% |
| 69th | Mongolia | 4.77% | -51.8% |
| 70th | Vanuatu | 4.81% | 2.8% |
| 71st | Malawi | 4.83% | 1.0% |
| 72nd | Uzbekistan | 4.96% | -7.4% |
| 73rd | Netherlands | 4.98% | -18.2% |
| 74th | Guinea | 5.02% | 0.1% |
| 75th | Australia | 5.08% | -2.4% |
| 76th | Luxembourg | 5.12% | -11.9% |
| 77th | Indonesia | 5.15% | -27.8% |
| 78th | Mexico | 5.18% | -2.5% |
| 79th | Zimbabwe | 5.37% | -1.8% |
| 80th | Kazakhstan | 5.39% | -6.7% |
| 81st | Azerbaijan | 5.42% | -3.7% |
| 82nd | San Marino | 5.47% | 10.6% |
| 83rd | Central African Republic | 5.64% | -0.4% |
| 84th | Samoa | 5.68% | 1.0% |
| 85th | Saudi Arabia | 5.77% | 4.0% |
| 86th | Eritrea | 5.80% | -0.9% |
| 87th | Germany | 5.97% | -9.2% |
| 88th | Belarus | 6.02% | 5.0% |
| 89th | Dominican Republic | 6.09% | -6.6% |
| 90th | Uruguay | 6.31% | -10.2% |
| 91st | Malta | 6.39% | -6.6% |
| 92nd | New Zealand | 6.49% | 4.7% |
| 93rd | Brunei Darussalam | 6.51% | 0.3% |
| 94th | Russian Federation | 6.57% | -10.7% |
| 95th | Nicaragua | 6.61% | -15.5% |
| 96th | Czechia | 6.71% | -7.9% |
| 97th | Iceland | 7.03% | -15.5% |
| 98th | Tajikistan | 7.04% | 220.0% |
| 99th | Israel | 7.14% | -13.5% |
| 100th | Belgium | 7.14% | -14.8% |
| 101st | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.14% | 8.1% |
| 102nd | Romania | 7.18% | -20.5% |
| 103rd | Argentina | 7.18% | -7.4% |
| 104th | Channel Islands | 7.24% | 3.1% |
| 105th | Lebanon | 7.35% | 8.5% |
| 106th | Mauritius | 7.45% | -4.5% |
| 107th | Chile | 7.49% | -9.8% |
| 108th | Suriname | 7.54% | 4.7% |
| 109th | Brazil | 7.58% | -5.7% |
| 110th | India | 7.61% | -0.3% |
| 111th | Canada | 7.64% | -6.4% |
| 112th | Denmark | 7.77% | 28.2% |
| 113th | Finland | 7.78% | -8.5% |
| 114th | Sweden | 7.80% | -10.3% |
| 115th | Afghanistan | 7.83% | 0.3% |
| 116th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.84% | -0.1% |
| 117th | Ukraine | 7.85% | -3.0% |
| 118th | Cyprus | 7.94% | 26.6% |
| 119th | Jamaica | 8.03% | -35.1% |
| 120th | Slovenia | 8.17% | 12.6% |
| 121st | Iraq | 8.19% | -0.9% |
| 122nd | United Kingdom | 8.20% | 3.7% |
| 123rd | Italy | 8.36% | -1.7% |
| 124th | Belize | 8.42% | -54.5% |
| 125th | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.63% | 0.2% |
| 126th | Aruba | 8.90% | -16.0% |
| 127th | Morocco | 8.91% | -2.1% |
| 128th | United States | 8.95% | -6.9% |
| 129th | France | 9.23% | -0.5% |
| 130th | Costa Rica | 9.52% | 3.3% |
| 131st | Poland | 9.58% | -0.6% |
| 132nd | Türkiye | 9.79% | -11.0% |
| 133rd | European Union | 9.93% | 0.6% |
| 134th | Algeria | 9.96% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Mauritania | 9.98% | -1.2% |
| 136th | Maldives | 10.04% | -7.7% |
| 137th | Gambia, The | 10.28% | 6.2% |
| 138th | Colombia | 10.29% | -14.2% |
| 139th | Zambia | 10.55% | -20.0% |
| 140th | Nepal | 10.63% | 0.6% |
| 141st | Cabo Verde | 10.96% | 2.4% |
| 142nd | Hungary | 11.03% | 2.4% |
| 143rd | Barbados | 11.19% | 9.2% |
| 144th | Bulgaria | 11.26% | 10.3% |
| 145th | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.34% | 2.5% |
| 146th | Rwanda | 11.76% | 1.0% |
| 147th | Guyana | 11.81% | 1.5% |
| 148th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 11.85% | 28.7% |
| 149th | French Polynesia | 12.26% | 1.0% |
| 150th | Estonia | 12.33% | -26.2% |
| 151st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.49% | -7.5% |
| 152nd | South Sudan | 12.59% | 0.9% |
| 153rd | Portugal | 12.72% | 10.5% |
| 154th | Jordan | 12.90% | 3.4% |
| 155th | Guam | 13.30% | 62.2% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 13.31% | 4.2% |
| 157th | Albania | 13.48% | -3.7% |
| 158th | Slovak Republic | 13.63% | -5.4% |
| 159th | Croatia | 13.68% | -20.3% |
| 160th | New Caledonia | 13.99% | -0.1% |
| 161st | São Tomé and Principe | 14.23% | -2.7% |
| 162nd | Haiti | 14.51% | -4.8% |
| 163rd | Bahamas, The | 14.52% | -3.7% |
| 164th | Ireland | 15.35% | 5.2% |
| 165th | Lithuania | 15.39% | -13.6% |
| 166th | Puerto Rico (US) | 15.70% | -4.3% |
| 167th | Lesotho | 16.12% | 0.3% |
| 168th | Latvia | 16.21% | -16.8% |
| 169th | Angola | 16.77% | 1.1% |
| 170th | Sudan | 17.44% | 27.0% |
| 171st | West Bank and Gaza | 17.60% | -25.8% |
| 172nd | Greece | 17.97% | 41.2% |
| 173rd | Botswana | 18.05% | 1.1% |
| 174th | Tunisia | 18.33% | 40.5% |
| 175th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.76% | 0.1% |
| 176th | St. Lucia | 18.86% | 10.2% |
| 177th | Armenia | 18.88% | -0.6% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | 19.44% | 0.7% |
| 179th | Namibia | 19.48% | -11.9% |
| 180th | Libya | 19.50% | 0.9% |
| 181st | Georgia | 19.63% | -27.8% |
| 182nd | Montenegro | 19.76% | 0.6% |
| 183rd | Gabon | 19.90% | -2.4% |
| 184th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.01% | 0.4% |
| 185th | Spain | 21.39% | 7.7% |
| 186th | Serbia | 22.96% | 14.8% |
| 187th | South Africa | 24.64% | -0.9% |
| 188th | Eswatini | 26.11% | -2.8% |
| 189th | Djibouti | 26.31% | -0.2% |
| 190th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.58% | 1.4% |
| 191st | North Macedonia | 31.50% | -1.7% |
FAQ
What was Norway's unemployment rate in 2011?▾
Norway's unemployment rate in 2011 was 3.20%. This ranked 32nd globally.
How did Norway's unemployment rate change in 2011?▾
Norway's unemployment rate decreased by 15.8% in 2011 compared to 2010.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2011?▾
North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2011 at 31.50%.
What is the unemployment rate of Norway in 2011?▾
The unemployment rate of Norway in 2011 was 3.20%. This ranked 32nd globally.
How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Norway's unemployment rate?▾
Norway's unemployment rate went from 3.53% in 2010 to 3.20% in 2011, a 15.8% decrease.
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