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Other international tables<br />

644 Persons ¡n the labour force, by sex. Per cent of all persons in each group1. 2001<br />

Total Males Females<br />

Canada 76.5 82.1 70.8<br />

United States 76.8 83.4 70.5<br />

Japan 72.6 85.0 60.1<br />

Australia 73.8 81.7 65.8<br />

New Zealand 75.9 83.4 68.5<br />

Belgium 63.6 72.7 54.5<br />

Denmark 79.2 83.3 75.0<br />

Finland 74.6 76.7 72.5<br />

France 68.0 74.3 61.8<br />

Ireland 67.5 79.0 56.0<br />

Italy 60.7 74.2 47.3<br />

Netherlands 75.7 84.2 66.9<br />

<strong>Norway</strong> 80.3 84.0 76.4<br />

Portugal 71.8 79.4 64.6<br />

Spain 65.8 79.8 51.6<br />

United Kingdom 74.9 82.2 67.6<br />

Sweden 79.3 81.4 77.1<br />

Germany 71.6 79.3 63.8<br />

The total labour force divided by the population aged 15-64 years (for <strong>Norway</strong>, Spain, United Kingdom and United States 16-64 years).<br />

Source: Employment Outlook, OECD. More information: httpiaw.oecd org/ and httpítwww.ssb.no/aku_en/<br />

645 Unemployed persons as per cent of the labour force1<br />

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002<br />

Canada 11.2 11.4 10.4 9.4 9.6 9.1 8.3 7.6 6.8 7.2 7.7<br />

United States 7.5 6.9 6.1 5.6 5.4 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.7 5.8<br />

Japan 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.4 4.1 4.] 4.7 5.0 5.4<br />

Australia 10.8 10.9 9.7 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.0 7.0 6.3 6.7 6.3<br />

NewZealand 10.3 9.5 8.2 6.3 6.1 6.7 7.5 6.8 60 5.3 5.2<br />

Belgium 7.3 8.9 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.4 9.5 8.6 6.9 6.7 7.3<br />

Denmark 8.6 96 7 7 6.8 6.3 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.3 45<br />

Finland 11.6 16.4 16.8 15.3 14.6 12.6 11.4 10.2 9.7 9.1 9.1<br />

France 10.0 11.3 11.8 11.4 11.9 11.8 11.4 10.7 9.3 8.5 8.]<br />

Ireland 15.4 15.6 14.3 12.3 11.] 99 7.5 5.6 4.3 3.9 4.4<br />

Italy 8.7 10.1 11.0 11.5 11.5 11 6 11.7 11.3 10.4 9.4 9.0<br />

Netherlands 5.3 6.2 6.8 6.6 6.0 4.9 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.]<br />

<strong>Norway</strong> 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.9<br />

Portugal 4.2 5.7 7.0 7.3 7.3 68 5.2 4.5 4.1 4.1 50<br />

Spain 14.9 18.6 19.8 18.8 18.1 17.0 15.2 12.8 11.3 10.6 11.4<br />

United Kingdom 97 9.9 9.2 8.5 8.0 6.9 6.2 5.9 5.4 5,0 5.1<br />

Sweden 5.6 9.1 9.4 8.8 9.6 9.9 8.2 67 5.6 4.9 4.9<br />

Germany 6.4 7.7 8.2 8.0 8.7 9.7 9.1 8.4 7.7 7.7 8.2<br />

Standardized unemployment rates (OECD). as per cent of the civilian labour force<br />

Source: Quarterly Labour Force Statistics, OECD More information: httpi/wssw oecd.org/ and http://ww.ssb no/aku_ers/<br />

508 Statistical <strong>Yearbook</strong> of <strong>Norway</strong> <strong>2003</strong>

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