EU 7.05
· European ranking
6 / 30
Up 6 positions compared with previous year
Norway: Jobless Households
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
9.40% of people aged 0 to 64
EU 7.05 · +2.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n
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Regional map
· 2025 · 6 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+28.72
12.10
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2+21.28
11.40
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3+19.15
11.20
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4+9.57
10.30
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5-6.38
8.80
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6-24.47
7.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Norway performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Norway
In Norway, Low work intensity is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 9.4% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 2.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Norway, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 9.00% in 2020 to 9.40% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 8.00% in 2024 to 9.40% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Regional differences in Norway
In Norway, Low work intensity shows noticeable regional variation. Across 6 comparable regions, Agder og Sør-Østlandet records the highest value (12.1%) and Vestlandet the lowest (7.1%), a gap of 5 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Norway, Employment & Economic Security shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.