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Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV)

The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Directorate heads NAV, which administers labour and welfare services and a third of the national budget.

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  1. Statistics

    Oslo unemployment fell to 2.7 percent in September while advertised vacancies rose 11 percent

    • At the end of September, 11,028 people in Oslo were fully unemployed. That is 2.7 percent of people able to work, and 661 fewer than a year ago. The national rate is 2.0 percent, so Oslo still has the highest rate.
    • Another 2,030 people were on job programmes and 3,664 were partly unemployed. From August to September, unemployment fell 2.0 percent after adjusting for normal seasonal changes.
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  2. Statistics

    Gross unemployment steady at 2.6 percent in September, while engineering and IT unemployment is rising

    • The share of people who are fully unemployed or on job programmes (gross unemployment) was unchanged at 2.6 percent of the labour force, adjusted for normal seasonal swings. Nav director Hege Nilssen says the job market is still good, with low unemployment and high demand for workers.
    • There were 600 fewer fully unemployed people from August to September. The share is still 2.0 percent. More people joined programmes, so overall unemployment stayed the same.
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  3. Statistics

    Oslo's certified sick leave rate held steady at 4.8% in Q2 2026 – lowest in Norway and well below the national average of 5.7%

    • A total of 942,482 working days were lost to certified sick leave in Oslo in Q2 2026, just 1,284 more than in the same quarter of 2025.
    • Health and social services had the highest absence rate at 7.2% (243,487 lost days), accounting for 26% of all lost working days – up from 24% in 2025.
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  4. Statistics

    Norwegian sick leave rises again in first half of 2026, with mental health diagnoses approaching record levels

    • Seasonally adjusted total sick leave rose from 6.6 to 6.7 percent from Q1 to Q2 2026; GP-certified share increased from 5.6 to 5.7 percent, while self-certified remained at 1 percent.
    • More than 7.8 million working days were lost to GP-certified sick leave in Q2 2026 – over 200,000 more than in the same quarter the previous year.
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  5. News article

    Youth unemployment in Oslo fell by 280 persons year-on-year, while engineering and ICT professionals and older workers face rising joblessness

    • 11,649 persons (2.8%) in Oslo are fully unemployed as of August 2026 — the highest rate among all Norwegian counties, compared to a national average of 2.1%.
    • Overall decrease of 342 persons (–3%) compared to August 2025; additionally, 1,752 are on active labour market programmes and 3,140 are partially unemployed.
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  6. Statistics

    Norwegian unemployment stable at 2.1 percent in August 2026, with rising joblessness among over-50s and academic professionals

    • 62,800 fully unemployed in August 2026 (2.1% of labour force), seasonally adjusted unchanged from July. Total 94,400 registered jobseekers including 20,100 partially unemployed and 11,400 on labour market measures.
    • Participation in labour market measures is rising; Nav Director Hege Nilssen highlights this as an opportunity to strengthen skills and move closer to employment.
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  7. News article

    Norway now has more old-age pensioners than children receiving child benefit — a historic first

    • In June 2026, old-age pensioners (1,097,400) outnumbered children receiving child benefit (1,096,500) for the first time in Norway's history.
    • Since March 2021, the number of old-age pensioners has grown by more than 100,000, while the number of children receiving child benefit has fallen by more than 8,000.
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  8. Statistics

    22,149 Oslo residents receive work assessment allowance – sharp rise among older adults, slight decline for youth

    • AAP recipients in Oslo grew by 4.8% (1,006 persons) from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026 – Oslo ranks second after Akershus in growth among Norwegian counties.
    • 4.4% of Oslo residents aged 18–66 received AAP at end of June 2026, compared to 4.7% nationally.
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  9. News article

    Growth in Norwegian work assessment allowance (AAP) at lowest since 2020, with more recipients entering employment

    • 168,600 people received AAP at end of Q2 2026 – up 1.9% year-on-year, but down 2,800 from Q1 2026.
    • 4.7% of the population aged 18–66 receive AAP, unchanged from Q2 2025.
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  10. Report

    96,000 people aged 20-66 in Oslo outside work and education in 2025 – marked district disparities and NAV focus on youth

    • NAV data show that 96,000 people in Oslo (19.4% of the 20-66 age group) were outside work or education at the end of 2025.
    • There is a significant variation between districts, with a 14.2 percentage point gap between Stovner and Vestre Aker, and similarly large differences among young adults.
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