Labour force survey: employment, unemployment and participation, monthly
Norway's Labour Force Survey (AKU): unemployment rate (LFS), unemployment (thousands), employment (thousands) and labour force participation, seasonally adjusted, by sex and age, monthly from January 2006. Source: StatBank table 13760.
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Quality
100
Attribution
Statistics Norway
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | timestamp | Start of the observation period (SSB StatBank dimension Tid: month for monthly tables, year for annual tables). |
| series_id | string | Stable row key: the SSB StatBank dimension codes for this observation, joined by '.'. |
| series_label | string | Human-readable label: the SSB StatBank dimension value texts for this observation, joined by ' — '. |
| sex | string | SSB StatBank dimension 'sex'. Provider code values include: 0: Both sexes; 2: Females; 1: Males. |
| sex_name | string | Statistics Norway's value text for the 'sex' dimension code. |
| age | string | SSB StatBank dimension 'age'. Provider code values include: 15-74: 15-74 years; 15-24: 15-24 years; 25-74: 25-74 years. |
| age_name | string | Statistics Norway's value text for the 'age' dimension code. |
| adjustment | string | SSB StatBank dimension 'type of adjustment'. Provider code values include: T: Trend; 3MGG: Seasonal adjusted, 3-months moving average; S: Seasonally adjusted; IS: Not seasonally adjusted. |
| adjustment_name | string | Statistics Norway's value text for the 'type of adjustment' dimension code. |
| contents | string | SSB StatBank dimension 'contents'. Provider code values include: Arbeidsstyrken: Labour force (1000 persons); Sysselsatte: Total employment (1000 persons); Ukeverk: Man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours (1000); Arbeidsledige: Unemployment (LFS) (1000 persons); ArbStyrkProsBefolkn: Labour force in per cent of the population; SysselProsBefolkn: Employed persons in per cent of the population. |
| contents_name | string | Statistics Norway's value text for the 'contents' dimension code. |
| value | float | Measured value. Definition and unit depend on the series — see the 'contents' / 'contents_name' dimension, whose value texts are Statistics Norway's own (e.g. 'Consumer Price Index', '12-month rate (per cent)', 'Unemployment rate (LFS)', 'Persons'). |
Sample rows
| date | series_id | series_label | sex | sex_name | age | age_name | adjustment | adjustment_name | contents | contents_name | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-01T00:00:00 | 0.15-24.S.ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Both sexes — 15-24 years — Seasonally adjusted — Labour force in per cent of the population | 0 | Both sexes | 15-24 | 15-24 years | S | Seasonally adjusted | ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Labour force in per cent of the population | 62.4 |
| 2009-02-01T00:00:00 | 0.15-24.S.ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Both sexes — 15-24 years — Seasonally adjusted — Labour force in per cent of the population | 0 | Both sexes | 15-24 | 15-24 years | S | Seasonally adjusted | ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Labour force in per cent of the population | 62.7 |
| 2009-03-01T00:00:00 | 0.15-24.S.ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Both sexes — 15-24 years — Seasonally adjusted — Labour force in per cent of the population | 0 | Both sexes | 15-24 | 15-24 years | S | Seasonally adjusted | ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Labour force in per cent of the population | 62.6 |
| 2009-04-01T00:00:00 | 0.15-24.S.ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Both sexes — 15-24 years — Seasonally adjusted — Labour force in per cent of the population | 0 | Both sexes | 15-24 | 15-24 years | S | Seasonally adjusted | ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Labour force in per cent of the population | 62.4 |
| 2009-05-01T00:00:00 | 0.15-24.S.ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Both sexes — 15-24 years — Seasonally adjusted — Labour force in per cent of the population | 0 | Both sexes | 15-24 | 15-24 years | S | Seasonally adjusted | ArbStyrkProsBefolkn | Labour force in per cent of the population | 61.7 |
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Use with an LLM
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
cURL
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ssb/labour_force_survey" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'Python
import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ssb/labour_force_survey").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ssb/labour_force_survey
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.