EEA member
Norway
~31%
Work in exposed occupations
~900 k · estimate · 2025
4.5%
Unemployment
+0.3 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
13.6%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
3.0%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
79.5%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
29%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.71
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
2.90 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
NorwayEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Norway
- 46Not exposed
- 23Minimal
- 4Low
- 12Medium
- 10High
- 5Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+6.6%
Change 2025→2035
1.06 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
864 k
Replacement demand
+198 k
Expansion
- Information and communications technology professionals+52.4%
- Health professionals+43.2%
- Administrative and commercial managers+35.0%
- Chief executives, senior officials and legislators+29.3%
- Science and engineering professionals+26.1%
- Hospitality, retail and other services managers+22.9%
- Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals−11.1%
- Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers−15.2%
- Food preparation assistants−15.5%
- Customer services clerks−18.9%
- Health associate professionals−27.6%
- Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers−28.8%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
14%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
37%
of skills will change
global: 39%
83%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.