ICT specialists in employment in Norway
ICT specialists made up 5.9% of total employment in Norway in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2011. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Norway, 2025
5.9%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
European Union, 2025
5.0%e (Estimated)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
5.4%
Position in 2025
9th of 33
ICT specialists in employment in Norway over time
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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Norway | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9% | 5.0%e (estimated) |
| 2024 | 5.5%e (estimated) | 4.9%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | 5.3% | 4.8%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 5.1% | 4.6%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 5.4%be (break in time series, estimated) | 4.5%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 5.0%e (estimated) | 4.3%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 4.6% | 4.0%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 4.5% | 3.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 4.6% | 3.7%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 4.2%e (estimated) | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 4.5%e (estimated) | 3.5%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 4.5%e (estimated) | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 4.5% | 3.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 4.4% | 3.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 4.3%b (break in time series) | 3.0%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2010 | – | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | – | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2008 | – | 3.5%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | – | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | – | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | – | 3.3%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2004 | – | 3.1%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 5.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.5%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2025, Norway has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 5.0%.
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