Figure 5
The line chart tracks mental disorder prevalence and unemployment from 1990 to 2020. Mental disorders remain stable at around 16 percent. Anxiety disorders are constant at 7 to 8 percent, while depressive disorders remain at 3 percent. Alcohol use disorders stay close to 2 percent. Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and drug use disorders remain around 1 percent or less. Unemployment fluctuates more, rising to over 6 percent in the early 1990s, dropping below 3 percent around 2000, rising again near 5 percent in 2010, and then declining to around 3 percent after 2015.Unemployment and Mental Health in Norway 1990–2019
Source: Original design by the authors