Table

Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and sex. In absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force
	4th quarter 2015			4th quarter 2016			Change last twelve months
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	4th quarter 2015 - 4th quarter 2016
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females
¹Non-residents included.
²Turkey is included.
Absolute figures
Registered unemployed, total	79 158	48 287	30 871	78 154	47 948	30 206	-1 004	-339	-665
Non-immigrant population¹	49 579	31 182	18 397	49 459	31 555	17 904	-120	373	-493
Immigrants, total	29 579	17 105	12 474	28 695	16 393	12 302	-884	-712	-172
The Nordic countries	1 493	971	522	1 420	935	485	-73	-36	-37
Western Europe else	1 834	1 231	603	1 861	1 272	589	27	41	-14
EU countries in Eastern Europe	10 521	7 082	3 439	9 838	6 477	3 361	-683	-605	-78
Eastern Europe else	2 337	1 027	1 310	2 298	985	1 313	-39	-42	3
North-America and Oceania	220	129	91	260	158	102	40	29	11
Asia²	7 984	3 645	4 339	7 818	3 630	4 188	-166	-15	-151
Africa	4 195	2 562	1 633	4 233	2 516	1 717	38	-46	84
South- and Central-Amerika	995	458	537	967	420	547	-28	-38	10

Per cent
Registered unemployed, total	2.9	3.3	2.4	2.8	3.3	2.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
Non-immigrant population¹	2.1	2.6	1.7	2.1	2.6	1.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Immigrants, total	7.0	7.2	6.8	6.5	6.6	6.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4
The Nordic countries	3.0	3.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	2.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Western Europe else	4.0	4.3	3.5	4.0	4.3	3.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe	8.3	8.5	7.7	7.4	7.4	7.1	-0.9	-1.1	-0.6
Eastern Europe else	6.5	6.4	6.6	6.1	5.9	6.4	-0.4	-0.5	-0.2
North-America and Oceania	3.2	3.3	3.1	3.7	4.0	3.4	0.5	0.7	0.3
Asia	7.6	7.0	8.1	7.0	6.6	7.4	-0.6	-0.4	-0.7
Africa	11.3	11.5	11.1	10.4	10.2	10.6	-0.9	-1.3	-0.5
South- and Central-Amerika	7.3	7.5	7.2	7.0	6.8	7.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.1