Unemployment among immigrants

1   Registered unemployed aged 16 - 74 years by region of birth and sex . In absolute numbers and per cent of the labour force. By the end of November 2001, February 2002, November 2002 and February 2003
Region of birth. Sex February 2002 November 2002 February 2003 Changes last year November 2001 February 2002 November 2002 February 2003
            Prosent
Registered unemployed in total 71 923 77 706 92 503 20 580 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.9
                 
Of which                
First generation immigrants in total 11 670 13 114 15 201 3 531 7.2 7.9 8.6 9.8
                 
The Nordic countries 1 027 1 243 1 554  527 2.9 3.1 3.7 4.6
Western Europe else  755  860  980  225 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.8
Eastern Europe 2 344 2 455 2 878  534 8.9 9.7 9.7 11.1
Northern America and Oceania  187  179  222 35 3.9 4.6 4.4 5.4
Asia1 5 074 5 760 6 511 1 437 9.8 10.6 11.5 12.8
Africa 1 751 2 006 2 334  583 13.5 14.5 15.8 17.8
Southern and Central America  532  611  722  190 7.5 8.3 9.1 10.7
                 
                 
MALES                
Registered unemployed in total 42 199 45 407 55 440 13 241 2.9 3.3 3.6 4.4
                 
Of which                
First generation immigrants in total 7 036 7 902 9 222 2 186 7.9 8.7 9.6 11.0
                 
The Nordic countries  605  737  997  392 3.5 3.8 4.6 6.1
Western Europe else  514  602  700  186 3.6 4.2 4.9 5.6
Eastern Europe 1 211 1 249 1 499  288 9.3 10.5 10.5 12.4
Northern America and Oceania  107  102  123 16 4.4 5.0 4.7 5.7
Asia1 3 004 3 419 3 832  828 10.0 10.9 12.0 13.3
Africa 1 319 1 454 1 661  342 15.3 16.6 17.6 19.6
Southern and Central America  276  339  410  134 8.4 8.3 10.0 12.1
                 
                 
FEMALES                
Registered unemployed in total 29 724 32 299 37 063 7 339 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.3
                 
Of which                
First generation immigrants in total 4 634 5 212 5 979 1 345 6.4 6.8 7.4 8.4
                 
The Nordic countries  422  506  557  135 2.3 2.4 2.9 3.2
Western Europe else  241  258  280 39 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5
Eastern Europe 1 133 1 206 1 379  246 8.6 8.9 8.9 10.0
Northern America and Oceania 80 77 99 19 3.3 4.2 4.1 5.1
Asia1 2 070 2 341 2 679  609 9.6 10.1 10.7 12.0
Africa  432  552  673  241 9.9 10.5 12.4 14.5
Southern and Central America  256  272  312 56 6.6 8.2 8.2 9.3
1  Turkey included.

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