Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

3   Registered unemployed and participants in ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes), by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. In per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years. By the end of August 2002 and 2003
  Unemployed, total First generation immigrants
  Total The Nordic countries Western Europe else Eastern Europe North America and Oceania Asia1 Africa South and Central America
Registered unemployed                  
                   
August 2002                  
                   
Total 2.6     5.9 2.8 2.7     6.8   2.6        7.3       9.5 6.6
                   
Settled 4 years and less   6.0 3.1 2.5 6.7 2.7 7.5 8.7 6.1
Settled 4-6 years   7.2 3.6 3.5 7.6 3.1 9.9 11.6 7.8
Settled 7 years and more   5.5 2.5 2.7 6.7 2.5 6.8 9.5 6.6
                   
August 2003                  
                   
Total 3.1 7.0 3.6 3.7 7.7 3.6 8.4 10.8 8.0
                   
Settled 4 years and less   7.2 4.3 4.1 7.2 3.4 8.8 9.2 7.2
Settled 4-6 years   9.4 5.3 4.5 9.4 5.9 12.2 14.1 11.4
Settled 7 years and more   6.4 3.0 3.4 7.6 3.3 7.6 11.0 7.7
                   
Participants in ordinary labour market schemes                  
                   
August 2002                  
                   
Total 0.2 0.9 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.3 1.5 0.9
                   
Settled 4 years and less   1.7 0.2 0.3 1.8 0.2 2.5 2.2 2.5
Settled 4-6 years   1.1 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.1 1.9 2.0 0.8
Settled 7 years and more   0.5 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.5
                   
August 2003                  
                   
Total 0.5 1.6 0.4 0.4 1.8 0.5 2.2 2.7 1.7
                   
Settled 4 years and less   2.6 0.3 0.6 3.3 0.9 3.6 3.7 2.8
Settled 4-6 years   2.0 0.4 0.5 2.0 0.9 3.2 3.0 2.3
Settled 7 years and more   1.0 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.3 1.4 2.0 1.2
1  Turkey included.

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