Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

3   Registered unemployed and participants in ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes)1, 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 2003 and 2004
  The whole population First generation immigrants
  Total The Nordic countries Western Europe else Eastern Europe North America and Oceania Asia2 Africa South and Central America
Registered unemployed                  
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 4.2 4.2 7.1 3.3 8.8 9.1 7.4
Settled 4-6 years   9.4 5.2 4.5 9.3 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 10.9 7.8
                   
August 2004                  
Total 3.0 6.8 3.3 3.2 7.5 3.1 8.3 10.4 7.6
Settled 4 years and less   7.2 4.0 3.5 7.0 3.0 8.6 10.2 7.1
Settled 4-6 years   10.2 5.3 5.1 9.8 4.6 13.5 13.9 10.2
Settled 7 years and more   6.0 2.7 2.9 7.2 3.0 7.4 9.7 7.5
                   
Participants in ordinary labour market schemes1                  
August 2003                  
Total 0.3 1.4 0.3 0.3 1.7 0.4 2.0 2.5 1.5
Settled 4 years and less   2.5 0.3 0.6 3.3 0.8 3.4 3.6 2.6
Settled 4-6 years   1.9 0.3 0.4 1.9 0.9 3.0 2.8 2.2
Settled 7 years and more   0.8 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.1 1.2 1.7 1.0
                   
August 2004                  
Total 0.3 1.1 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.3 1.4 1.8 1.1
Settled 4 years and less   1.8 0.2 0.4 2.1 0.5 2.4 2.4 1.6
Settled 4-6 years   1.5 0.3 0.3 1.6 0.4 2.2 2.1 2.0
Settled 7 years and more   0.7 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.8 1.3 0.8
1  Participants with work-limiting disabilities are not included in these figures any longer.
2  Turkey is included.

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