Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

1   Registered unemployed aged 16-74 years, by region of birth and sex. Absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force. By the end of May 2004, August 2004, May 2005 and August 2005
Region of birth
Sex		 Absolute figures Per cent
August 2004 May 2005 August 2005 Changes last year May 2004 August 2004 May 2005 August 2005
Registered unemployed, total 97 863 78 320 88 058 -9 805 3.7 4.1 3.3 3.7
Of which                
First generation immigrants, total 17 596 15 083 16 618 -978 9.8 10.8 9.0 9.9
                 
The Nordic countries 1 462 1 210 1 314 -148 4.1 4.4 3.6 4.0
Western Europe else  975  842  882 -93 4.4 4.7 3.9 4.1
Eastern Europe 3 298 2 707 3 146 -152 10.2 11.6 8.9 10.1
North America and Oceania  224  186  229 5 5.3 5.6 4.5 5.6
Asia1 7 897 6 876 7 391 -506 13.1 14.3 12.2 13.1
Africa 2 920 2 521 2 866 -54 18.2 20.1 17.4 19.3
South and Central America  820  741  790 -30 10.8 11.5 10.1 10.6
                 
Males                
Registered unemployed, total 52 091 43 390 45 068 -7 023 4.0 4.1 3.4 3.6
Of which                
First generation immigrants, total 9 667 8 578 8 844 -823 10.8 11.2 9.6 9.9
                 
The Nordic countries  792  714  715 -77 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.5
Western Europe else  660  564  543 -117 5.1 5.2 4.3 4.1
Eastern Europe 1 470 1 246 1 302 -168 11.2 11.5 8.9 9.1
North America and Oceania  111 94  118 7 5.3 5.2 4.3 5.4
Asia1 4 246 3 809 3 886 -360 13.6 14.1 12.4 12.6
Africa 1 977 1 768 1 933 -44 19.9 21.3 19.1 20.6
South and Central America  411  383  347 -64 11.6 11.7 10.6 9.7
                 
Females                
Registered unemployed, total 45 772 34 930 42 990 -2 782 3.3 4.1 3.1 3.8
Of which                
First generation immigrants, total 7 929 6 505 7 774 -155 8.6 10.3 8.3 9.8
                 
The Nordic countries  670  496  599 -71 3.3 3.9 2.9 3.5
Western Europe else  315  278  339 24 3.4 3.9 3.3 4.0
Eastern Europe 1 828 1 461 1 844 16 9.4 11.7 8.8 10.9
North America and Oceania  113 92  111 -2 5.3 6.0 4.7 5.7
Asia1 3 651 3 067 3 505 -146 12.5 14.6 12.1 13.6
Africa  943  753   -10 15.0 18.0 14.4 17.1
South and Central America  409  358   34 10.0 11.2 9.6 11.5
1  Turkey is included.

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