Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6   Registered unemployed by sex, immigrant background, region of birth and age. Absolute numbers and in per cent of the labour force. By the end of November 2004 and 2005
Immigrant background Region of birth November 2004 November 2005
Absolute figures Per cent Absolute figures Per cent
Total 16- 29 years 30 years and more Total 16- 29 years 30 years and more Total 16- 29 years 30 years and more Total 16- 29 years 30 years and more
Total 83 616 27 852 55 764 3.5 5.5 3.0 72 342 23 732 48 610 3.0 4.8 2.6
                         
Non-immigrants 67 709 22 981 44 728 3.1 5.0 2.6 57 557 19 304 38 253 2.6 4.3 2.2
                         
Descendants2  584  497 87 7.1 8.2 4.0  511  431 80 5.7 6.6 3.3
Western-countries2 87 38 49 4.2 5.8 3.5 69 29 40 3.3 4.6 2.8
Non-western countries3  497  459 38 8.1 8.5 5.1  442  402 40 6.5 6.9 4.2
                         
First generation immigrants 15 323 4 374 10 949 9.4 11.5 8.7 14 274 3 997 10 277 8.4 10.5 7.8
Western-countries2 2 518  435 2 083 4.3 5.0 4.2 2 041  308 1 733 3.5 3.8 3.4
Non-western countries3 12 805 3 939 8 866 12.2 13.4 11.7 12 233 3 689 8 544 11.0 12.3 10.5
                         
Males 47 393 16 637 30 756 3.8 6.2 3.1 39 099 13 562 25 537 3.1 5.2 2.6
                         
Non-immigrants 38 268 13 906 24 362 3.3 5.7 2.6 31 040 11 169 19 871 2.7 4.7 2.1
                         
Descendants  322  279 43 7.3 8.6 3.7  263  230 33 5.5 6.6 2.5
Western-countries2 48 21 27 4.3 5.9 3.6 29 14 15 2.6 4.0 1.9
Non-western countries3  274  258 16 8.3 9.0 3.9  234  216 18 6.4 6.9 3.5
                         
First generation immigrants 8 803 2 452 6 351 9.9 12.5 9.2 7 796 2 163 5 633 8.4 10.9 7.7
Western-countries2 1 530  219 1 311 4.8 5.2 4.8 1 170  151 1 019 3.6 3.7 3.6
Non-western countries3 7 273 2 233 5 040 12.7 14.5 12.1 6 626 2 012 4 614 11.0 12.8 10.3
                         
Females 36 223 11 215 25 008 3.2 4.7 2.8 33 243 10 170 23 073 3.0 4.4 2.6
                         
Non-immigrants 29 441 9 075 20 366 2.8 4.2 2.5 26 517 8 135 18 382 2.6 3.9 2.2
                         
Descendants  262  218 44 6.9 7.8 4.4  248  201 47 6.0 6.7 4.3
Western-countries2 39 17 22 4.1 5.8 3.3 40 15 25 4.2 5.3 3.7
Non-western countries3  223  201 22 7.8 8.0 6.5  208  186 22 6.6 6.8 5.1
                         
First generation immigrants 6 520 1 922 4 598 8.7 10.5 8.1 6 478 1 834 4 644 8.3 10.0 7.8
Western-countries2  988  216  772 3.7 4.9 3.5  871  157  714 3.3 3.8 3.2
Non-western countries3 5 532 1 706 3 826 11.5 12.2 11.2 5 607 1 677 3 930 11.0 11.8 10.6
1  Norwegian born to foreign born parents.
2  Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
3  Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey, Africa and South and Central America.

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