Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

4 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. By the end of February 2008 and 2009. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15 to 74 years1 in each group
  February 2008 February 2009
  Registered
unemployed, total		 Non-immigrant
population		 Immigrants registered
as residents, total		 Country group 12 Country group 23 Registered
unemployed, total		 Non-immigrant
population		 Immigrants
registered
as residents, total		 Country group 12 Country group 23
The whole country 41 993 31 951 10 042 2 002 8 040 67 446 50 389 17 057 6 144 10 913
                     
Østfold 2 611 1 853  758  108  650 4 344 3 109 1 235  381  854
Akershus 3 213 2 352  861  188  673 5 376 3 790 1 586  650  936
Oslo 6 617 3 305 3 312  512 2 800 9 654 4 650 5 004 1 203 3 801
Hedmark 1 737 1 459  278 65  213 2 804 2 380  424  173  251
Oppland 1 245 1 049  196 32  164 2 429 2 024  405  176  229
Buskerud 2 027 1 476  551 87  464 3 290 2 355  935  312  623
Vestfold 2 048 1 624  424  103  321 3 630 2 875  755  306  449
Telemark 1 710 1 365  345 60  285 2 939 2 366  573  187  386
Aust-Agder  923  757  166 40  126 1 670 1 345  325  156  169
Vest-Agder 1 293  981  312 71  241 2 375 1 740  635  257  378
Rogaland 2 313 1 749  564  135  429 3 865 2 654 1 211  524  687
Hordaland 3 809 3 117  692  168  524 5 817 4 445 1 372  648  724
Sogn og Fjordane  613  519 94 31 63 1 071  897  174 73  101
Møre og Romsdal 1 757 1 500  257 81  176 2 834 2 346  488  255  233
Sør-Trøndelag 3 176 2 700  476 99  377 4 627 3 817  810  369  441
Nord-Trøndelag 1 427 1 293  134 51 83 2 207 1 939  268  132  136
Nordland 2 753 2 426  327 72  255 3 567 3 192  375  128  247
Troms Romsa 1 473 1 323  150 41  109 2 310 2 034  276  143  133
Finnmark Finnmárku 1 248 1 103  145 58 87 1 466 1 262  204 71  133
Uoppgitt - - - - - 1 171 1 169 2 - 2
                     
  Per cent
The whole country 1.2 1.0 2.9 1.4 3.9 1.9 1.6 4.4 3.8 4.9
                     
Østfold 1.4 1.1 4.1 1.5 5.6 2.2 1.7 6.0 4.8 6.7
Akershus 0.9 0.7 1.9 0.9 2.8 1.4 1.1 3.3 2.9 3.6
Oslo 1.5 1.0 3.3 1.7 4.0 2.2 1.4 4.6 3.4 5.1
Hedmark 1.3 1.1 3.6 1.9 5.2 2.0 1.8 5.1 4.3 5.8
Oppland 0.9 0.8 2.7 1.0 4.0 1.8 1.6 4.9 4.6 5.2
Buskerud 1.1 0.9 2.8 1.1 4.0 1.7 1.4 4.3 3.5 4.9
Vestfold 1.2 1.1 3.1 1.6 4.3 2.1 1.9 4.9 4.2 5.5
Telemark 1.4 1.2 3.8 1.7 5.1 2.4 2.1 5.8 4.8 6.4
Aust-Agder 1.2 1.1 3.0 1.6 4.3 2.1 1.8 5.2 5.1 5.3
Vest-Agder 1.1 0.9 2.9 1.8 3.5 1.9 1.6 5.2 5.4 5.1
Rogaland 0.8 0.7 1.8 0.9 2.8 1.2 1.0 3.5 2.9 4.0
Hordaland 1.1 1.0 2.6 1.4 3.5 1.7 1.4 4.5 4.6 4.5
Sogn og Fjordane 0.8 0.7 2.2 1.4 3.1 1.4 1.2 3.6 2.7 4.7
Møre og Romsdal 1.0 0.9 2.6 1.7 3.4 1.6 1.4 4.1 4.0 4.2
Sør-Trøndelag 1.5 1.4 3.2 1.5 4.4 2.2 1.9 4.9 5.1 4.7
Nord-Trøndelag 1.5 1.5 3.3 2.5 4.1 2.3 2.1 6.0 5.9 6.1
Nordland 1.6 1.5 4.2 2.2 5.5 2.1 1.9 4.2 3.4 4.9
Troms Romsa 1.3 1.2 2.2 1.2 3.2 2.0 1.9 3.6 3.7 3.5
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.4 2.3 3.6 3.1 4.1 2.7 2.5 4.6 3.3 5.7
Uoppgitt - - - - - - - - - -
1  Note that persons used as numerator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
2  Country group 1 :EU/EFTA-countries, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
3  Country group 2: Eastern Europe outside the EU, Asia (Turkey incl.), Africa, South and Central America and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand.

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