Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

4 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons aged 15 to 74 years1 in each group. By the end of November 2008 and 2009
  November 2008 November 2009
  Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Country group 12 Country group 23 Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Country group 12 Country group 23
The whole country 45 180 33 514 11 666 3 106 8 560 67 425 48 884 18 541 6 645 11 896
                     
Østfold 2 801 1 977  824  160  664 4 349 3 055 1 294  366  928
Akershus 3 681 2 544 1 137  337  800 6 416 4 482 1 934  793 1 141
Oslo 7 262 3 527 3 735  691 3 044 11 413 5 648 5 765 1 375 4 390
Hedmark 1 862 1 588  274 86  188 2 681 2 236  445  201  244
Oppland 1 509 1 252  257 69  188 2 157 1 733  424  169  255
Buskerud 2 266 1 621  645  149  496 3 073 2 157  916  350  566
Vestfold 2 507 1 987  520  170  350 3 550 2 775  775  291  484
Telemark 1 848 1 473  375 96  279 2 401 1 872  529  180  349
Aust-Agder 1 247  991  256  120  136 1 570 1 226  344  162  182
Vest-Agder 1 535 1 135  400  118  282 2 489 1 808  681  256  425
Rogaland 2 498 1 772  726  213  513 4 811 3 219 1 592  754  838
Hordaland 3 886 3 042  844  304  540 5 597 4 265 1 332  615  717
Sogn og Fjordane  643  538  105 42 63  949  757  192  110 82
Møre og Romsdal 1 807 1 559  248 97  151 2 839 2 275  564  299  265
Sør-Trøndelag 3 086 2 542  544  192  352 4 091 3 307  784  293  491
Nord-Trøndelag 1 440 1 290  150 42  108 1 759 1 534  225  110  115
Nordland 2 515 2 243  272 76  196 2 883 2 576  307  119  188
Troms Romsa 1 655 1 471  184 81  103 1 934 1 687  247  124  123
Finnmark Finnmárku 1 130  961  169 62  107 1 158  968  190 78  112
                     
  Per cent
The whole country 1.3 1.1 3.1 2.0 3.9 1.9 1.5 4.6 3.8 5.1
                     
Østfold 1.4 1.1 4.1 2.1 5.4 2.2 1.7 5.9 4.3 7.0
Akershus 1.0 0.8 2.4 1.5 3.1 1.6 1.3 3.8 3.3 4.1
Oslo 1.6 1.1 3.5 2.0 4.2 2.5 1.7 5.1 3.7 5.8
Hedmark 1.3 1.2 3.4 2.2 4.4 1.9 1.7 5.0 4.7 5.4
Oppland 1.1 1.0 3.2 1.9 4.4 1.6 1.4 4.9 4.1 5.6
Buskerud 1.2 1.0 3.0 1.7 4.0 1.6 1.3 4.0 3.6 4.3
Vestfold 1.5 1.3 3.4 2.4 4.4 2.1 1.8 4.8 3.7 5.8
Telemark 1.5 1.3 3.9 2.5 4.8 1.9 1.6 5.1 4.3 5.5
Aust-Agder 1.6 1.4 4.2 4.0 4.4 2.0 1.7 5.2 4.9 5.5
Vest-Agder 1.3 1.0 3.3 2.5 3.9 2.0 1.6 5.3 5.0 5.5
Rogaland 0.8 0.7 2.1 1.2 3.1 1.5 1.2 4.3 3.9 4.6
Hordaland 1.1 1.0 2.9 2.2 3.4 1.6 1.3 4.1 3.9 4.2
Sogn og Fjordane 0.8 0.8 2.2 1.6 3.0 1.2 1.1 3.5 3.4 3.6
Møre og Romsdal 1.0 0.9 2.2 1.6 2.8 1.6 1.3 4.3 4.0 4.6
Sør-Trøndelag 1.5 1.3 3.4 2.7 3.9 1.9 1.7 4.4 3.7 4.9
Nord-Trøndelag 1.5 1.4 3.5 1.9 5.1 1.8 1.7 4.8 4.6 4.9
Nordland 1.5 1.4 3.2 2.1 4.0 1.7 1.6 3.2 2.9 3.5
Troms Romsa 1.4 1.4 2.5 2.1 2.9 1.7 1.6 3.0 3.1 3.0
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.1 1.9 3.9 3.0 4.8 2.1 2.0 4.0 3.4 4.6
1  Note that persons used as denominator 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  Eastern Europe outside the EU, Asia (Turkey incl.), Africa, South and Central America and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand.

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