Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

5 Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job-programmes), by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons aged 15 to 74 years in each group. By the end of November 2008 and 2009
  November 2008 November 2009
  Participants, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Country group 11 Country group 22 Participants, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Country group 11 Country group 22
The whole country 13 128 7 808 5 320  499 4 821 21 718 13 575 8 143 1 432 6 711
                     
Østfold  915  535  380 30  350 1 400  858  542  110  432
Akershus 1 200  651  549 52  497 2 216 1 271  945  200  745
Oslo 2 424  759 1 665 87 1 578 3 781 1 256 2 525  270 2 255
Hedmark  534  427  107 19 88  787  622  165 35  130
Oppland  401  292  109 10 99  710  504  206 35  171
Buskerud  716  409  307 20  287 1 584  998  586  101  485
Vestfold  679  476  203 21  182 1 249  926  323 62  261
Telemark  480  274  206 18  188 1 074  709  365 62  303
Aust-Agder  342  209  133 16  117  578  397  181 47  134
Vest-Agder  430  284  146 14  132  692  467  225 44  181
Rogaland  705  399  306 43  263  895  534  361 65  296
Hordaland 1 179  768  411 59  352 1 865 1 258  607  135  472
Sogn og Fjordane  157  119 38 3 35  262  213 49 16 33
Møre og Romsdal  511  387  124 24  100  795  566  229 80  149
Sør-Trøndelag  813  531  282 40  242 1 333  965  368 96  272
Nord-Trøndelag  295  224 71 4 67  456  373 83 15 68
Nordland  625  471  154 18  136  967  767  200 31  169
Troms Romsa  486  394 92 13 79  606  482  124 17  107
Finnmark Finnmárku  235  199 36 8 28  327  270 57 11 46
                     
  Per cent
The whole country 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.3 2.2 0.6 0.4 2.0 0.8 2.9
                     
Østfold 0.5 0.3 1.9 0.4 2.8 0.7 0.5 2.5 1.3 3.3
Akershus 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.2 1.9 0.6 0.4 1.8 0.8 2.7
Oslo 0.5 0.2 1.5 0.3 2.2 0.8 0.4 2.2 0.7 3.0
Hedmark 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.5 2.1 0.6 0.5 1.9 0.8 2.9
Oppland 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.3 2.3 0.5 0.4 2.4 0.8 3.7
Buskerud 0.4 0.2 1.5 0.2 2.3 0.8 0.6 2.6 1.0 3.7
Vestfold 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.3 2.3 0.7 0.6 2.0 0.8 3.1
Telemark 0.4 0.2 2.1 0.5 3.2 0.9 0.6 3.5 1.5 4.8
Aust-Agder 0.4 0.3 2.2 0.5 3.8 0.7 0.5 2.7 1.4 4.0
Vest-Agder 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.3 1.8 0.6 0.4 1.8 0.9 2.3
Rogaland 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.2 1.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.6
Hordaland 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.4 2.2 0.5 0.4 1.9 0.9 2.8
Sogn og Fjordane 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.5 1.4
Møre og Romsdal 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.9 0.4 0.3 1.7 1.1 2.6
Sør-Trøndelag 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.6 2.7 0.6 0.5 2.0 1.2 2.7
Nord-Trøndelag 0.3 0.2 1.7 0.2 3.2 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.6 2.9
Nordland 0.4 0.3 1.8 0.5 2.8 0.6 0.5 2.1 0.7 3.1
Troms Romsa 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.3 2.2 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.4 2.6
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.5 1.9
1  EU/EFTA-countries, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
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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