Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

1 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and sex. In absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force. By the end of February 2009 and 2010
  February 2009 February 2010 Changes, total 2009-2010
  In total Males Females I alt[In tota]l Males Females
Registered unemployed, total 66 980 43 407 23 573 78 762 52 430 26 332 11 782
               
Non-immigrant population1 50 048 32 434 17 614 56 856 38 077 18 779 6 808
               
Immigrants registered as residents, total 16 932 10 973 5 959 21 906 14 353 7 553 4 974
The Nordic countries 1 083  711  372 1 461 1 016  445  378
Western Europe else 1 145  844  301 1 483 1 096  387  338
EU countries in Eastern Europe 3 764 3 095  669 5 944 4 848 1 096 2 180
Eastern Europe else 1 948 1 075  873 2 247 1 237 1 010  299
North America and Oceania  134 75 59  191  111 80 57
Asia2 5 591 3 000 2 591 6 632 3 508 3 124 1 041
Africa 2 676 1 852  824 3 141 2 121 1 020  465
South and Central America  591  321  270  807  416  391  216
               
Registered unemployed, total 2.6 3.2 1.9 3.0 3.8 2.2 0.4
               
Non-immigrant population1 2.1 2.7 1.6 2.5 3.2 1.7 0.4
               
Immigrants registered as residents, total 6.5 7.4 5.3 7.9 9.1 6.2 1.4
The Nordic countries 2.7 3.5 1.9 3.5 4.7 2.2 0.8
Western Europe else 3.5 4.0 2.5 4.3 5.0 3.0 0.8
EU countries in Eastern Europe 8.2 9.6 4.7 10.9 13.0 6.2 2.7
Eastern Europe else 6.9 8.1 5.8 7.7 9.3 6.4 0.8
North America and Oceania 2.4 2.5 2.4 3.4 3.5 3.2 1.0
Asia2 7.3 7.4 7.1 8.4 8.6 8.3 1.1
Africa 12.0 13.2 9.8 13.7 15.0 11.6 1.7
South and Central America 6.0 6.9 5.2 7.9 8.7 7.2 1.9
1  Non-residents included,1 252 (2009) and 1 826 (2010).
2  Turkey is included.

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