Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6 Registered unemployed, by sex, immigrant background, region of birth and age. Absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force. By the end of February 2009 and 2010
  February 2009 February 2010
  Total 15- 29 years 30 years and more Total 15- 29 years 30 years and more Total 15- 29 years 30 years and more Total 15- 29 years 30 years and more
  Absolute figures Per cent Absolute figures Per cent
Total 66 980 21 951 45 029 2.6 4.1 2.2 78 762 25 622 53 140 3.0 4.9 2.6
                         
Non-immigrant population 49 491 17 368 32 123 2.1 3.7 1.7 56 106 19 751 36 355 2.4 4.4 2.0
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  557  403  154 4.0 4.1 3.8  750  556  194 5.1 5.5 4.2
Country group 11 80 32 48 2.6 3.4 2.3 94 34 60 3.0 3.5 2.7
Country group 22  477  371  106 4.4 4.2 5.5  656  522  134 5.7 5.7 5.6
                         
Immigrants registered as residents, total 16 932 4 180 12 752 6.5 7.2 6.3 21 906 5 315 16 591 7.9 8.8 7.6
Country group 11 6 127 1 250 4 877 4.9 5.3 4.9 9 080 1 768 7 312 6.6 6.6 6.6
Country group 22 10 805 2 930 7 875 7.9 8.5 7.7 12 826 3 547 9 279 9.1 10.6 8.6
                         
Males total 43 407 14 970 28 437 3.2 5.3 2.6 52 430 17 474 34 956 3.8 6.4 3.2
                         
Non-immigrant population 32 093 12 051 20 042 2.6 4.9 2.1 37 617 13 793 23 824 3.1 5.9 2.5
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  341  260 81 4.6 5.0 3.6  460  358  102 5.9 6.7 4.1
Country group 11 52 22 30 3.1 4.3 2.6 53 23 30 3.1 4.3 2.6
Country group 22  289  238 51 5.0 5.1 4.7  407  335 72 6.6 7.0 5.4
                         
Immigrants registered as residents, total 10 973 2 659 8 314 7.4 8.3 7.1 14 353 3 323 11 030 9.1 10.2 8.8
Country group 11 4 726  875 3 851 6.2 6.4 6.1 7 072 1 212 5 860 8.4 8.1 8.4
Country group 22 6 247 1 784 4 463 8.6 9.7 8.3 7 281 2 111 5 170 10.0 12.0 9.3
                         
Females total 23 573 6 981 16 592 1.9 2.8 1.7 26 332 8 148 18 184 2.2 3.3 1.9
                         
Non-immigrant population 17 398 5 317 12 081 1.6 2.4 1.4 18 489 5 958 12 531 1.7 2.8 1.4
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  216  143 73 3.4 3.1 4.0  290  198 92 4.2 4.1 4.4
Country group 11 28 10 18 2.0 2.4 1.8 41 11 30 2.8 2.5 2.9
Country group 22  188  133 55 3.7 3.2 6.4  249  187 62 4.6 4.3 5.8
                         
Immigrants registered as residents, total 5 959 1 521 4 438 5.3 5.8 5.1 7 553 1 992 5 561 6.2 7.2 6.0
Country group 11 1 401  375 1 026 2.9 3.7 2.7 2 008  556 1 452 3.8 4.7 3.5
Country group 22 4 558 1 146 3 412 7.0 7.1 7.0 5 545 1 436 4 109 8.2 9.0 7.9
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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