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 within each group. By the end of August 2009 and 2010
  August 2009 August 2010
  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 75 924 56 071 19 853 6 592 13 261 76 101 53 457 22 644 8 207 14 437
                     
Østfold 4 955 3 495 1 460  375 1 085 4 986 3 384 1 602  468 1 134
Akershus 6 957 5 004 1 953  716 1 237 7 303 4 901 2 402  944 1 458
Oslo 12 255 6 334 5 921 1 333 4 588 12 989 6 084 6 905 1 684 5 221
Hedmark 2 814 2 321  493  170  323 2 708 2 193  515  216  299
Oppland 2 421 1 995  426  162  264 2 131 1 683  448  152  296
Buskerud 3 717 2 637 1 080  347  733 3 824 2 597 1 227  428  799
Vestfold 4 098 3 231  867  320  547 3 808 2 887  921  372  549
Telemark 2 845 2 251  594  190  404 2 783 2 154  629  223  406
Aust-Agder 1 870 1 451  419  182  237 1 867 1 392  475  237  238
Vest-Agder 2 512 1 839  673  241  432 2 642 1 866  776  276  500
Rogaland 4 936 3 391 1 545  702  843 5 142 3 413 1 729  876  853
Hordaland 6 489 5 032 1 457  623  834 6 579 4 873 1 706  830  876
Sogn og Fjordane 1 128  902  226 86  140 1 297  973  324  166  158
Møre og Romsdal 3 301 2 712  589  268  321 3 171 2 412  759  416  343
Sør-Trøndelag 5 034 4 064  970  390  580 4 555 3 612  943  370  573
Nord-Trøndelag 2 015 1 751  264  112  152 1 864 1 582  282  141  141
Nordland 3 588 3 206  382  133  249 3 643 3 168  475  181  294
Troms Romsa 2 308 2 022  286  129  157 2 064 1 766  298  124  174
Finnmark Finnmárku 1 473 1 226  247  113  134 1 350 1 124  226  103  123
Uoppgitt 1 207 1 207 - - - 1 392 1 392 - - -
                     
            Per cent        
The whole country 2.1 1.8 5.0 4.0 5.8 2.1 1.7 5.2 4.3 6.0
                     
Østfold 2.5 2.0 6.8 4.6 8.3 2.5 1.9 6.9 5.1 8.1
Akershus 1.8 1.5 3.9 3.1 4.6 1.8 1.4 4.4 3.7 5.1
Oslo 2.7 1.9 5.4 3.8 6.1 2.8 1.8 5.9 4.2 6.7
Hedmark 2.0 1.8 5.7 4.1 7.2 1.9 1.7 5.5 4.7 6.2
Oppland 1.8 1.6 5.0 4.1 5.8 1.5 1.3 4.8 3.4 6.1
Buskerud 2.0 1.6 4.8 3.7 5.6 2.0 1.5 5.0 4.0 5.8
Vestfold 2.4 2.1 5.4 4.2 6.5 2.2 1.9 5.3 4.4 6.2
Telemark 2.3 2.0 5.9 4.8 6.6 2.2 1.9 5.6 5.0 6.1
Aust-Agder 2.3 2.0 6.5 5.7 7.2 2.3 1.9 6.7 6.6 6.7
Vest-Agder 2.0 1.7 5.4 4.9 5.7 2.1 1.7 5.7 5.0 6.2
Rogaland 1.6 1.2 4.2 3.8 4.8 1.6 1.2 4.2 4.0 4.5
Hordaland 1.9 1.6 4.6 4.2 5.0 1.9 1.5 4.8 4.7 4.9
Sogn og Fjordane 1.5 1.3 4.3 2.9 6.3 1.7 1.4 5.3 4.5 6.7
Møre og Romsdal 1.8 1.6 4.7 3.9 5.7 1.7 1.4 5.1 4.8 5.6
Sør-Trøndelag 2.3 2.1 5.6 5.1 6.0 2.1 1.8 5.0 4.3 5.5
Nord-Trøndelag 2.1 1.9 5.7 4.8 6.6 1.9 1.7 5.8 6.1 5.6
Nordland 2.1 2.0 4.1 3.3 4.7 2.1 1.9 4.6 4.0 5.1
Troms Romsa 2.0 1.9 3.6 3.3 3.9 1.8 1.6 3.5 2.8 4.1
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.7 2.5 5.4 5.2 5.5 2.5 2.3 4.4 4.0 4.7
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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