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 figures and in per cent of persons aged 15 to 74 years within each group. By the end of August 2009 and 2010
  August 2009 August 2010
  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 11 790 7 152 4 638  620 4 018 10 261 5 971 4 290  732 3 558
                     
Østfold  657  416  241 29  212  527  332  195 46  149
Akershus 1 323  709  614  103  511 1 272  627  645  127  518
Oslo 2 305  703 1 602  127 1 475 1 624  513 1 111  131  980
Hedmark  477  380 97 20 77  275  197 78 10 68
Oppland  391  259  132 13  119  307  221 86 15 71
Buskerud  707  435  272 37  235  670  394  276 45  231
Vestfold  555  404  151 20  131  740  521  219 44  175
Telemark  564  340  224 27  197  334  171  163 13  150
Aust-Agder  288  210 78 15 63  266  194 72 21 51
Vest-Agder  407  282  125 23  102  200  121 79 17 62
Rogaland  579  347  232 37  195  797  482  315 42  273
Hordaland 1 026  720  306 55  251 1 368  880  488 97  391
Sogn og Fjordane  128  100 28 11 17 58 38 20 5 15
Møre og Romsdal  376  290 86 19 67  366  202  164 50  114
Sør-Trøndelag  734  543  191 34  157  493  314  179 36  143
Nord-Trøndelag  272  218 54 11 43  182  137 45 8 37
Nordland  411  303  108 22 86  360  279 81 13 68
Troms Romsa  303  250 53 8 45  182  142 40 4 36
Finnmark Finnmárku  208  164 44 9 35  180  146 34 8 26
Uoppgitt 79 79 - - - 60 60 -    
          Per cent          
The whole country 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.4 1.5
                     
Østfold 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.5 1.1
Akershus 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.8
Oslo 0.5 0.2 1.5 0.4 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.3
Hedmark 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.5 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.2 1.4
Oppland 0.3 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.5
Buskerud 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.7
Vestfold 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.3 1.6 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.5 2.0
Telemark 0.5 0.3 2.2 0.7 3.2 0.3 0.1 1.5 0.3 2.2
Aust-Agder 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.6 1.4
Vest-Agder 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.8
Rogaland 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.2 1.4
Hordaland 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.4 1.5 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.5 2.2
Sogn og Fjordane 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.6
Møre og Romsdal 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.6 1.8
Sør-Trøndelag 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.4
Nord-Trøndelag 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.5
Nordland 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.6 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.3 1.2
Troms Romsa 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.8
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.4 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 1.0
Uoppgitt - - - - - - - - - -
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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