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 within each group. By the end of August 2009 and 2010
  August 2009 August 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 75 924 24 970 50 954 2.9 4.4 2.5 76 101 25 618 50 483 2.9 4.5 2.5
                         
Non-immigrant population 55 387 19 206 36 181 2.4 3.9 2.0 52 576 19 052 33 524 2.3 3.9 1.9
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  684  511  173 4.7 4.8 4.3  881  673  208 5.6 6.0 4.6
Country group 11 97 35 62 3.1 3.4 3.0 84 30 54 2.7 2.9 2.5
Country group 22  587  476  111 5.1 5.0 5.7  797  643  154 6.4 6.3 6.5
                         
Immigrants, total 19 853 5 253 14 600 7.4 8.2 7.1 22 644 5 893 16 751 7.9 8.8 7.6
Country group 11 6 592 1 382 5 210 5.2 5.2 5.1 8 207 1 700 6 507 5.7 5.6 5.8
Country group 22 13 261 3 871 9 390 9.4 10.3 9.1 14 437 4 193 10 244 10.0 11.4 9.5
                         
Males, total 45 221 15 613 29 608 3.3 5.2 2.8 44 560 15 264 29 296 3.3 5.2 2.7
                         
Non-immigrant population 32 874 12 218 20 656 2.7 4.7 2.2 30 849 11 602 19 247 2.6 4.6 2.0
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  398  313 85 5.1 5.6 3.8  496  394  102 6.0 6.8 4.2
Country group 11 53 23 30 3.1 4.1 2.7 42 19 23 2.5 3.4 2.0
Country group 22  345  290 55 5.7 5.8 5.1  454  375 79 7.0 7.2 6.1
                         
Immigrants, total 11 949 3 082 8 867 7.8 8.8 7.5 13 215 3 268 9 947 8.1 9.0 7.9
Country group 11 4 742  885 3 857 6.0 5.8 6.1 5 754 1 000 4 754 6.5 5.8 6.6
Country group 22 7 207 2 197 5 010 9.8 11.2 9.3 7 461 2 268 5 193 10.1 11.9 9.4
                         
Females, total 30 703 9 357 21 346 2.5 3.4 2.2 31 541 10 354 21 187 2.6 3.8 2.2
                         
Non-immigrant population 22 513 6 988 15 525 2.0 2.9 1.8 21 727 7 450 14 277 2.0 3.2 1.7
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  286  198 88 4.1 3.9 4.8  385  279  106 5.2 5.2 5.1
Country group 11 44 12 32 3.1 2.6 3.3 42 11 31 2.9 2.3 3.1
Country group 22  242  186 56 4.4 4.0 6.5  343  268 75 5.7 5.5 7.0
                         
Immigrants, total 7 904 2 171 5 733 6.8 7.5 6.5 9 429 2 625 6 804 7.5 8.6 7.2
Country group 11 1 850  497 1 353 3.7 4.4 3.5 2 453  700 1 753 4.5 5.4 4.2
Country group 22 6 054 1 674 4 380 9.0 9.4 8.9 6 976 1 925 5 051 10.0 10.9 9.6
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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