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 November 2009 and 2010
  November 2009 November 2010 Endring i alt 2009-2010
  In total Males Females In total Males Females
Registered unemployed, total 65 285 41 361 23 924 69 365 42 620 26 745 4 080
               
Non-immigrant population1 47 226 29 935 17 291 48 367 29 742 18 625 1 141
               
Immigrants, total 18 059 11 426 6 633 20 998 12 878 8 120 2 939
The Nordic countries 1 159  776  383 1 323  872  451  164
Western Europe else 1 078  744  334 1 174  803  371 96
EU countries in Eastern Europe 4 117 3 228  889 5 479 4 166 1 313 1 362
Eastern Europe else 1 979 1 078  901 2 147 1 070 1 077  168
North America and Oceania  176  107 69  160  100 60 -16
Asia2 6 077 3 255 2 822 6 727 3 422 3 305  650
Africa 2 775 1 881  894 3 221 2 088 1 133  446
South and Central America  698  357  341  767  357  410 69
               
  Per cent
Registered unemployed, total 2.5 3.0 2.0 2.7 3.1 2.2 0.2
               
Non-immigrant population1 2.0 2.5 1.6 2.1 2.5 1.7 0.1
               
Immigrants, total 6.6 7.4 5.6 7.1 7.7 6.4 0.5
The Nordic countries 2.8 3.7 1.9 3.0 3.8 2.2 0.2
Western Europe else 3.1 3.4 2.6 3.2 3.5 2.8 0.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe 8.0 9.2 5.3 8.6 9.6 6.4 0.6
Eastern Europe else 6.9 8.1 5.8 7.3 8.0 6.7 0.4
North America and Oceania 3.1 3.4 2.8 2.8 3.1 2.4 -0.3
Asia2 7.7 7.9 7.5 8.3 8.2 8.4 0.6
Africa 12.2 13.3 10.2 13.4 14.3 12.0 1.2
South and Central America 6.7 7.3 6.2 7.3 7.4 7.2 0.6
1  Non-residents included, (2009) and (2010).
2  Turkey is included.

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