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 in each group. By the end of November 2009 and 2010
  November 2009 November 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 65 285 47 226 18 059 6 527 11 532 69 365 48 367 20 998 8 135 12 863
                     
Østfold 4 196 2 936 1 260  356  904 4 765 3 207 1 558  449 1 109
Akershus 6 236 4 339 1 897  778 1 119 6 475 4 246 2 229  971 1 258
Oslo 10 890 5 373 5 517 1 338 4 179 11 708 5 456 6 252 1 683 4 569
Hedmark 2 520 2 090  430  197  233 2 506 2 056  450  189  261
Oppland 2 062 1 655  407  165  242 1 909 1 481  428  169  259
Buskerud 2 971 2 073  898  344  554 3 382 2 314 1 068  413  655
Vestfold 3 406 2 658  748  280  468 3 545 2 642  903  387  516
Telemark 2 382 1 854  528  180  348 2 597 1 961  636  232  404
Aust-Agder 1 523 1 186  337  160  177 1 708 1 300  408  217  191
Vest-Agder 2 394 1 733  661  250  411 2 430 1 687  743  284  459
Rogaland 4 755 3 170 1 585  749  836 5 015 3 277 1 738  904  834
Hordaland 5 454 4 146 1 308  608  700 6 009 4 378 1 631  844  787
Sogn og Fjordane  914  726  188  108 80 1 012  768  244  143  101
Møre og Romsdal 2 737 2 184  553  296  257 2 728 2 093  635  368  267
Sør-Trøndelag 4 003 3 229  774  290  484 4 227 3 317  910  372  538
Nord-Trøndelag 1 716 1 493  223  109  114 1 578 1 304  274  154  120
Nordland 2 836 2 528  308  119  189 3 163 2 737  426  166  260
Troms Romsa 1 855 1 610  245  122  123 1 763 1 497  266  109  157
Finnmark Finnmárku 1 132  941  191 78  113 1 132  936  196 81  115
Uoppgitt 1 302 1 302 - - - 1 710 1 710 - - -
            Per cent
The whole country 1.8 1.5 4.4 3.8 4.9 1.9 1.5 4.7 4.1 5.2
                     
Østfold 2.1 1.6 5.8 4.2 6.8 2.3 1.8 6.6 4.7 7.8
Akershus 1.6 1.3 3.7 3.3 4.0 1.6 1.2 4.0 3.6 4.3
Oslo 2.4 1.6 4.9 3.6 5.5 2.5 1.6 5.2 4.0 5.8
Hedmark 1.8 1.6 4.8 4.6 5.0 1.8 1.6 4.6 3.9 5.3
Oppland 1.5 1.3 4.6 4.0 5.2 1.4 1.2 4.4 3.6 5.2
Buskerud 1.6 1.2 3.9 3.6 4.2 1.7 1.4 4.2 3.7 4.7
Vestfold 2.0 1.7 4.6 3.6 5.5 2.0 1.7 5.1 4.4 5.8
Telemark 1.9 1.6 5.0 4.3 5.5 2.1 1.7 5.5 5.0 5.9
Aust-Agder 1.9 1.6 5.1 4.8 5.3 2.1 1.8 5.5 5.9 5.2
Vest-Agder 1.9 1.6 5.1 4.9 5.3 1.9 1.5 5.3 5.0 5.6
Rogaland 1.5 1.2 4.2 3.9 4.6 1.6 1.2 4.1 4.0 4.3
Hordaland 1.6 1.3 4.0 3.9 4.1 1.7 1.4 4.4 4.5 4.3
Sogn og Fjordane 1.2 1.0 3.4 3.3 3.5 1.3 1.1 3.9 3.7 4.1
Møre og Romsdal 1.5 1.3 4.2 4.0 4.4 1.5 1.2 4.1 4.0 4.2
Sør-Trøndelag 1.9 1.6 4.3 3.6 4.8 1.9 1.7 4.6 4.1 5.0
Nord-Trøndelag 1.8 1.6 4.7 4.6 4.8 1.6 1.4 5.4 6.3 4.5
Nordland 1.6 1.5 3.2 2.9 3.5 1.8 1.7 4.0 3.5 4.4
Troms Romsa 1.6 1.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.5 1.4 3.0 2.4 3.6
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.1 1.9 4.0 3.4 4.5 2.1 1.9 3.6 3.0 4.3
Uoppgitt - - - - - - - - - -
1  Note that persons used as denominator 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  Eastern Europe outside the EU, Asia(Turkey incl.), Africa, South and Central America and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand.

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