Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6 Registered unemployed by sex, immigrant background, region of birth and age. Absolute numbers and in per cent of the labour force in each group. By the end of November 2009 and 2010
  November 2009 November 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
  Absolutte tall Per cent Absolutte tall Per cent
Total 65 285 22 118 43 167      2,5 3,9 2,1      69 365 23 424 45 941       2,7 4,2 2,3
                         
Non-immigrant population 46 538 16 674 29 864 2.0 3.4 1.6 47 583 17 286 30 297 2.1 3.6 1.7
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  688  527  161 4.7 5.0 4.0  784  594  190 5.0 5.3 4.2
Country group 11 86 33 53 2.7 3.2 2.5 60 24 36 1.9 2.3 1.7
Country group 22  602  494  108 5.3 5.2 5.6  724  570  154 5.8 5.6 6.5
                         
Immigrants total 18 059 4 917 13 142 6.6 7.4 6.4 20 998 5 544 15 454 7.1 7.8 6.9
Country group 11 6 527 1 431 5 096 4.9 5.0 4.9 8 135 1 790 6 345 5.4 5.4 5.5
Country group 22 11 532 3 486 8 046 8.2 9.3 7.8 12 863 3 754 9 109 8.9 10.1 8.5
                         
Males total 41 361 14 400 26 961 3.0 4.8 2.5 42 620 14 460 28 160 3.1 4.9 2.6
                         
Non-immigrant population 29 511 11 104 18 407 2.4 4.3 1.9 29 275 10 911 18 364 2.5 4.4 2.0
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  424  343 81 5.5 6.2 3.6  467  365  102 5.6 6.2 4.2
Country group 11 46 20 26 2.7 3.6 2.3 37 18 19 2.2 3.3 1.7
Country group 22  378  323 55 6.2 6.5 5.1  430  347 83 6.5 6.5 6.4
                         
Immigrants total 11 426 2 953 8 473 7.4 8.2 7.1 12 878 3 184 9 694 7.7 8.3 7.6
Country group 11 4 853  919 3 934 6.0 5.5 6.1 5 941 1 104 4 837 6.4 5.8 6.6
Country group 22 6 573 2 034 4 539 9.0 10.3 8.4 6 937 2 080 4 857 9.3 10.7 8.8
                         
Females total 23 924 7 718 16 206 2.0 2.9 1.7 26 745 8 964 17 781 2.2 3.4 1.9
                         
Non-immigrant population 17 027 5 570 11 457 1.6 2.4 1.3 18 308 6 375 11 933 1.7 2.8 1.4
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  264  184 80 3.9 3.7 4.4  317  229 88 4.3 4.3 4.2
Country group 11 40 13 27 2.8 2.8 2.8 23 6 17 1.6 1.3 1.7
Country group 22  224  171 53 4.2 3.8 6.2  294  223 71 4.9 4.6 6.6
                         
Immigrants total 6 633 1 964 4 669 5.6 6.5 5.3 8 120 2 360 5 760 6.4 7.3 6.0
Country group 11 1 674  512 1 162 3.2 4.1 3.0 2 194  686 1 508 3.8 4.8 3.5
Country group 22 4 959 1 452 3 507 7.4 8.1 7.1 5 926 1 674 4 252 8.4 9.4 8.1
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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