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 February 2010 and 2011
  February 2010 February 2011 Changes, 2010-2011
  In total Males Females I alt[In tota]l Males Females Total Males Females
Registered unemployed, total 78 762 52 430 26 332 77 372 48 773 28 599 -1 390 -3 657 2 267
                   
Non-immigrant population1 56 848 38 071 18 777 53 809 34 056 19 753 -3 039 -4 015  976
                   
Immigrants registered as residents, total 21 914 14 359 7 555 23 563 14 717 8 846 1 649  358 1 291
The Nordic countries 1 446 1 006  440 1 372  923  449 -74 -83 9
Western Europe else 1 480 1 095  385 1 370  990  380 -110 -105 -5
EU countries in Eastern Europe 5 945 4 849 1 096 7 014 5 385 1 629 1 069  536  533
Eastern Europe else 2 249 1 238 1 011 2 267 1 144 1 123 18 -94  112
North America and Oceania  191  111 80  185  113 72 -6 2 -8
Asia2 6 645 3 516 3 129 7 225 3 632 3 593  580  116  464
Africa 3 148 2 128 1 020 3 301 2 149 1 152  153 21  132
South and Central America  810  416  394  829  381  448 19 -35 54
                   
                   
Registered unemployed, total 3.0 3.8 2.2 3.0 3.5 2.3 0.0 -0.3 0.1
                   
Non-immigrant population1 2.5 3.2 1.7 2.3 2.8 1.8 -0.2 -0.4 0.1
                   
Immigrants registered as residents, total 7.8 9.0 6.2 7.7 8.4 6.7 -0.1 -0.6 0.5
The Nordic countries 3.4 4.6 2.2 3.0 3.8 2.1 -0.4 -0.8 -0.1
Western Europe else 4.2 4.9 3.0 3.7 4.2 2.8 -0.5 -0.7 -0.2
EU countries in Eastern Europe 10.7 12.9 6.1 10.2 11.5 7.4 -0.5 -1.4 1.3
Eastern Europe else 7.7 9.3 6.4 7.5 8.3 6.8 -0.2 -1.0 0.4
North America and Oceania 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.5 2.8 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
Asia2 8.4 8.6 8.2 8.8 8.6 9.0 0.4 0.0 0.8
Africa 13.7 14.9 11.6 13.4 14.3 12.0 -0.3 -0.6 0.4
South and Central America 7.8 8.7 7.1 7.8 7.7 7.8 0.0 -1.0 0.7
1  Non-residents included, 1 826 (2010) and 1 932 (2011).
2  Turkey is included.

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