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 February 2010 and 2011
  February 2010 February 2011
  Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants registered as residents, total Country group 12 Country group 23 Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants registered as residents, total Country group 12 Country group 23
The whole country 78 762 56 848 21 914 9 061 12 853 77 372 53 809 23 563 9 938 13 625
                     
Østfold 5 009 3 513 1 496  497  999 5 216 3 439 1 777  626 1 151
Akershus 7 180 4 805 2 375 1 084 1 291 7 037 4 493 2 544 1 157 1 387
Oslo 11 958 5 804 6 154 1 681 4 473 11 959 5 554 6 405 1 839 4 566
Hedmark 2 970 2 457  513  235  278 2 920 2 376  544  249  295
Oppland 2 434 1 991  443  191  252 2 438 1 912  526  250  276
Buskerud 3 940 2 690 1 250  519  731 3 867 2 503 1 364  568  796
Vestfold 4 059 3 080  979  465  514 4 130 3 037 1 093  540  553
Telemark 2 979 2 381  598  243  355 2 999 2 288  711  297  414
Aust-Agder 2 048 1 588  460  242  218 1 994 1 514  480  269  211
Vest-Agder 2 880 2 104  776  315  461 2 656 1 837  819  349  470
Rogaland 6 247 4 174 2 073 1 136  937 5 391 3 477 1 914  993  921
Hordaland 6 697 5 019 1 678  894  784 6 767 4 875 1 892 1 016  876
Sogn og Fjordane 1 286  999  287  174  113 1 232  929  303  187  116
Møre og Romsdal 3 346 2 682  664  399  265 3 342 2 571  771  484  287
Sør-Trøndelag 4 811 3 899  912  410  502 4 723 3 679 1 044  496  548
Nord-Trøndelag 2 181 1 890  291  161  130 1 845 1 570  275  153  122
Nordland 3 491 3 053  438  177  261 3 694 3 178  516  198  318
Troms Romsa 2 105 1 809  296  146  150 2 004 1 656  348  164  184
Finnmark Finnmárku 1 432 1 203  229 92  137 1 253 1 020  233  102  131
Uoppgitt 1 707 1 707 - - - 1 900 1 900 - - -
            Per cent
The whole country 2.2 1.8 5.2 5.0 5.4 2.1 1.7 5.1 4.8 5.4
                     
Østfold 2.5 1.9 6.7 5.7 7.3 2.5 1.9 7.2 6.4 7.8
Akershus 1.8 1.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 1.7 1.3 4.4 4.2 4.6
Oslo 2.6 1.7 5.3 4.4 5.8 2.6 1.6 5.1 4.1 5.7
Hedmark 2.1 1.9 5.6 5.4 5.8 2.0 1.8 5.4 4.9 5.8
Oppland 1.8 1.5 4.9 4.5 5.3 1.8 1.5 5.2 5.1 5.3
Buskerud 2.0 1.6 5.3 5.2 5.4 2.0 1.5 5.2 4.9 5.5
Vestfold 2.3 2.0 5.8 5.7 5.9 2.4 1.9 6.0 6.1 6.0
Telemark 2.4 2.1 5.5 5.7 5.4 2.4 2.0 6.1 6.3 6.0
Aust-Agder 2.5 2.1 6.7 7.1 6.3 2.4 2.0 6.3 7.1 5.6
Vest-Agder 2.3 1.9 5.9 6.0 5.8 2.1 1.6 5.8 6.1 5.6
Rogaland 2.0 1.5 5.3 5.6 5.0 1.7 1.2 4.4 4.2 4.6
Hordaland 1.9 1.6 4.9 5.4 4.5 1.9 1.5 5.0 5.3 4.7
Sogn og Fjordane 1.7 1.4 4.9 5.0 4.8 1.6 1.3 4.7 4.7 4.6
Møre og Romsdal 1.8 1.6 4.7 5.0 4.4 1.8 1.5 4.8 5.0 4.4
Sør-Trøndelag 2.2 2.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 2.1 1.8 5.2 5.4 5.0
Nord-Trøndelag 2.3 2.1 6.2 7.4 5.3 1.9 1.7 5.2 6.1 4.4
Nordland 2.0 1.8 4.4 4.1 4.7 2.1 1.9 4.7 4.1 5.2
Troms Romsa 1.8 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 1.7 1.5 3.9 3.6 4.1
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.6 2.4 4.6 3.8 5.3 2.3 2.0 4.2 3.7 4.7
Uoppgitt - - - - - - - - - -
1  Note that persons used as numerator 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  Country group 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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