Table 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 May 2010 and 2011

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 May 2010 and 2011
	May 2010			May 2011			Changes, total 2010-2011

	In total	Males	Females	In total	Males	Females	In total	Males	Females

Registered unemployed, total	70 594	45 098	25 496	64 659	38 321	26 338	-5 935	-6 777	842

Non-immigrant population¹	49 939	31 976	17 963	44 436	26 355	18 081	-5 503	-5 621	118

Immigrants registered as residents, total	20 655	13 122	7 533	20 223	11 966	8 257	-432	-1 156	724
The Nordic countries	1 358	918	440	1 179	765	414	-179	-153	-26
Western Europe else	1 245	858	387	1 074	729	345	-171	-129	-42
EU countries in Eastern Europe	5 359	4 196	1 163	5 322	3 841	1 481	-37	-355	318
Eastern Europe else	2 115	1 120	995	2 011	947	1 064	-104	-173	69
North America and Oceania	155	97	58	153	90	63	-2	-7	5
Asia²	6 536	3 436	3 100	6 756	3 328	3 428	220	-108	328
Africa	3 157	2 126	1 031	3 052	1 978	1 074	-105	-148	43
South and Central America	730	371	359	676	288	388	-54	-83	29

				Per cent				Percentage points
Registered unemployed, total	2.7	3.3	2.1	2.5	2.8	2.2	-0.2	-0.5	0.1

Non-immigrant population¹	2.2	2.7	1.6	1.9	2.2	1.7	-0.3	-0.5	0.1

Immigrants registered as residents, total	7.2	8.1	6.1	6.5	6.8	6.2	-0.7	-1.3	0.1
The Nordic countries	3.2	4.1	2.1	2.5	3.1	1.9	-0.7	-1.0	-0.2
Western Europe else	3.5	3.8	2.9	2.9	3.1	2.5	-0.6	-0.7	-0.4
EU countries in Eastern Europe	9.2	10.6	6.2	7.4	7.8	6.4	-1.8	-2.8	0.2
Eastern Europe else	7.2	8.4	6.3	6.6	6.9	6.4	-0.6	-1.5	0.1
North America and Oceania	2.7	3.0	2.3	2.6	2.7	2.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.2
Asia²	8.2	8.3	8.1	8.2	7.9	8.6	0.0	-0.4	0.5
Africa	13.5	14.7	11.5	12.4	13.1	11.2	-1.1	-1.6	-0.3
South and Central America	7.0	7.6	6.4	6.3	5.8	6.7	-0.7	-1.8	0.3

¹	Non-residents included, 1 587 (2010) and 1 391 (2011).
²	Turkey is included.