Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

5 Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job-programmes), by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of the population aged 15 to 74 years in each group. By the end of May 2010 and 2011
  May 2010 May 2011 Changes, immigrants 2010-2011
  Participants, total Non-immigrant
population		 Immigrants registered
as residents, total		 Country group 11 Country group 22 Participants, total Non-immigrant
population		 Immigrants registered
as residents, total		 Country group 11 Country group 22    
The whole country 19 537 11 865 7 672 1 407 6 265 17 996 10 594 7 402 1 508 5 894 -270  
                         
Østfold 1 317  760  557  121  436 1 176  728  448 89  359 -109  
Akershus 1 864 1 068  796  176  620 1 751  946  805  182  623 9  
Oslo 3 534 1 106 2 428  317 2 111 3 855 1 278 2 577  470 2 107  149  
Hedmark  708  536  172 37  135  646  445  201 38  163 29  
Oppland  642  462  180 34  146  476  355  121 24 97 -59  
Buskerud 1 077  660  417 62  355 1 000  602  398 79  319 -19  
Vestfold 1 237  910  327 71  256 1 043  757  286 61  225 -41  
Telemark  869  560  309 49  260  678  438  240 49  191 -69  
Aust-Agder  512  352  160 47  113  444  289  155 38  117 -5  
Vest-Agder  688  462  226 56  170  547  324  223 52  171 -3  
Rogaland  975  582  393 55  338 1 167  719  448 81  367 55  
Hordaland 1 710 1 113  597  131  466 1 439  890  549  131  418 -48  
Sogn og Fjordane  227  164 63 21 42  123 94 29 11 18 -34  
Møre og Romsdal  732  478  254 87  167  666  430  236 58  178 -18  
Sør-Trøndelag 1 163  825  338 68  270  975  666  309 72  237 -29  
Nord-Trøndelag  434  348 86 21 65  394  300 94 17 77 8  
Nordland  910  700  210 25  185  775  613  162 31  131 -48  
Troms Romsa/td>  518  423 95 18 77  351  294 57 11 46 -38  
Finnmark Finnmárku  308  246 62 11 51  310  246 64 14 50 2  
Uoppgitt  110  110 - - -  180  180 - - - -  
                         
  Per cent Percentage points
The whole country 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.8 2.6 0.5 0.3 1.6 0.7 2.3 -0.2  
                         
Østfold 0.6 0.4 2.5 1.4 3.1 0.6 0.4 1.8 0.9 2.4 -0.7  
Akershus 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.6 2.0 -0.1  
Oslo 0.8 0.3 2.1 0.8 2.7 0.8 0.4 2.0 1.0 2.6 -0.1  
Hedmark 0.5 0.4 1.9 0.8 2.8 0.5 0.3 1.9 0.7 3.1 0.0  
Oppland 0.5 0.4 2.0 0.8 3.0 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.5 1.9 -0.8  
Buskerud 0.6 0.4 1.7 0.6 2.6 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.7 2.2 -0.2  
Vestfold 0.7 0.6 1.9 0.9 2.9 0.6 0.5 1.6 0.7 2.4 -0.3  
Telemark 0.7 0.5 2.8 1.1 3.9 0.5 0.4 2.0 1.0 2.7 -0.8  
Aust-Agder 0.6 0.5 2.3 1.4 3.2 0.5 0.4 2.0 1.0 3.0 -0.3  
Vest-Agder 0.5 0.4 1.7 1.0 2.1 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.9 2.0 -0.2  
Rogaland 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.8 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.8 0.0  
Hordaland 0.5 0.3 1.7 0.8 2.6 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.7 2.2 -0.3  
Sogn og Fjordane 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.6 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.7 -0.7  
Møre og Romsdal 0.4 0.3 1.8 1.0 2.7 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.6 2.7 -0.4  
Sør-Trøndelag 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.8 2.6 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.8 2.2 -0.3  
Nord-Trøndelag 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.9 2.6 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.6 2.7 -0.1  
Nordland 0.5 0.4 2.1 0.6 3.3 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.6 2.1 -0.7  
Troms Romsa 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 1.0 -0.5  
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.4 1.9 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.5 1.7 -0.1  
Uoppgitt - - - - - - - - - - -  
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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