Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years1 within each group. By the end of August 2010 and 2011
  The whole population Total Immigrants
  The Nordic countries Western Europe
else
EU countries
in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe else Northern America
and Oceania
Asia2 Africa Southern and
Central America
August 2010                    
Total 76 101 22 650 1 393 1 272 5 322 2 384  182 7 656 3 645  796
Settled 4 years and less   7 374  443  546 3 793  399 45 1 311  667  170
Settled 4 - 6 years   4 050  152  209 1 098  455 32 1 255  715  134
Settled 7 years and more   11 226  798  517  431 1 530  105 5 090 2 263  492
                     
August 2011                    
Total 71 344 22 149 1 297 1 135 5 134 2 287  166 7 633 3 689  808
Settled 4 years and less   6 393  455  417 3 004  314 31 1 341  675  156
Settled 4 - 6 years   4 672  147  240 1 699  380 32 1 291  731  152
Settled 7 years and more   11 084  695  478  431 1 593  103 5 001 2 283  500
                     
August 2010                    
In total 2.1 5.2 2.5 2.6 6.9 5.5 2.1 5.5 7.8 5.2
Settled 4 years and less   5.2 3.0 3.2 7.1 5.7 1.7 4.4 5.3 4.7
Settled 4 - 6 years   7.4 3.4 3.3 8.7 8.3 3.2 8.1 10.0 7.4
Settled 7 years and more   4.7 2.2 2.1 3.7 4.9 2.0 5.5 8.5 4.9
                     
August2011                    
In total 1.9 4.7 2.2 2.2 5.3 5.0 1.8 5.2 7.3 5.0
Settled 4 years and less   4.2 2.5 2.4 4.9 4.7 1.2 4.3 4.9 4.5
Settled 4 - 6 years   6.7 2.8 2.9 7.2 7.2 2.9 7.7 9.6 7.6
Settled 7 years and more   4.4 1.9 1.8 3.2 4.8 1.9 5.1 7.9 4.7
1  Note that persons used as numerator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
2  Turkey is included.

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