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 November 2010 and 2011
  November 2010 November 2011 Endring i alt 2010-2011
  In total Males Females In total Males Females In total Males Females
Registered unemployed, total 69 365 42 620 26 745 61 595 35 611 25 984 -7 770 -7 009 -761
                   
Non-immigrant population1 48 355 29 736 18 619 41 897 24 660 17 237 -6 458 -5 076 -1 382
                   
Immigrants, total 21 010 12 884 8 126 19 698 10 951 8 747 -1 312 -1 933  621
The Nordic countries 1 280  842  438 1 124  691  433 -156 -151 -5
Western Europe else 1 152  789  363 1 089  683  406 -63 -106 43
EU countries in Eastern Europe 5 479 4 168 1 311 4 761 3 095 1 666 -718 -1 073  355
Eastern Europe else 2 161 1 075 1 086 2 057  949 1 108 -104 -126 22
North America and Oceania  161  100 61  137 83 54 -24 -17 -7
Asia2 6 753 3 436 3 317 6 593 3 135 3 458 -160 -301  141
Africa 3 251 2 112 1 139 3 228 2 014 1 214 -23 -98 75
South and Central America  773  362  411  709  301  408 -64 -61 -3
                   
        Per cent Percentage points
Registered unemployed, total 2.7 3.1 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1
                   
Non-immigrant population1 2.1 2.5 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.6 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1
                   
Immigrants, total 7.1 7.7 6.3 6.1 5.9 6.3 -1.0 -1.8 0.0
The Nordic countries 2.9 3.7 2.1 2.4 2.8 2.0 -0.5 -0.9 -0.1
Western Europe else 3.2 3.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 -0.4 -0.6 0.2
EU countries in Eastern Europe 8.5 9.5 6.2 5.9 5.6 6.6 -2.6 -3.9 0.4
Eastern Europe else 7.2 7.9 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.6 -0.6 -1.2 -0.1
North America and Oceania 2.8 3.1 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.1 -0.5 -0.6 -0.3
Asia2 8.3 8.2 8.4 7.8 7.2 8.3 -0.5 -1.0 -0.1
Africa 13.4 14.3 12.0 12.5 12.8 11.9 -0.9 -1.5 -0.1
South and Central America 7.2 7.3 7.2 6.5 6.0 6.9 -0.7 -1.3 -0.3
1  Non-residents included, 1 464 (2010) and 1 392 (2011).
2  Turkey is included.

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