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 February 2011 and 2012
  February 2011 February 2012 Changes, 2011-2012
  In total Males Females I alt[In tota]l Males Females Total Males Females
Registered unemployed, total 77 372 48 773 28 599 69 512 41 903 27 609 -7 860 -6 870 -990
                  0
Non-immigrant population1 53 825 34 068 19 757 47 229 28 934 18 295 -6 596 -5 134 -1 462
                  0
Immigrants registered as residents, total 23 547 14 705 8 842 22 283 12 969 9 314 -1 264 -1 736  472
The Nordic countries 1 366  917  449 1 221  779  442 -145 -138 -7
Western Europe else 1 367  987  380 1 213  798  415 -154 -189 35
EU countries in Eastern Europe 7 012 5 383 1 629 6 325 4 387 1 938 -687 -996  309
Eastern Europe else 2 270 1 147 1 123 2 170 1 023 1 147 -100 -124 24
North America and Oceania  185  114 71  141 95 46 -44 -19 -25
Asia2 7 227 3 634 3 593 7 025 3 443 3 582 -202 -191 -11
Africa 3 288 2 140 1 148 3 442 2 124 1 318  154 -16  170
South and Central America  832  383  449  746  320  426 -86 -63 -23
                   
  Per cent Percentage points
Registered unemployed, total 3.0 3.5 2.3 2.6 3.0 2.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.1
                   
Non-immigrant population1 2.3 2.8 1.8 2.1 2.4 1.7 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1
                   
Immigrants registered as residents, total 7.7 8.4 6.7 6.7 6.9 6.6 -1.0 -1.5 -0.1
The Nordic countries 2.9 3.7 2.0 2.6 3.1 2.0 -0.3 -0.6 0.0
Western Europe else 3.7 4.2 2.8 3.2 3.3 2.9 -0.5 -0.9 0.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe 10.2 11.5 7.3 7.6 7.6 7.4 -2.6 -3.9 0.1
Eastern Europe else 7.5 8.3 6.8 6.9 7.2 6.6 -0.6 -1.1 -0.2
North America and Oceania 3.2 3.5 2.8 2.3 2.8 1.7 -0.9 -0.7 -1.1
Asia2 8.8 8.6 9.0 8.1 7.9 8.4 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6
Africa 13.4 14.2 12.0 13.2 13.5 12.6 -0.2 -0.7 0.6
South and Central America 7.7 7.7 7.8 6.7 6.3 7.1 -1.0 -1.4 -0.7
1  Non-residents included, 1 932 (2011) and 1 736 (2012).
2  Turkey is included.

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