Table 3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of February 2011 and 2012. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of February 2011 and 2012. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years¹
	The whole population	Total	Immigrants

	The whole population	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	EU countries in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe else	Northern America and Oceania	Asia²	Africa	Southern and Central America

February 2011
Total	77 372	23 547	1 366	1 367	7 012	2 270	185	7 227	3 288	832
Settled 4 years and less		6 654	424	532	3 750	270	37	1 044	450	147
Settled 4 - 6 years		5 579	189	294	2 729	401	39	1 134	654	139
Settled 7 years and more		11 314	753	541	533	1 599	109	5 049	2 184	546

February 2012
Total	69 512	22 283	1 221	1 213	6 325	2 170	141	7 025	3 442	746
Settled 4 years and less		5 885	398	382	3 158	282	30	943	568	124
Settled 4 - 6 years		5 503	176	361	2 540	353	24	1 242	659	148
Settled 7 years and more		10 895	647	470	627	1 535	87	4 840	2 215	474

	Per cent
February 2011
In total	2.1	5.1	2.3	2.7	8.0	5.1	2.0	5.0	6.7	5.2
Settled 4 years and less		4.9	2.5	3.4	7.4	4.4	1.4	3.7	3.7	4.4
Settled 4 - 6 years		7.8	3.5	3.4	11.5	7.5	3.3	6.7	8.4	6.8
Settled 7 years and more		4.5	2.0	2.1	4.0	4.8	2.0	5.1	7.5	5.2

February 2012
In total	1.9	4.4	2.0	2.3	5.8	4.6	1.5	4.6	6.4	4.5
Settled 4 years and less		4.1	2.4	2.6	5.5	4.5	1.2	3.3	4.1	3.7
Settled 4 - 6 years		6.2	2.8	3.2	7.4	6.7	1.9	6.5	8.2	6.5
Settled 7 years and more		4.0	1.7	1.7	3.7	4.3	1.6	4.7	7.0	4.3

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.