Table 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 May 2011 and 2012

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 May 2011 and 2012
	May 2011			May 2012			Changes, total 2011-2012

	In total	Males	Females	In total	Males	Females	In total	Males	Females

Registered unemployed, total	64 659	38 321	26 338	61 449	35 375	26 074	-3 210	-2 946	-264

Non-immigrant population¹	44 445	26 361	18 084	40 991	24 045	16 946	-3 454	-2 316	-1 138

Immigrants registered as residents, total	20 214	11 960	8 254	20 458	11 330	9 128	244	-630	874
The Nordic countries	1 162	754	408	1 105	682	423	-57	-72	15
Western Europe else	1 067	723	344	1 046	663	383	-21	-60	39
EU countries in Eastern Europe	5 323	3 840	1 483	5 324	3 413	1 911	1	-427	428
Eastern Europe else	2 019	955	1 064	2 019	928	1 091	0	-27	27
North America and Oceania	151	89	62	129	76	53	-22	-13	-9
Asia²	6 760	3 329	3 431	6 786	3 216	3 570	26	-113	139
Africa	3 052	1 979	1 073	3 326	2 055	1 271	274	76	198
South and Central America	680	291	389	723	297	426	43	6	37

				Per cent				Percentage points
Registered unemployed, total	2.5	2.8	2.2	2.3	2.6	2.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1

Non-immigrant population¹	1.9	2.2	1.7	1.8	2.0	1.5	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2

Immigrants registered as residents, total	6.5	6.7	6.2	6.1	5.8	6.3	-0.4	-0.9	0.1
The Nordic countries	2.5	3.1	1.9	2.3	2.7	1.9	-0.2	-0.4	0.0
Western Europe else	2.9	3.1	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.7	-0.2	-0.4	0.2
EU countries in Eastern Europe	7.3	7.7	6.3	6.1	5.7	6.9	-1.2	-2.0	0.6
Eastern Europe else	6.6	6.9	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.3	-0.3	-0.5	-0.1
North America and Oceania	2.6	2.7	2.4	2.1	2.2	2.0	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4
Asia²	8.1	7.8	8.5	7.7	7.2	8.3	-0.4	-0.6	-0.2
Africa	12.2	12.9	11.0	12.4	12.8	11.9	0.2	-0.1	0.9
South and Central America	6.3	5.8	6.7	6.4	5.7	6.9	0.1	-0.1	0.2

¹	Non-residents included, 1 391 (2011) and 1 448 (2012).
²	Turkey is included.