Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

5 Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job-programmes), by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of the population aged 15 to 74 years in each group. By the end of May 2011 and 2012
  May 2011 May 2012 Changes, immigrants 2011-2012
  Participants, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants registered as residents, total Country group 11 Country group 22 Participants, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants registered as residents, total Country group 11 Country group 22
The whole country 17 996 10 599 7 397 1 507 5 890 19 389 11 036 8 353 1 836 6 517  956
                       
Østfold 1 176  728  448 89  359 1 625  908  717  202  515  269
Akershus 1 751  947  804  182  622 2 101 1 027 1 074  253  821  270
Oslo 3 855 1 281 2 574  470 2 104 3 439 1 104 2 335  441 1 894 -239
Hedmark  646  445  201 38  163  864  622  242 52  190 41
Oppland  476  355  121 24 97  663  480  183 37  146 62
Buskerud 1 000  603  397 79  318  884  513  371 79  292 -26
Vestfold 1 043  757  286 61  225  941  637  304 94  210 18
Telemark  678  438  240 49  191  831  477  354 51  303  114
Aust-Agder  444  289  155 38  117  547  355  192 69  123 37
Vest-Agder  547  324  223 52  171  611  366  245 62  183 22
Rogaland 1 167  719  448 81  367 1 162  663  499 64  435 51
Hordaland 1 439  890  549  131  418 1 612  994  618  134  484 69
Sogn og Fjordane  123 94 29 11 18  223  148 75 21 54 46
Møre og Romsdal  666  430  236 57  179  845  531  314  120  194 78
Sør-Trøndelag  975  666  309 72  237 1 020  672  348 77  271 39
Nord-Trøndelag  394  300 94 17 77  262  186 76 17 59 -18
Nordland  775  613  162 31  131  912  658  254 31  223 92
Troms Romsa  351  294 57 11 46  387  291 96 21 75 39
Finnmark Finnmárku  310  246 64 14 50  249  195 54 11 43 -10
Unknown  180  180 -      211  209 2 -2   -
                       
          Per cent Percentage points
The whole country 0.5 0.3 1.6 0.7 2.3 0.5 0.3 1.6 0.8 2.4 0.0
                       
Østfold 0.6 0.4 1.8 0.9 2.4 0.8 0.5 2.6 1.8 3.3 0.8
Akershus 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.6 2.0 0.5 0.3 1.6 0.8 2.5 0.2
Oslo 0.8 0.4 2.0 1.1 2.6 0.7 0.3 1.8 0.9 2.2 -0.2
Hedmark 0.5 0.3 1.9 0.7 3.1 0.6 0.5 2.1 0.9 3.4 0.2
Oppland 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.5 1.9 0.5 0.4 1.6 0.6 2.6 0.4
Buskerud 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.6 1.9 -0.2
Vestfold 0.6 0.5 1.6 0.7 2.4 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.9 2.1 -0.1
Telemark 0.5 0.4 2.0 1.0 2.7 0.6 0.4 2.8 1.0 4.0 0.8
Aust-Agder 0.5 0.4 2.0 1.0 3.0 0.7 0.5 2.3 1.6 3.0 0.3
Vest-Agder 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.9 2.0 0.5 0.3 1.6 1.0 2.0 0.1
Rogaland 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.8 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.2 2.0 0.0
Hordaland 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.6 2.4 0.1
Sogn og Fjordane 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.5 2.0 0.6
Møre og Romsdal 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.6 2.7 0.4 0.3 1.7 1.0 2.7 0.3
Sør-Trøndelag 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.8 2.2 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.7 2.3 0.0
Nord-Trøndelag 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.6 2.7 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.9 -0.5
Nordland 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.6 2.1 0.5 0.4 2.0 0.5 3.2 0.6
Troms Romsa 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.4 1.5 0.3
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.5 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.3 1.4 -0.3
Unknown - - - - - - - - - - -
1  EU/EFTA-countries, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
2  Eastern Europe outside the EU, Asia (Turkey incl.), Africa, South and Central America and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand.

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