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 within each group. By the end of August 2011 and 2012
  August 2011 August 2012 Changes 2011-2012
  In total Males Females In total Males Females In total Males Females
Registered unemployed, total 71 344 39 007 32 337 68 445 36 183 32 262 -2 899 -2 824 -75
                   
Non-immigrant population1 49 207 27 105 22 102 45 917 24 611 21 306 -3 290 -2 494 -796
                   
Immigrants registered as residents, total 22 137 11 902 10 235 22 528 11 572 10 956  391 -330  721
The Nordic countries 1 270  751  519 1 206  708  498 -64 -43 -21
Western Europe else 1 125  713  412 1 101  686  415 -24 -27 3
EU countries in Eastern Europe 5 133 3 290 1 843 5 394 3 171 2 223  261 -119  380
Eastern Europe else 2 302  993 1 309 2 244  941 1 303 -58 -52 -6
North America and Oceania  162 93 69  156 80 76 -6 -13 7
Asia2 7 648 3 505 4 143 7 688 3 336 4 352 40 -169  209
Africa 3 685 2 241 1 444 3 933 2 342 1 591  248  101  147
South and Central America  812  316  496  806  308  498 -6 -8 2
                   
  Per cent Percentage points
Registered unemployed, total 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 -0.1 -0.2 0.0
                   
Non-immigrant population1 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.9 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1
                   
Immigrants registered as residents, total 7.0 6.6 7.5 6.6 5.9 7.5 -0.4 -0.7 0.0
The Nordic countries 2.8 3.1 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1
Western Europe else 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe 6.7 6.3 7.6 6.0 5.1 7.9 -0.7 -1.2 0.3
Eastern Europe else 7.5 7.1 7.8 7.0 6.5 7.5 -0.5 -0.6 -0.3
North America and Oceania 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.9 -0.2 -0.5 0.2
Asia2 9.0 8.1 10.0 8.7 7.5 9.9 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1
Africa 14.3 14.3 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.2
South and Central America 7.3 6.2 8.3 7.1 6.0 8.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2
1  Non-residents included, 1 330 (2011) and 1 410 (2012).
2  Turkey is included.

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