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

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15 - 74 years¹ within each group. By the end of August 2011 and 2012
	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

August 2011
Total	71 344	22 137	1 270	1 125	5 133	2 302	162	7 648	3 685	812
Settled 4 years and less		6 398	428	407	3 003	329	27	1 359	685	160
Settled 4 - 6 years		4 669	147	240	1 699	380	32	1 290	729	152
Settled 7 years and more		11 070	695	478	431	1 593	103	4 999	2 271	500

August 2012
Total	68 445	22 528	1 206	1 101	5 394	2 244	156	7 688	3 933	806
Settled 4 years and less		6 270	434	337	2 846	331	41	1 262	843	176
Settled 4 - 6 years		5 140	174	295	1 960	375	20	1 389	771	156
Settled 7 years and more		11 118	598	469	588	1 538	95	5 037	2 319	474

August 2011	Per cent
In total	1.9	4.6	2.1	2.2	5.3	5.1	1.8	5.2	7.3	5.0
Settled 4 years and less		4.2	2.5	2.4	5.0	4.7	1.0	4.3	4.9	4.3
Settled 4 - 6 years		6.7	2.8	2.9	7.2	7.2	2.9	7.7	9.6	7.6
Settled 7 years and more		4.4	1.9	1.8	3.2	4.8	1.9	5.1	7.8	4.7

August2012
In total	1.8	4.3	2.0	2.0	4.6	4.7	1.6	5.0	7.0	4.7
Settled 4 years and less		3.8	2.5	2.0	4.3	4.7	1.5	3.9	5.1	4.8
Settled 4 - 6 years		5.9	2.9	2.7	5.7	7.1	1.7	7.3	9.7	6.9
Settled 7 years and more		4.1	1.6	1.7	3.5	4.4	1.7	4.9	7.3	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.