Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

10   Employees by economic sector and immigrant-background. Q4 2003 and 2004
  Total1 State sector Private sector Municipal and county sector
  Per cent
2003, total  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00
         
Non-immigrants 93.31 93.87 93.04 93.96
Immigrants, total2        
Thereof 6.69 6.12 6.96 6.04
Western countries 2.56 3.12 2.62 2.02
Non-western countries 4.13 3.00 4.34 4.02
         
2004, total  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00
         
Non-immigrants 93.07 93.61 92.76 93.82
Immigrants, total2 6.94 6.39 7.23 6.17
Thereof        
Western countries 2.57 3.20 2.62 1.98
Non-western countries 4.37 3.19 4.61 4.19
         
  Absolute figures
2003, total 2 098 000  251 757 1 356 078  483 098
         
Non-immigrants 1 957 606  236 328 1 261 688  453 926
Immigrants, total2  140 394 15 429 94 390 29 172
Thereof        
Western countries 53 701 7 866 35 469 9 751
Non-western countries 86 693 7 563 58 921 19 421
         
2004, total 2 116 000  253 940 1 366 882  488 311
         
Non-immigrants 1 969 260  237 722 1 267 969  458 157
Immigrants, total2  146 740 16 218 98 913 30 154
Thereof        
Western countries 54 286 8 124 35 859 9 689
Non-western countries 92 454 8 094 63 054 20 465
1  Unspecified included.
2  Norwegian born by foreign born parents are included.

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