Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

9   Employed first generation immigrants by selected countries of birth. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total 16-74 years. Q4 2004 and 2005
  Population 2004 2005 Percentage change
  Employed Employment rate Population Employed Employment rate
The whole population 3 282 342    2 274 000 69.3    3 313 113    2 298 000 69.4 0.1
              0.0
First generation immigrants in total  263 512  149 022 56.6  277 163  159 260 57.5 0.9
Thereof              
Afghanistan 3 556 1 044 29.4 4 129 1 400 33.9 4.5
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 143 6 689 60.0 11 306 6 935 61.3 1.3
Brasil 1 119  564 50.4 1 271  646 50.8 0.4
Chile 5 412 3 418 63.2 5 467 3 548 64.9 1.7
Denmark 15 478 10 381 67.1 15 221 10 324 67.8 0.8
Eritrea 1 536  872 56.8 1 714  988 57.6 0.9
Ethiopia 2 051 1 047 51.0 2 255 1 209 53.6 2.6
The Philippines 6 459 4 124 63.8 7 017 4 486 63.9 0.1
Finland 5 630 3 966 70.4 5 461 3 820 70.0 -0.5
France 2 139 1 396 65.3 2 141 1 438 67.2 1.9
Ghana 1 100  693 63.0 1 156  736 67.2 4.2
India 4 366 2 680 61.4 4 435 2 760 62.2 0.8
Iraq 11 574 4 203 36.3 12 526 4 664 37.2 0.9
Iran 10 673 5 209 48.8 10 971 5 463 49.8 1.0
Iceland 2 849 2 003 70.3 2 791 1 997 71.6 1.2
Italy 1 164  713 61.3 1 169  745 63.7 2.5
China 3 787 2 086 55.1 4 027 2 231 55.4 0.3
Croatia 2 113 1 341 63.5 2 193 1 408 64.2 0.7
Lebanon 1 252  493 39.4 1 286  522 40.6 1.2
Lithuania 1 151  749 65.1 1 621 1 162 71.7 6.6
Macedonia 1 890  993 52.5 1 954 1 018 52.1 -0.4
Marocco 4 122 1 826 44.3 4 188 1 883 45.0 0.7
Netherlands 3 343 2 444 73.1 3 553 2 595 73.0 -0.1
Pakistan 14 130 6 214 44.0 14 423 6 434 44.6 0.6
Poland 7 269 4 837 66.5 9 581 6 738 70.3 3.8
Romania 1 396  842 60.3 1 507  948 62.9 2.6
Russia 6 687 3 247 48.6 7 665 3 761 49.1 0.5
Serbia and Montenegro 7 691 3 963 51.5 8 156 4 307 52.8 1.3
Soamlia 10 076 2 736 27.2 10 633 2 994 28.2 1.0
Spain 1 305  817 62.6 1 294  808 62.4 -0.2
Sri Lanka 7 702 4 675 60.7 7 743 4 865 62.8 2.1
United Kingom 9 256 6 172 66.7 9 192 6 202 67.5 0.8
Sweden 19 881 15 118 76.0 20 407 15 673 76.8 0.8
Thailand 5 693 3 132 55.0 6 443 3 549 55.1 0.1
Turkey 8 563 4 092 47.8 8 809 4 355 49.4 1.7
Germany 9 669 6 703 69.3 10 396 7 295 70.2 0.8
USA 5 242 2 876 54.9 5 153 2 907 56.4 1.5
Hungary 1 146  581 50.7 1 154  594 51.5 0.8
Vietnam 11 453 6 685 58.4 11 639 6 955 59.8 1.4

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