Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

3   Employed by immigrant background, region of birth, sex and labour market status. Q4 2006. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group
  Employed, total Total Males Females
  Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed
Total population 2 389 000 2 210 000  179 000 1 263 091 1 135 113  127 978 1 125 909 1 074 887 51 022
                   
First generation immigrants, total  181 444  168 951 12 493 98 728 90 678 8 050 82 716 78 273 4 443
The Nordic countries 33 497 30 606 2 891 16 653 14 802 1 851 16 844 15 804 1 040
Western Europe else 23 920 21 824 2 096 14 789 13 478 1 311 9 131 8 346  785
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 16 171 15 454  717 9 772 9 380  392 6 399 6 074  325
Eastern Europe else 22 864 22 040  824 10 612 10 101  511 12 252 11 939  313
North America and Oceania 4 530 4 084  446 2 416 2 165  251 2 114 1 919  195
Asia1 57 784 53 368 4 416 31 353 28 374 2 979 26 431 24 994 1 437
Africa 15 030 14 334  696 9 474 8 962  512 5 556 5 372  184
South and Central America 7 648 7 241  407 3 659 3 416  243 3 989 3 825  164
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 10 218 9 805  413 5 397 5 125  272 4 821 4 680  141
The Nordic countries 1 199 1 115 84  635  583 52  564  532 32
Western Europe else  819  765 54  457  422 35  362  343 19
New EU countries in Eastern Europe  569  533 36  305  284 21  264  249 15
Eastern Europe else  567  547 20  266  257 9  301  290 11
North America and Oceania  126  118 8 60 55 5 66 63 3
Asia1 5 908 5 716  192 3 161 3 026  135 2 747 2 690 57
Africa  768  754 14  375  364 11  393  390 3
South and Central America  262  257 5  138  134 4  124  123 1
                   
  Per cent
Total population 70.0 64.7 5.2 73.3 65.9 7.4 66.6 63.6 3.0
                   
First generation immigrants, total 60.1 56.0 4.1 65.7 60.4 5.4 54.5 51.6 2.9
The Nordic countries 73.5 67.1 6.3 75.8 67.4 8.4 71.3 66.9 4.4
Western Europe else 70.9 64.7 6.2 76.3 69.6 6.8 63.6 58.1 5.5
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 71.3 68.2 3.2 76.2 73.1 3.1 65.0 61.7 3.3
Eastern Europe else 59.2 57.1 2.1 62.9 59.9 3.0 56.3 54.8 1.4
North America and Oceania 61.1 55.1 6.0 67.1 60.1 7.0 55.4 50.3 5.1
Asia1 53.3 49.3 4.1 60.4 54.7 5.7 46.8 44.3 2.5
Africa 45.2 43.1 2.1 51.3 48.6 2.8 37.5 36.3 1.2
South and Central America 62.6 59.3 3.3 69.4 64.8 4.6 57.4 55.1 2.4
  0.0     0.0     0.0    
Norwegian born by foreign born parents, total2 53.8 51.6 2.2 55.3 52.5 2.8 52.1 50.6 1.5
The Nordic countries 72.1 67.1 5.1 73.6 67.6 6.0 70.6 66.6 4.0
Western Europe else 67.7 63.2 4.5 70.2 64.8 5.4 64.8 61.4 3.4
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 64.0 60.0 4.1 67.2 62.6 4.6 60.7 57.2 3.5
Eastern Europe else 60.4 58.3 2.1 59.0 57.0 2.0 61.7 59.4 2.3
North America and Oceania 65.3 61.1 4.2 67.4 61.8 5.6 63.5 60.6 2.9
Asia1 50.2 48.5 1.6 52.2 50.0 2.2 48.0 47.0 1.0
Africa 47.1 46.3 0.9 45.2 43.9 1.3 49.1 48.7 0.4
South and Central America 37.1 36.4 0.7 37.8 36.7 1.1 36.3 36.0 0.3
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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