Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

5   Employed by years of residence in Norway, age and region of birth. Q4 2006. Per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group and in absolute figures
  Employed in total Employed first generation immigrants
  Total The Nordic countries Western Europe else New EU countries in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe else North America and Oceania Asia1 Africa South and Central America
Total 2 389 000  181 444 33 497 23 920 16 171 22 864 4 530 57 784 15 030 7 648
                     
15-24 years  317 506 19 959 2 328  809 1 519 3 958  137 8 027 2 339  842
25-39 years  806 944 81 257 12 949 9 117 8 599 10 005 1 651 27 831 7 797 3 308
40-54 years  811 778 61 121 11 658 9 046 4 867 7 602 1 862 18 951 4 294 2 841
55-74 years  452 772 19 107 6 562 4 948 1 186 1 299  880 2 975  600  657
                     
Less than 4 years, total   40 448 6 181 6 262 10 082 3 845  983 8 476 3 355 1 264
                     
15-24 years   6 679 1 543  465 1 126  797 78 1 821  657  192
25-39 years   25 672 3 647 4 135 6 248 2 241  690 5 496 2 315  900
40-54 years   7 498  824 1 558 2 560  746  190 1 096  362  162
55-74 years    599  167  104  148 61 25 63 21 10
                     
4-6 years, total   25 603 3 792 2 931 1 375 3 514  515 9 572 2 991  913
                     
15-24 years   3 400  195 98  121  505 21 1 764  619 77
25-39 years   16 305 2 633 1 902  950 1 981  327 5 991 1 880  641
40-54 years   5 316  774  835  282  906  139 1 730  469  181
55-74 years    582  190 96 22  122 28 87 23 14
                     
7 years or more, total    115 393 23 524 14 727 4 714 15 505 3 032 39 736 8 684 5 471
                     
15-24 years   9 880  590  246  272 2 656 38 4 442 1 063  573
25-39 years   39 280 6 669 3 080 1 401 5 783  634 16 344 3 602 1 767
40-54 years   48 307 10 060 6 653 2 025 5 950 1 533 16 125 3 463 2 498
55-74 years   17 926 6 205 4 748 1 016 1 116  827 2 825  556  633
                     
  Per cent
Total 70.0 60.1 73.5 70.9 71.3 59.2 61.1 53.3 45.2 62.6
                     
15-24 years 54.3 44.8 62.5 41.3 58.4 46.7 25.0 43.1 34.0 48.8
25-39 years 82.6 65.8 83.5 79.9 76.0 67.6 66.7 59.1 49.1 65.4
40-54 years 83.8 68.0 83.7 81.8 76.2 68.1 73.0 58.6 50.6 70.8
55-74 years 51.3 43.6 52.8 53.2 50.3 31.0 47.7 28.9 29.5 46.1
                     
Less than 4 years, total   53.4 75.6 69.4 73.3 46.0 49.1 38.5 34.5 48.2
                     
15-24 years   37.9 71.2 39.9 60.6 34.2 21.1 29.1 23.4 30.3
25-39 years   59.1 79.8 76.2 75.2 52.4 60.9 44.3 40.7 55.1
40-54 years   59.7 73.4 72.6 76.1 51.1 49.0 40.4 34.2 51.9
55-74 years   28.8 53.5 36.9 63.2 21.0 22.5 10.0 11.8 23.8
                     
4-6 years, total   60.3 79.5 78.1 75.4 63.9 64.1 53.4 46.6 63.7
                     
15-24 years   43.1 57.2 40.2 53.3 46.3 32.3 42.8 38.0 43.3
25-39 years   66.9 84.5 83.2 78.8 71.1 69.0 60.4 51.7 67.2
40-54 years   62.7 77.8 80.7 81.3 69.7 68.5 51.9 46.9 67.5
55-74 years   34.7 60.1 51.6 50.0 37.3 45.9 15.5 15.5 42.4
                     
7 years or more, total   62.8 72.1 70.3 66.6 62.6 65.7 58.1 50.7 67.0
                     
15-24 years   51.9 48.6 44.6 52.6 52.5 33.3 54.0 43.5 62.6
25-39 years   70.5 85.2 83.4 77.5 74.8 73.0 65.9 55.0 71.6
40-54 years   70.1 85.2 84.4 75.6 70.9 78.2 61.3 53.9 72.8
55-74 years   44.7 52.6 53.7 48.9 31.2 49.5 31.1 32.5 46.9
1  Including Turkey.

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