Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

10   Employees, by immigrant-background and economic sector. Q4 2005 and 2006
  Total1 State sector Private sector 2 Municipal and county sector
2005, total 2 142 000  254 787 1 394 431  487 755
         
Non-immigrants 1 984 779  237 715 1 286 957  456 354
Immigrants, total3  157 221 17 072  107 474 31 401
Thereof        
Western countries 54 863 8 297 36 564 9 553
Non-western countries  102 358 8 775 70 910 21 848
         
2006, total 2 210 000  259 526 1 450 827  494 914
         
Non-immigrants 2 031 244  241 437 1 325 373  461 052
Immigrants, total3  178 756 18 089  125 454 33 862
Thereof        
Western countries 58 512 8 522 39 849 9 724
Non-western countries  120 244 9 567 85 605 24 138
         
  Per cent
2005, total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
         
Non-immigrants 92.7 93.3 92.3 93.6
Immigrants, total3 7.3 6.7 7.7 6.5
Thereof        
Western countries 2.6 3.3 2.6 2.0
Non-western countries 4.8 3.4 5.1 4.5
         
2006, total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
         
Non-immigrants 91.9 93.0 91.4 93.2
Immigrants, total3 8.1 7.0 8.7 6.8
Thereof        
Western countries 2.7 3.3 2.8 2.0
Non-western countries 5.4 3.7 5.9 4.9
1  Unspecified included.
2  Public owned enterprises included.
3  Norwegian born by foreign born parents are included.

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