Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

1 Employed by immigrant background, region of birth and sex . Q4 2006 and Q4 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group
  Total 2006 2007 Change 2006-2007
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total population 2 389 000 1 263 091 1 125 909 2 484 000 1 313 020 1 170 980 95 000 49 929 45 071
                   
First generation immigrants, total  181 420 98 716 82 704  213 114  118 776 94 338 31 694 20 060 11 634
The Nordic countries 33 492 16 650 16 842 35 328 17 856 17 472 1 836 1 206  630
Western Europe else 23 912 14 787 9 125 27 215 16 904 10 311 3 303 2 117 1 186
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 17 957 10 487 7 470 30 592 20 588 10 004 12 635 10 101 2 534
Eastern Europe else 21 072 9 891 11 181 23 719 10 983 12 736 2 647 1 092 1 555
North America and Oceania 4 519 2 410 2 109 5 011 2 691 2 320  492  281  211
Asia1 57 792 31 362 26 430 65 038 34 679 30 359 7 246 3 317 3 929
Africa 15 027 9 472 5 555 17 715 11 096 6 619 2 688 1 624 1 064
South and Central America 7 649 3 657 3 992 8 496 3 979 4 517  847  322  525
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 10 220 5 399 4 821 12 440 6 575 5 865 2 220 1 176 1 044
The Nordic countries 1 200  636  564 1 287  679  608 87 43 44
Western Europe else  588  317  271  876  495  381  288  178  110
New EU countries in Eastern Europe  550  254  296  651  347  304  101 93 8
Eastern Europe else  570  265  305  661  303  358 91 38 53
North America and Oceania  127 60 67  126 59 67 -1 -1 0
Asia1 5 906 3 162 2 744 7 480 4 006 3 474 1 574  844  730
Africa  768  375  393  969  491  478  201  116 85
South and Central America  262  138  124  390  195  195  128 57 71
                   
  Per cent
Total population 70.0 73.3 66.6 71.6 74.8 68.4 1.6 1.5 1.8
                0.0 0.0
First generation immigrants, total 60.1 65.7 54.5 63.3 69.2 57.3 3.2 3.5 2.8
The Nordic countries 73.5 75.8 71.3 74.5 76.8 72.2 1.0 1.0 0.9
Western Europe else 70.9 76.3 63.6 72.0 77.0 65.1 1.1 0.7 1.5
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 70.7 75.9 64.5 75.9 81.3 66.9 5.2 5.4 2.4
Eastern Europe else 58.7 62.4 55.8 61.9 65.0 59.4 3.2 2.6 3.6
North America and Oceania 61.1 67.0 55.4 64.2 70.0 58.6 3.1 3.0 3.2
Asia1 53.3 60.4 46.8 56.3 63.1 50.0 3.0 2.7 3.2
Africa 45.2 51.4 37.5 49.0 55.5 40.9 3.8 4.1 3.4
South and Central America 62.6 69.4 57.4 65.3 71.7 60.5 2.7 2.3 3.1
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 53.8 55.3 52.2 58.4 60.1 56.6 4.6 4.8 4.4
The Nordic countries 72.2 73.6 70.7 74.1 75.6 72.4 1.9 2.0 1.7
Western Europe else 67.7 70.2 64.8 70.0 73.2 66.1 2.3 3.0 1.3
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.6 66.6 60.4 67.9 70.8 64.8 4.3 4.2 4.4
Eastern Europe else 60.8 59.3 62.2 61.7 58.5 64.6 0.9 -0.8 2.4
North America and Oceania 66.5 67.4 65.7 64.9 64.1 65.7 -1.6 -3.3 0.0
Asia1 50.2 52.2 48.0 56.1 58.5 53.6 5.9 6.3 5.6
Africa 47.1 45.2 49.1 49.6 49.4 49.8 2.5 4.2 0.7
South and Central America 37.1 37.9 36.3 48.0 45.9 50.3 10.9 8.0 14.0
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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