Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

1 Employed by immigrant category, world region and sex . Q4 2008 and 2009. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group
  2008 2009 Change 2008-2009
  Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total population 2 525 000 1 334 441 1 190 559 2 497 000 1 315 147 1 181 853 -28 000 -19 294 -8 706
Thereof:               0 0
Immigrants, total  241 036  134 964  106 072  251 134  139 012  112 122 10 098 4 048 6 050
The Nordic countries 37 589 19 065 18 524 39 412 20 048 19 364 1 823  983  840
Western Europe else 31 308 19 585 11 723 32 884 20 433 12 451 1 576  848  728
EU countries in Eastern Europe 41 478 28 257 13 221 46 699 30 695 16 004 5 221 2 438 2 783
Eastern Europe else 25 663 11 775 13 888 25 837 11 600 14 237  174 -175  349
North America and Oceania 5 489 2 993 2 496 5 659 3 131 2 528  170  138 32
Asia1 70 739 37 127 33 612 71 700 37 108 34 592  961 -19  980
Africa 19 468 11 899 7 569 19 559 11 777 7 782 91 -122  213
South and Central America 9 302 4 263 5 039 9 384 4 220 5 164 82 -43  125
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 13 741 7 176 6 565 14 095 7 326 6 769  354  150  204
The Nordic countries 1 321  699  622 1 325  705  620 4 6 -2
Western Europe else  913  510  403  930  509  421 17 -1 18
EU countries in Eastern Europe  671  349  322  674  356  318 3 7 -4
Eastern Europe else  763  351  412  819  377  442 56 26 30
North America and Oceania  135 63 72  131 61 70 -4 -2 -2
Asia1 8 320 4 397 3 923 8 586 4 520 4 066  266  123  143
Africa 1 132  551  581 1 141  551  590 9 0 9
South and Central America  486  256  230  489  247  242 3 -9 12
              0 0 0
    Per cent
Total population 71.6 74.5 68.5 69.7 72.4 67.0 -1.9 -2.1 -1.5
Thereof:                  
Immigrants, total 64.2 69.3 58.7 61.7 65.9 57.1 -2.5 -3.4 -1.6
The Nordic countries 75.6 77.5 73.6 74.6 76.0 73.1 -1.0 -1.5 -0.5
Western Europe else 73.4 78.2 66.6 71.7 75.7 66.0 -1.7 -2.5 -0.6
EU countries in Eastern Europe 73.5 76.4 67.8 70.6 72.9 66.6 -2.9 -3.5 -1.2
Eastern Europe else 63.2 65.9 61.1 61.0 62.4 59.9 -2.2 -3.5 -1.2
North America and Oceania 65.7 72.1 59.3 64.7 71.0 58.3 -1.0 -1.1 -1.0
Asia1 56.8 63.2 51.1 53.9 59.3 49.1 -2.9 -3.9 -2.0
Africa 49.7 55.4 42.8 45.3 50.2 39.5 -4.4 -5.2 -3.3
South and Central America 66.1 71.5 62.1 62.8 67.0 59.8 -3.3 -4.5 -2.3
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 57.9 58.9 56.9 53.6 54.0 53.1 -4.3 -4.9 -3.8
The Nordic countries 74.2 76.4 71.9 72.2 73.7 70.5 -2.0 -2.7 -1.4
Western Europe else 70.2 74.0 65.8 68.9 71.2 66.3 -1.3 -2.8 0.5
EU countries in Eastern Europe 66.4 67.4 65.3 63.4 65.1 61.6 -3.0 -2.3 -3.7
Eastern Europe else 59.1 56.9 61.2 50.2 46.9 53.4 -8.9 -10.0 -7.8
North America and Oceania 64.3 63.0 65.5 60.4 60.4 60.3 -3.9 -2.6 -5.2
Asia1 55.8 57.2 54.3 51.9 52.9 50.8 -3.9 -4.3 -3.5
Africa 49.7 47.5 52.0 43.1 40.4 46.0 -6.6 -7.1 -6.0
South and Central America 52.1 51.6 52.6 47.9 45.7 50.4 -4.2 -5.9 -2.2
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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