Table 4 Employed immigrants by world region of birth and period of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2009

4 Employed immigrants by world region of birth and period of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2009
	Employed in total	Total	Employed immigrants

	Employed in total	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	EU countries in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe else	North America and Oceania	Asia¹	Africa	South and Central America

Total	2 497 000	251 134	39 412	32 884	46 699	25 837	5 659	71 700	19 559	9 384

Less then 1 year		19 595	3 959	2 668	8 694	701	419	2 034	699	421
1 until 2 years		24 362	3 011	4 059	10 612	1 069	497	3 503	1 036	575
2 until 3 years		21 523	2 018	3 259	9 678	1 114	402	3 283	1 245	524
3 until 4 years		14 275	1 554	2 173	5 286	918	308	2 633	991	412
4 until 5 years		11 259	1 200	1 542	2 704	1 145	254	2 813	1 211	390
5 until 6 years		10 023	1 027	1 299	1 552	1 290	199	3 053	1 242	361
6 until 7 years		9 372	1 045	1 015	734	1 245	145	3 498	1 337	353
7 until 10 years		27 066	3 531	2 869	1 853	3 439	519	10 782	3 088	985
10 until 15 years		31 217	6 762	3 698	1 537	5 366	717	9 325	2 885	927
15 years or more		82 442	15 305	10 302	4 049	9 550	2 199	30 776	5 825	4 436

Total	69.7	61.7	74.6	71.7	70.6	61.0	64.7	53.9	45.3	62.8

Less then 1 year		50.1	73.9	61.4	69.0	38.3	44.0	22.2	18.6	39.2
1 until 2 years		58.9	81.4	70.0	66.9	50.7	55.6	39.0	35.0	52.2
2 until 3 years		63.7	80.0	76.5	71.5	55.8	66.7	46.8	41.5	60.6
3 until 4 years		65.5	81.0	77.4	74.5	59.9	68.1	51.5	44.2	63.4
4 until 5 years		64.6	78.8	76.3	76.3	62.2	72.4	54.8	50.7	62.9
5 until 6 years		65.2	79.7	79.5	78.2	63.5	70.1	58.9	51.5	65.3
6 until 7 years		64.0	81.1	80.8	76.6	61.9	71.1	60.9	49.8	71.2
7 until 10 years		62.6	79.2	80.1	77.4	66.0	69.0	57.7	46.4	66.8
10 until 15 years		65.0	80.9	80.7	75.6	61.6	72.4	58.0	49.2	66.2
15 years or more		62.3	68.2	66.1	65.6	63.3	67.4	59.2	52.1	66.2

¹	Including Turkey.