Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

10 Employed immigrants, by selcted countries of birth and sex. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years within each group Q4 2009.
  Total Males Females Per cent Difference in percentage points in men's favour Relative difference in men's favour
  Total Males Females
Employed in total 2 497 000 1 315 147 1 181 853 69.7 72.4 67.0 5.4 8.1
Employed immigrants in total  251 134  139 012  112 122 61.7 65.9 57.1 8.8 15.4
Thereof:                
Afghanistan 3 320 2 441  879 45.7 53.6 32.4 21.2 65.4
Bosnia-Herzegovina 7 889 3 985 3 904 64.4 65.1 63.6 1.5 2.4
Chile 3 885 2 117 1 768 66.9 68.4 65.1 3.3 5.1
Denmark 10 334 5 773 4 561 69.5 73.8 64.8 9.0 13.9
The Philippines 6 730 1 297 5 433 60.0 69.7 58.1 11.6 20.0
Finland 3 918 1 480 2 438 68.8 64.5 71.8 -7.3 -10.2
India 4 043 2 409 1 634 63.6 70.5 55.5 15.0 27.0
Iraq 7 460 5 051 2 409 42.5 49.2 33.0 16.2 49.1
Iran 7 153 4 148 3 005 56.8 59.2 53.7 5.5 10.2
China 3 369 1 519 1 850 59.5 62.9 57.0 5.9 10.4
Kosovo 4 838 2 768 2 070 56.8 60.5 52.5 8.0 15.2
Lithuania 6 266 3 776 2 490 74.4 74.8 73.9 0.9 1.2
Marocco 2 173 1 389  784 46.9 52.4 39.5 12.9 32.7
Netherlands 3 806 2 252 1 554 74.0 78.3 68.5 9.8 14.3
Pakistan 7 493 5 112 2 381 46.5 61.1 30.7 30.4 99.0
Poland 30 110 21 292 8 818 69.7 72.6 63.5 9.1 14.3
Russia 6 787 2 009 4 778 59.8 57.4 60.8 -3.4 -5.6
Somalia 4 657 3 135 1 522 31.5 39.5 22.3 17.2 77.1
Sri Lanka 5 626 3 257 2 369 68.2 74.9 60.7 14.2 23.4
United Kingom 7 693 5 464 2 229 71.2 76.8 60.5 16.3 26.9
Sweden 21 885 11 076 10 809 78.9 79.5 78.3 1.2 1.5
Thailand 6 237  574 5 663 60.3 50.2 61.6 -11.4 -18.5
Tyrkia [Turkey]. 5 246 3 484 1 762 52.9 61.6 41.4 20.2 48.8
Germany 13 470 7 748 5 722 73.5 77.0 69.3 7.7 11.1
USA 3 727 1 951 1 776 63.0 68.8 57.7 11.1 19.2
Vietnam 7 762 3 865 3 897 62.8 65.8 60.1 5.7 9.5

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