Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

1 Employed, by immigrant category, world region and sex . Q4 2009 and 2010. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group
  2009 2010 Change 2009-2010
  Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total population 2 497 000 1 315 147 1 181 853 2 517 000 1 324 998 1 192 002 20 000 9 851 10 149
Thereof:                  
Immigrants, total  251 161  139 032  112 129  274 826  152 462  122 364 23 665 13 430 10 235
The Nordic countries 39 416 20 053 19 363 42 192 21 765 20 427 2 776 1 712 1 064
Western Europe else 32 888 20 433 12 455 35 043 21 683 13 360 2 155 1 250  905
EU countries in Eastern Europe 46 709 30 702 16 007 58 645 38 226 20 419 11 936 7 524 4 412
Eastern Europe else 25 838 11 602 14 236 27 141 12 101 15 040 1 303  499  804
North America and Oceania 5 660 3 132 2 528 5 824 3 239 2 585  164  107 57
Asia1 71 702 37 110 34 592 75 208 38 558 36 650 3 506 1 448 2 058
Africa 19 561 11 779 7 782 20 899 12 431 8 468 1 338  652  686
South and Central America 9 387 4 221 5 166 9 874 4 459 5 415  487  238  249
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 14 099 7 329 6 770 15 420 7 954 7 466 1 321  625  696
The Nordic countries 1 326  706  620 1 374  718  656 48 12 36
Western Europe else  931  510  421  957  522  435 26 12 14
EU countries in Eastern Europe  674  356  318  708  363  345 34 7 27
Eastern Europe else  819  377  442  928  422  506  109 45 64
North America and Oceania  132 62 70  144 68 76 12 6 6
Asia1 8 586 4 520 4 066 9 483 4 961 4 522  897  441  456
Africa 1 141  551  590 1 269  610  659  128 59 69
South and Central America  490  247  243  557  290  267 67 43 24
                   
  Per cent Percentage points
Total population 69.7 72.4 67.0 69.1 71.6 66.5 -0.6 -0.8 -0.5
Thereof:                  
Immigrants, total 61.7 65.9 57.1 61.6 65.8 57.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
The Nordic countries 74.6 76.0 73.1 74.6 76.2 73.0 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Western Europe else 71.7 75.7 66.0 70.8 74.5 65.6 -0.9 -1.2 -0.4
EU countries in Eastern Europe 70.6 72.9 66.6 70.9 73.7 66.1 0.3 0.8 -0.5
Eastern Europe else 61.0 62.4 59.9 61.5 62.8 60.5 0.5 0.4 0.6
North America and Oceania 64.7 71.0 58.3 64.1 69.7 58.2 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1
Asia1 53.9 59.3 49.1 53.3 58.5 48.8 -0.6 -0.8 -0.3
Africa 45.3 50.2 39.5 43.9 48.0 39.0 -1.4 -2.2 -0.5
South and Central America 62.8 67.0 59.8 62.9 67.5 59.6 0.1 0.5 -0.2
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 53.6 54.0 53.1 53.0 53.0 53.0 -0.6 -1.0 -0.1
The Nordic countries 72.1 73.6 70.4 71.7 71.7 71.6 -0.4 -1.9 1.2
Western Europe else 68.9 71.1 66.3 68.7 70.2 66.9 -0.2 -0.9 0.6
EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.4 65.1 61.6 63.8 63.6 64.0 0.4 -1.5 2.4
Eastern Europe else 50.2 46.9 53.4 46.0 42.5 49.4 -4.2 -4.4 -4.0
North America and Oceania 60.6 60.8 60.3 64.0 64.2 63.9 3.4 3.4 3.6
Asia1 51.9 52.9 50.8 51.8 52.5 51.1 -0.1 -0.4 0.3
Africa 43.1 40.4 46.0 41.8 38.9 45.0 -1.3 -1.5 -1.0
South and Central America 47.9 45.7 50.5 49.5 49.0 50.1 1.6 3.3 -0.4
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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