Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

2 Employed, by immigrant category, world region and age. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total in each group. Q4 2010
  Total 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30 years and more
Total population 2 517 000  121 732  219 717  243 198 1 932 353
Thereof          
Immigrants, total  274 826 5 609 22 088 42 216  204 913
The Nordic countries 42 192  690 4 327 5 230 31 945
Western Europe else 35 043  348 1 099 3 551 30 045
EU countries in Eastern Europe 58 645  549 4 689 12 449 40 958
Eastern Europe else 27 141 1 151 2 986 4 122 18 882
North America and Oceania 5 824 39  192  659 4 934
Asia1 75 208 2 164 6 234 11 359 55 451
Africa 20 899  554 1 975 3 400 14 970
South and Central America 9 874  114  586 1 446 7 728
           
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 15 420 3 438 4 724 3 049 4 209
The Nordic countries 1 374  101  164  167  942
Western Europe else  957 68  138  138  613
EU countries in Eastern Europe  708 68  129 93  418
Eastern Europe else  928  303  208  118  299
North America and Oceania  144 10 22 15 97
Asia1 9 483 2 364 3 321 2 206 1 592
Africa 1 269  356  480  252  181
South and Central America  557  168  262 60 67
           
  Per cent
Total population 69.1 37.6 69.1 77.8 71.9
Thereof          
Immigrants, total 61.6 24.2 56.5 64.5 64.3
The Nordic countries 74.6 44.4 78.1 81.0 74.3
Western Europe else 70.8 22.5 40.9 75.1 74.1
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 70.9 21.6 66.4 73.9 72.8
Eastern Europe else 61.5 34.8 60.3 68.2 63.3
North America and Oceania 64.1 15.8 36.6 65.5 67.5
Asia1 53.3 22.8 50.1 55.2 56.3
Africa 43.9 14.2 40.3 45.1 47.8
South and Central America 62.9 18.4 57.1 64.8 65.4
           
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 53.0 28.4 64.4 72.8 76.6
The Nordic countries 71.7 31.7 65.6 79.9 82.7
Western Europe else 68.7 28.7 57.5 77.1 83.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.8 27.6 60.8 71.5 80.1
Eastern Europe else 46.0 25.2 70.3 79.2 81.0
North America and Oceania 64.0 25.0 50.0 68.2 81.5
Asia1 51.8 29.9 65.0 73.0 70.3
Africa 41.8 21.7 63.8 65.1 72.4
South and Central America 49.5 32.8 60.8 65.9 73.6
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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