Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

5 Employed, by period of residence in Norway, age and world region of birth. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total in each group. Q4 2010
  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 2 517 000  274 826 42 192 35 043 58 645 27 141 5 824 75 208 20 899 9 874
15-24 years  341 449 27 697 5 017 1 447 5 238 4 137  231 8 398 2 529  700
25-39 years  803 342  131 834 16 361 14 177 35 219 12 079 2 317 36 094 10 850 4 737
40-54 years  858 792 89 168 13 451 13 459 15 488 8 813 2 120 25 861 6 546 3 430
55-74 years  513 417 26 127 7 363 5 960 2 700 2 112 1 156 4 855  974 1 007
                     
Less than 4 years, total   91 033 12 672 12 685 41 055 4 063 1 646 12 503 4 354 2 055
15-24 years   13 253 4 113  927 4 586  673  168 1 964  593  229
25-39 years   57 272 6 594 7 591 26 168 2 444 1 131 8 738 3 155 1 451
40-54 years   18 573 1 584 3 768 9 470  861  280 1 707  561  342
55-74 years   1 935  381  399  831 85 67 94 45 33
                     
4-6 years, total   35 713 3 586 4 863 9 507 3 442  691 8 905 3 534 1 185
15-24 years   3 099  188  164  320  451 13 1 300  572 91
25-39 years   22 619 2 593 2 835 5 864 2 047  489 5 700 2 234  857
40-54 years   9 017  644 1 705 2 973  823  165 1 789  697  221
55-74 years    978  161  159  350  121 24  116 31 16
                     
7 years or more, total    148 080 25 934 17 495 8 083 19 636 3 487 53 800 13 011 6 634
15-24 years   11 345  716  356  332 3 013 50 5 134 1 364  380
25-39 years   51 943 7 174 3 751 3 187 7 588  697 21 656 5 461 2 429
40-54 years   61 578 11 223 7 986 3 045 7 129 1 675 22 365 5 288 2 867
55-74 years   23 214 6 821 5 402 1 519 1 906 1 065 4 645  898  958
                     
  Per cent
Total 69.1 61.6 74.6 70.8 70.9 61.5 64.1 53.3 43.9 62.9
15-24 years 53.2 44.4 70.7 34.2 54.6 50.1 29.9 38.3 28.8 42.6
25-39 years 81.1 67.4 83.4 80.3 74.4 70.2 70.0 59.3 47.9 67.6
40-54 years 83.3 68.4 83.7 81.3 73.9 67.8 73.1 60.1 50.3 69.7
55-74 years 52.4 45.1 53.5 53.9 55.5 37.3 55.0 31.9 30.8 47.7
                     
Less than 4 years, total   58.8 78.9 68.0 70.0 53.7 55.7 38.0 31.0 53.1
15-24 years   42.1 77.1 31.6 56.2 38.8 28.5 22.8 17.5 32.3
25-39 years   63.5 81.5 76.6 72.8 59.3 66.1 45.0 36.6 59.1
40-54 years   64.8 77.0 74.5 71.7 61.3 55.6 41.8 32.6 54.6
55-74 years   44.3 66.1 51.8 60.8 27.7 43.5 11.8 14.0 42.9
                     
4-6 years, total   66.2 80.5 78.6 75.8 63.3 69.6 57.6 49.7 66.1
15-24 years   40.6 58.9 38.7 43.5 43.9 25.5 41.6 32.8 42.3
25-39 years   71.7 84.5 84.2 79.1 70.5 76.8 63.7 56.1 70.8
40-54 years   71.2 81.2 81.6 77.2 67.3 66.8 61.8 56.3 66.8
55-74 years   45.8 58.3 51.6 64.8 42.2 41.4 24.4 20.3 42.1
                     
7 years or more, total   62.3 72.0 71.0 70.2 63.1 67.9 58.1 49.2 66.1
15-24 years   48.9 49.8 40.9 47.5 54.8 37.9 50.3 37.3 52.7
25-39 years   70.3 84.9 85.3 80.4 74.5 72.4 66.7 54.3 72.6
40-54 years   69.1 84.8 84.9 78.2 68.7 78.0 62.1 52.6 72.3
55-74 years   45.1 52.8 54.2 51.4 37.6 56.3 33.3 33.4 47.9
1  Including Turkey.

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