Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

3 Employed by immigrant category, world region, sex and labour market status. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2011
  Total Males Females
  Employed, total Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed
Total population 2 562 000 2 411 000  151 000 1 352 698 1 246 037  106 661 1 209 302 1 164 963 44 339
Of which                  
Immigrants, total  307 186  291 472 15 714  173 368  162 929 10 439  133 818  128 543 5 275
The Nordic countries 45 537 42 892 2 645 23 726 22 027 1 699 21 811 20 865  946
Western Europe else 37 102 34 815 2 287 23 168 21 719 1 449 13 934 13 096  838
EU countries in Eastern Europe 75 922 72 875 3 047 50 929 48 799 2 130 24 993 24 076  917
Eastern Europe else 28 705 27 690 1 015 12 885 12 255  630 15 820 15 435  385
North America and Oceania 6 126 5 673  453 3 440 3 181  259 2 686 2 492  194
Asia1 80 376 75 132 5 244 40 878 37 297 3 581 39 498 37 835 1 663
Africa 22 880 22 296  584 13 582 13 140  442 9 298 9 156  142
South and Central America 10 538 10 099  439 4 760 4 511  249 5 778 5 588  190
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 16 927 16 364  563 8 735 8 365  370 8 192 7 999  193
The Nordic countries 1 407 1 322 85  741  686 55  666  636 30
Western Europe else  966  915 51  522  492 30  444  423 21
EU countries in Eastern Europe  744  706 38  388  368 20  356  338 18
Eastern Europe else 1 117 1 097 20  506  498 8  611  599 12
North America and Oceania  144  136 8 73 67 6 71 69 2
Asia1 10 505 10 172  333 5 506 5 278  228 4 999 4 894  105
Africa 1 436 1 422 14  690  677 13  746  745 1
South and Central America  608  594 14  309  299 10  299  295 4
                   
  Per cent
Total population 69.1 65.1 4.1 71.7 66.1 5.7 66.4 64.0 2.4
Of which                  
Immigrants, total 62.8 59.6 3.2 67.6 63.5 4.1 57.6 55.4 2.3
The Nordic countries 76.0 71.5 4.4 77.7 72.1 5.6 74.2 71.0 3.2
Western Europe else 70.4 66.0 4.3 74.2 69.5 4.6 64.8 60.9 3.9
EU countries in Eastern Europe 73.6 70.6 3.0 77.4 74.1 3.2 66.9 64.5 2.5
Eastern Europe else 62.2 60.0 2.2 64.1 60.9 3.1 60.7 59.2 1.5
North America and Oceania 65.8 61.0 4.9 71.7 66.3 5.4 59.6 55.3 4.3
Asia1 53.9 50.4 3.5 59.2 54.0 5.2 49.4 47.3 2.1
Africa 44.2 43.0 1.1 48.4 46.8 1.6 39.1 38.5 0.6
South and Central America 63.6 61.0 2.7 68.6 65.0 3.6 60.0 58.1 2.0
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 53.0 51.3 1.8 53.0 50.8 2.3 53.1 51.8 1.3
The Nordic countries 71.3 67.0 4.3 71.6 66.3 5.3 70.9 67.7 3.2
Western Europe else 66.7 63.2 3.5 67.5 63.7 3.9 65.7 62.6 3.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.8 60.5 3.3 64.4 61.0 3.3 63.1 59.9 3.2
Eastern Europe else 47.1 46.2 0.8 43.6 42.9 0.7 50.5 49.5 1.0
North America and Oceania 63.7 60.2 3.5 65.8 60.4 5.4 61.7 60.0 1.7
Asia1 52.4 50.8 1.7 53.3 51.1 2.2 51.6 50.5 1.1
Africa 41.1 40.7 0.4 38.0 37.3 0.7 44.5 44.5 0.1
South and Central America 50.7 49.5 1.2 48.7 47.1 1.6 53.0 52.3 0.7
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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