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 2011
  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 2 562 000  307 186 45 537 37 102 75 922 28 705 6 126 80 376 22 880 10 538
15-24 years  349 107 30 036 5 722 1 595 6 563 4 044  217 8 687 2 557  651
25-39 years  813 193  149 662 17 923 14 839 45 633 12 950 2 485 38 640 12 036 5 156
40-54 years  872 965 98 713 14 163 14 405 20 241 9 344 2 242 27 525 7 194 3 599
55-74 years  526 735 28 775 7 729 6 263 3 485 2 367 1 182 5 524 1 093 1 132
                     
Less than 4 years, total    100 991 14 743 12 201 47 888 4 159 1 701 13 575 4 560 2 164
15-24 years   15 132 4 749  933 5 565  623  157 2 252  625  228
25-39 years   63 523 7 666 7 325 30 452 2 629 1 198 9 424 3 317 1 512
40-54 years   20 038 1 849 3 523 10 790  813  292 1 808  580  383
55-74 years   2 298  479  420 1 081 94 54 91 38 41
                     
4-6 years, total   48 086 4 145 6 497 18 325 3 441  801 9 772 3 787 1 318
15-24 years   3 329  216  217  611  434 17 1 249  502 83
25-39 years   30 091 2 984 3 582 11 178 2 014  535 6 354 2 488  956
40-54 years   13 124  760 2 413 5 829  874  213 2 008  765  262
55-74 years   1 542  185  285  707  119 36  161 32 17
                     
7 years or more, total    158 109 26 649 18 404 9 709 21 105 3 624 57 029 14 533 7 056
15-24 years   11 575  757  445  387 2 987 43 5 186 1 430  340
25-39 years   56 048 7 273 3 932 4 003 8 307  752 22 862 6 231 2 688
40-54 years   65 551 11 554 8 469 3 622 7 657 1 737 23 709 5 849 2 954
55-74 years   24 935 7 065 5 558 1 697 2 154 1 092 5 272 1 023 1 074
                     
                     
Total 69.1 62.8 75.9 70.4 73.6 62.2 65.8 53.9 44.2 63.6
15-24 years 53.3 44.8 72.7 32.7 56.1 50.0 30.3 38.3 26.9 41.6
25-39 years 81.4 68.9 84.8 79.7 76.9 71.1 72.4 60.3 48.6 68.6
40-54 years 83.4 69.4 84.4 81.4 77.0 68.1 75.0 60.5 51.3 69.7
55-74 years 52.4 46.0 54.5 54.3 59.1 38.6 54.5 32.8 31.0 48.8
                     
Less than 4 years, total   60.4 81.0 65.4 72.3 54.5 58.4 39.5 29.9 53.6
15-24 years   44.0 78.7 28.4 58.1 38.2 29.3 25.0 16.8 34.4
25-39 years   64.9 83.6 75.0 74.9 60.9 68.4 46.4 35.4 58.4
40-54 years   66.5 79.2 73.2 75.1 59.1 59.6 42.9 31.2 55.7
55-74 years   47.8 71.0 51.9 65.2 29.9 39.4 11.5 11.8 41.4
                     
4-6 years, total   69.1 80.7 78.9 77.8 64.9 74.1 58.5 49.9 65.8
15-24 years   39.3 58.9 37.9 44.9 46.1 37.8 39.4 28.3 35.3
25-39 years   74.4 85.0 84.3 81.2 71.6 78.4 64.9 57.8 71.9
40-54 years   74.0 80.9 81.9 78.9 68.4 75.3 63.1 57.6 65.8
55-74 years   52.4 58.0 61.2 67.7 44.2 50.7 29.2 17.5 42.5
                     
7 years or more, total   62.8 72.8 71.2 72.7 63.5 68.2 58.2 50.2 67.0
15-24 years   48.0 51.6 43.5 50.6 54.1 31.9 49.2 35.6 51.0
25-39 years   71.2 86.1 85.5 82.1 74.9 75.3 67.3 56.2 74.6
40-54 years   69.5 85.6 85.2 80.0 69.1 78.4 62.3 53.9 72.5
55-74 years   45.5 53.6 54.1 53.2 38.8 55.7 34.1 33.9 49.2
1  Including Turkey.

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