Statistics Norway

Employment and unemployment among short term immigrants

5   Unemployed persons registered at the Employment Office by region of birth. 4th quarter 2003-4th quarter 2005. Absolute figures and per cent
Region of birth 4th quarter 2003 4th quarter 2004 4th quarter 2005
Unemployd persons registered as resident Unemployed persons not registered as resident Unemployd persons registered as resident Unemployed persons not registered as resident Unemployd persons registered as resident Unemployed persons not registered as resident
  Absolute figures
Total 86 368  984 82 845  772 71 744  600
             
Norway 66 234 - 62 773 - 53 530 -
The Nordic countries1 3 115  390 2 981  168 2 310  123
Old EU countries2 2 143 90 2 008  110 1 686  104
New EU countries3  528 2  577 69  530 79
Of which            
Poland  318 -  346 37  325 43
Lithuania 24 2 38 26 44 21
Other countries 14 348  502 14 506  425 13 688  294
             
  Per cent
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
             
Norway 76.7 - 75.8 - 74.6 -
The Nordic countries1 3.6 39.6 3.6 21.8 3.2 20.5
Old EU countries2 2.5 9.1 2.4 14.2 2.4 17.3
New EU countries3 0.6 0.2 0.7 8.9 0.7 13.2
Of which            
Poland 0.4 - 0.4 4.8 0.5 7.2
Lithuania 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.4 0.1 3.5
Other countries 16.6 51.0 17.5 55.1 19.1 49.0
1  The Nordic countries: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Faeroe Island, Greenland and Iceland.
2  Old EU countries: Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany and Austria.
3  New EU-countries: Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Malta and Cyprus.

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