Statistics Norway

Employment and unemployment among short term immigrants

2 Wage earners not registered as resident1 aged 15-74 years, by industry division. Absolute figures and per cent of employed persons registered as resident. 4th quarter 2005-4th quarter 2008
Industry division 4th quarter 2005 4th quarter 2006 4th quarter 2007 4th quarter 2007
Absolute figures Per cent2 Absolute figures Per cent Absolute figures Per cent Absolute figures Per cent
All industries 37 888 1.6 55 343 2.3 64 297 2.6 77 310 3.1
                 
01-05 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 916 2.4 2 451 3.1 2 452 3.1 2 821 3.6
11 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 1 877 6.3 2 282 6.8 2 146 6.0 2 313 6.0
10, 12-37 Manufacturing and Mining 4 545 1.7 8 398 3.1 9 565 3.4 11 487 4.1
40-41 Electricity, gas and water supply 25 0.2 21 0.1 29 0.2 61 0.4
45 Construction 9 191 5.8 13 420 8.0 15 201 8.4 15 449 8.3
50-52 Wholesale and retail trade 2 108 0.6 2 602 0.7 3 061 0.8 3 868 1.0
55 Hotels and restaurants 2 423 3.2 2 562 3.3 2 903 3.5 3 620 4.5
60-64 Transport, storage and communication 2 171 1.4 2 415 1.5 3 154 1.9 4 476 2.7
65-67 Financial intermediation  106 0.2  108 0.2  159 0.3  186 0.4
70-74.4, 74.6-74.9 Real estate, renting and business activities, without labour recruitment and provision of personnel 3 810 1.8 5 108 2.2 5 309 2.2 6 428 2.5
74.5 labour recruitment and provision of personnel 3 009 10.2 7 581 22.3 12 172 30.6 18 143 38.7
75 Public administration and defence, compulsory social security  345 0.2  293 0.2  317 0.2  347 0.2
80 Education  814 0.4  847 0.5  946 0.5 1 009 0.5
85 Health and social services 3 173 0.7 3 255 0.7 2 969 0.6 3 301 0.7
90-99 Other social and personal activities  799 0.8  804 0.8  927 0.9 1 360 1.3
Unspecified 1 576 13.1 3 196 24.1 2 987 26.85 2 441 21.7
1  Self employed persons are not included.
2  Per cent of employed persons aged 16-74 years.

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