Statistics Norway

Social assistance

9   Recipients of social assistance with or without immigrant background, by age. 20061, 2
Age Total Rest of the resident population The immigrant population Immigrants from Western countries3 Immigrants from Non-western countries4 Unknown Percentage immigrant recipients of social assistance
Total  122 402 88 029 33 661 2 134 31 527  712 28
               
- 19 years 5 758 4 467 1 259 50 1 209 32 22
20 - 24 years 21 058 16 085 4 871  164 4 707  102 23
25 - 29 years 16 638 12 304 4 197  197 4 000  137 25
30 - 39 years 31 642 22 338 9 059  451 8 608  245 29
40 - 49 years 26 009 18 235 7 657  592 7 065  117 29
50 - 59 years 13 708 10 121 3 532  407 3 125 55 26
60 - 66 years 4 211 2 844 1 357  191 1 166 10 32
67 years or more 3 375 1 635 1 729 82 1 647 11 51
Unknown 3 - - - - 3 -
1  The immigrant population consists of people with two foreign-born parents: first-generation immigrants who have moved to Norway and people who were born in Norway of two parents who were born abroad.
2  Figures for Austevoll og Nesset are dated 2005.
3  Immigrants from the Nordic countries, Western Europe (except for Turkey), North America and Oceania.
4  Immigrants from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South and Central American and Turkey.

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