Statistics Norway

Social assistance

4 Recipients of social assistance with or without immigrant background by age. 2009 1
Age Total Rest of the resident population Immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrant parents Unknown Percentage immigrant recipients of social assistance
Total  117 727 81 788 33 486 2 453 28
           
- 19 years 6 061 4 760 1 235 66 20
20 - 24 years 20 011 15 499 4 229  283 21
25 - 29 years 16 242 11 252 4 616  374 28
30 - 39 years 29 173 19 135 9 329  709 32
40 - 49 years 25 461 17 048 7 940  473 31
50 - 59 years 14 188 9 880 3 992  316 28
60 - 66 years 4 622 2 985 1 517  120 33
67 years or more 1 966 1 229  628  109 32
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.

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