Statistics Norway

The Storting electoral survey among immigrants

6 Storting Election 2009. Electoral turnout in per cent among the sample of Immigrants and Norwegian- born to immigrants with Norwegian citizenship. By country background and age
Country background1 Electoral turnout in per cent. Age Persons entitled to vote in the sample. Age Norwegian citizens with immigrant background. Age
Total 18-25 years 26-39 years 40-59 years 60 years and over Total 18-25 years 26-39 years 40-59 years 60 years and over Total 18-25 years 26-39 years 40-59 years 60 years and over
Total 52.2 40.2 46.6 56.2 65.3 6 785  998 1 778 2 646 1 363  163 103 26 914 46 913 64 379 24 897
                               
Europe 52.8 30.8 44.4 54.3 70.3 2 741  337  602  996  806 56 132 7 323 13 320 20 710 14 779
Africa 53.1 44.5 51.4 58.3 51.0  648  124  214  269 41 21 151 3 980 7 169 8 644 1 358
Asia 50.3 43.8 45.8 55.9 54.9 2 499  447  760 1 077  215 76 329 14 432 24 132 31 358 6 407
North and Central America 69.4 : 52.3 64.7 80.1  398 19 88 85  206 3 063  180  603  771 1 509
South America 57.0 39.1 54.3 65.6 61.9  399 70 99  182 48 6 291  998 1 670 2 849  774
Oceania 69.0 : : 73.0 76.6  100 1 15 37 47  137 1 19 47 70
                               
The Nordic Countries 76.7 : 52.8 79.9 80.1  470 9 40  120  301 8 802  218  743 2 237 5 604
Western Europe else, except Turkey 75.9 : 71.5 77.7 76.9  522 14 42  137  329 7 173  219  776 1 850 4 328
Eastern Europe 43.9 28.2 42.3 48.8 53.7 1 499  269  418  649  163 32 158 5 367 8 713 13 775 4 303
North-America and Oceania 74.0 : 30.8 69.5 80.2  338 7 32 69  230 1 919 47  145  311 1 416
Asia, Africa, South- and Central-America, Turkey 50.7 43.4 47.2 56.3 53.6 3 956  699 1 246 1 671  340  113 051 21 063 36 536 46 206 9 246
                               
                               
The EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand2 72.1 44.2 64.4 70.0 77.9 1 642 64  174  478  926 26 220 1 231 3 357 8 276 13 356
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except the EU/EEA 48.4 40.0 45.3 54.1 50.6 5 143  934 1 604 2 168  437  136 883 25 683 43 556 56 103 11 541
                               
                               
Selected countries                              
Denmark 79.4 : : 86.5 81.3  199 2 16 37  144 4 218 75  237  972 2 934
Sweden 80.9 : : 80.4 85.1  199 5 17 56  121 3 021 80  300  761 1 880
Croatia 43.2 26.7 48.1 43.5 :  199 30 54 92 23 1 827  289  499  785  254
Poland 61.5 : 67.6 62.0 63.6  200 22 37  108 33 4 518  498  882 2 261  877
United Kingdom 77.7 : : 82.4 78.3  197 6 14 34  143 1 615 30  141  298 1 146
Russia 54.0 34.0 63.2 63.6 :  200 50 57 77 16 3 329  672  944 1 416  297
Turkey 41.6 40.0 43.1 44.4 :  250 45  102 90 13 7 999 1 519 3 088 2 848  544
Germany 73.9 : : 75.8 73.7  199 5 18 62  114 2 870 75  293  689 1 813
Bosnia-Herzegovina 36.8 25.0 31.6 47.6 28.0  250 44 76  105 25 8 845 1 542 2 418 3 776 1 109
Macedonia 30.5 22.2 37.9 31.5 :  200 36 58 92 14 1 725  349  548  699  129
Kosovo 25.2 17.4 20.3 34.0 :  250 69 79 94 8 5 984 1 507 1 908 2 358  211
Morocco 51.5 54.5 47.1 55.7 :  200 33 70 79 18 4 318  731 1 431 1 793  363
Somalia 52.8 44.3 50.5 61.5 :  250 61 93 91 5 7 029 1 717 2 736 2 348  228
Afghanistan 50.0 41.3 52.9 53.8 :  200 75 68 52 5 1 821  661  582  482 96
Sri Lanka 63.2 55.3 56.3 68.8 :  250 38 71  125 16 6 645  934 1 808 3 566  337
Philippines 53.2 : 44.8 59.3 :  250 15 67  145 23 5 459  507 1 604 2 859  489
India 60.0 54.3 56.7 64.2 :  200 35 60 81 24 4 217  716 1 218 1 761  522
Iraq 48.6 33.9 50.0 52.1 :  249 59 84 94 12 8 425 2 062 2 929 3 047  387
Iran 52.4 51.3 46.0 57.6 :  250 39 63  125 23 9 327 1 647 2 382 4 651  647
China 36.5 36.0 35.7 36.0 39.4  200 25 42  100 33 2 695  341  607 1 266  481
Pakistan 55.2 54.0 51.5 60.9 :  250 63 97 69 21 16 586 4 161 5 914 5 010 1 501
Thailand 53.0 : 53.4 51.4 :  200 16 73  105 6 2 770  311  973 1 375  111
Vietnam 36.4 26.5 27.7 46.6 46.7  250 49 83 88 30 12 718 2 172 4 518 4 805 1 223
USA 74.7 : : 66.7 81.2  198 3 11 30  154 1 525 37 99  236 1 153
Chile 54.5 38.0 52.0 64.9 :  200 50 50 77 23 4 294  824 1 063 1 945  462
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth.
2  Country classifications Western/Non-western are not longer in use. This is replaced by two new country classifications.

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