Registered unemployed among immigrants (discontinued in Statistics Norway), Q1 2017

Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years in each group¹
	1st quarter 2016				1st quarter 2017
	Total	Settled 4 years and less	Settled 4-6 years	Settled 7 years and more	Total	Settled 4 years and less	Settled 4-6 years	Settled 7 years and more
¹Note that persons used as denominator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
²Turkey is included.
Absolute figures
Immigrants, total	33 575	6 692	8 589	18 294	31 437	5 008	7 876	18 553
The Nordic countries	1 682	356	370	956	1 501	224	269	1 008
Western Europe else	2 095	546	449	1 100	1 942	317	506	1 119
EU countries in Eastern Europe	12 719	3 879	4 467	4 373	11 316	2 727	3 842	4 747
Eastern Europe else	2 663	414	397	1 852	2 415	352	383	1 680
North-America and Oceania	269	27	37	205	261	28	49	184
Asia²	8 510	796	1 479	6 235	8 354	825	1 411	6 118
Africa	4 514	495	1 194	2 825	4 593	394	1 194	3 005
South- and Central-Amerika	1 123	179	196	748	1 055	141	222	692

Per cent
Immigrants, total	5.3	4.9	7.0	4.8	4.8	3.9	6.5	4.5
The Nordic countries	2.6	3.1	3.7	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.9	2.3
Western Europe else	3.3	3.9	4.3	2.8	3.1	2.5	5.0	2.7
EU countries in Eastern Europe	7.6	7.7	8.3	6.9	6.7	6.7	7.5	6.1
Eastern Europe else	5.1	5.5	7.2	4.7	4.5	4.8	6.3	4.1
North-America and Oceania	2.6	1.1	2.6	3.1	2.5	1.2	3.5	2.7
Asia²	4.7	2.6	6.5	4.8	4.2	2.2	6.3	4.5
Africa	5.9	2.7	7.8	6.5	5.7	2.4	7.0	6.3
South- and Central-Amerika	5.6	5.3	6.9	5.4	5.1	4.7	7.4	4.7

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