Figures for former participants in the introduction programme will be published on 25 January 2024. Publication of preliminary figures on 20 september 2023 is canceled.
Introduction programme for immigrants
Updated: 28 June 2023
Next update: 25 January 2024
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| Participants | Sex | Percentage | |||
| All | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Total | 17 807 | 5 891 | 11 916 | 33.1 | 66.9 |
| 18-25 years | 3 140 | 1 270 | 1 870 | 40.4 | 59.6 |
| 26-35 years | 6 072 | 1 837 | 4 235 | 30.3 | 69.7 |
| 36-45 years | 5 553 | 1 781 | 3 772 | 32.1 | 67.9 |
| 46-55 years | 2 482 | 801 | 1 681 | 32.3 | 67.7 |
| 56 years or older | 560 | 202 | 358 | 36.1 | 63.9 |
Selected tables and charts from this statistics
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2022 Participants (persons) Participants (per cent) Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Total 17 807 5 891 11 916 100 33 67 Of this: Ukraine 7 721 1 729 5 992 100 22 78 Syria 3 603 1 598 2 005 100 44 56 Congo 1 235 516 719 100 42 58 Eritrea 1 179 345 834 100 29 71 Afghanistan 799 388 411 100 49 51 Türkiye 714 386 328 100 54 46 Sudan 342 127 215 100 37 63 Russia 342 88 254 100 26 74 South Sudan 235 79 156 100 34 66 Ethiopia 205 58 147 100 28 72 Iran 193 94 99 100 49 51 Somalia 151 51 100 100 34 66 Iraq 144 57 87 100 40 60 Moldova . . . . . . China 59 36 23 100 61 39 Yemen 54 29 25 100 54 46 Kazakhstan 45 8 37 100 18 82 Rwanda 41 19 22 100 46 54 Saudi Arabia 39 17 22 100 44 56 Uganda 35 13 22 100 37 63 Uzbekistan 35 12 23 100 34 66 Libya 34 17 17 100 50 50 Pakistan 31 16 15 100 52 48 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Participants of introduction programme, sex and selected municipalitiesDownload table as ...Participants of introduction programme, sex and selected municipalities
2022 Participants Participants (per cent) Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Total 17 807 5 891 11 916 100 33 67 Selected municipalities: 3002 Moss 160 55 105 100 34 66 3003 Sarpsborg 128 48 80 100 38 63 3004 Fredrikstad 219 76 143 100 35 65 3005 Drammen 264 105 159 100 40 60 3007 Ringerike 103 36 67 100 35 65 3020 Nordre Follo 162 50 112 100 31 69 3024 Bærum 197 72 125 100 37 63 3025 Asker 196 68 128 100 35 65 3027 Rælingen 92 34 58 100 37 63 3029 Lørenskog 107 33 74 100 31 69 3030 Lillestrøm 237 87 150 100 37 63 3031 Nittedal 68 29 39 100 43 57 3033 Ullensaker 85 36 49 100 42 58 3049 Lier 108 32 76 100 30 70 0301 Oslo municipality 1 169 334 835 100 29 71 3403 Hamar 114 37 77 100 32 68 3405 Lillehammer 98 36 62 100 37 63 3407 Gjøvik 106 30 76 100 28 72 3411 Ringsaker 124 42 82 100 34 66 3413 Stange 103 40 63 100 39 61 3420 Elverum 75 22 53 100 29 71 3446 Gran 36 12 24 100 33 67 3801 Horten 81 25 56 100 31 69 3802 Holmestrand 58 19 39 100 33 67 3803 Tønsberg 171 47 124 100 27 73 3804 Sandefjord 133 35 98 100 26 74 3805 Larvik 121 41 80 100 34 66 3806 Porsgrunn 94 32 62 100 34 66 3807 Skien 131 48 83 100 37 63 3811 Færder 107 33 74 100 31 69 3814 Kragerø 51 14 37 100 27 73 4202 Grimstad 123 37 86 100 30 70 4203 Arendal 140 39 101 100 28 72 4204 Kristiansand 292 100 192 100 34 66 4205 Lindesnes 150 48 102 100 32 68 4223 Vennesla 93 31 62 100 33 67 4225 Lyngdal 57 15 42 100 26 74 1103 Stavanger 427 127 300 100 30 70 1106 Haugesund 182 57 125 100 31 69 1108 Sandnes 259 79 180 100 31 69 1119 Hå 90 31 59 100 34 66 1122 Gjesdal 67 24 43 100 36 64 1127 Randaberg 100 40 60 100 40 60 1130 Strand 86 32 54 100 37 63 1149 Karmøy 97 28 69 100 29 71 4601 Bergen 539 191 348 100 35 65 4602 Kinn 110 31 79 100 28 72 4621 Voss 83 33 50 100 40 60 4626 Øygarden 98 30 68 100 31 69 4627 Askøy 76 25 51 100 33 67 4631 Alver 46 20 26 100 43 57 4640 Sogndal 73 31 42 100 42 58 4647 Sunnfjord 59 24 35 100 41 59 1505 Kristiansund 73 21 52 100 29 71 1506 Molde 154 56 98 100 36 64 1507 Ålesund 143 48 95 100 34 66 1563 Sunndal 88 34 54 100 39 61 5001 Trondheim 443 148 295 100 33 67 5006 Steinkjer 116 47 69 100 41 59 5007 Namsos 89 26 63 100 29 71 5028 Melhus 76 26 50 100 34 66 5031 Malvik 66 23 43 100 35 65 5035 Stjørdal 114 38 76 100 33 67 5037 Levanger 86 27 59 100 31 69 5038 Verdal 54 18 36 100 33 67 1804 Bodø 229 73 156 100 32 68 1806 Narvik 73 20 53 100 27 73 1833 Rana 49 19 30 100 39 61 5401 Tromsø 244 82 162 100 34 66 5402 Harstad 119 50 69 100 42 58 5421 Senja 79 30 49 100 38 62 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Participants of introduction programme by sex an measuresDownload table as ...Participants of introduction programme by sex an measures
2022 Participants (persons) Participants (Per cent) Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Participants, total 17 807 5 891 11 916 100 100 100 Norwegian language training with social studies 15 217 4 969 10 248 85 84 86 Language in practice 2 541 834 1 707 14 14 14 Approval of education 64 30 34 0 1 0 Work (in public sector, from 2011 also private sector) 512 221 291 3 4 2 Work practice 1 587 588 999 9 10 8 Primary and lower secondary school 1 858 773 1 085 10 13 9 Upper secondary education 924 452 472 5 8 4 Labour market courses 1 091 347 744 6.1 5.9 6.2 Occupational courses organized by others 314 128 186 1.8 2.2 1.6 Measures that promote health / physical activities 1 288 450 838 7.2 7.6 7.0 Measures that promote social networking 1 186 436 750 6.7 7.4 6.3 Life skills 2 313 866 1 447 13.0 14.7 12.1 Parental guidance 1 257 356 901 7.1 21.3 7.6 Other 6 108 2 115 3 993 34 36 34 Messures not registered 1 473 438 1 035 8.3 2.5 5.8 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sexDownload table as ...Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex
2021 Number Percent Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Labour force status, total 4 813 2 457 2 356 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 2 927 1 748 1 179 61 71 50 Employed 1 199 904 295 25 37 13 Employed and in education 842 530 312 17 22 13 In education 886 314 572 18 13 24 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 302 163 139 6 7 6 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 197 107 90 4 4 4 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 105 56 49 2 2 2 Other or unknown status, total 1 584 546 1 038 33 22 44 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 100 57 43 2 2 2 Receive work assessment allowances 206 91 115 4 4 5 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance 35 .. .. 1 .. .. Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit 53 .. .. 1 .. .. Receives social assistance 377 172 205 8 7 9 Other groups 161 49 112 3 2 5 Unknown 652 150 502 14 6 21 On 25 January 2023 the table was updated with final figures for 2021 after information on self-employed persons in 2021 became available. Information on self-employed persons from 2020, the year prior to the reference year, was utilized in the previously published figures to improve the timeliness of the statistics. However, the mismatch in time of measurement, results in come uncertainty in the preliminary figures. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex and ageDownload table as ...Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex and age
2021 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-50 years 51 years or older Both sexes Labour force status, total 815 806 991 869 568 440 324 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 83 69 66 58 46 41 31 Employed 18 25 28 29 26 26 19 Employed and in education 39 21 17 13 8 5 3 In education 27 22 21 16 13 11 8 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 3 7 6 7 8 6 9 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 2 5 4 5 5 4 5 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 Other or unknown status, total 14 25 29 35 46 53 60 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure .. .. 2 2 4 4 6 Receive work assessment allowances 1 1 3 4 7 9 15 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance .. .. 1 1 1 .. 2 Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit .. 2 1 1 1 .. . Receives social assistance 3 5 5 7 11 18 19 Other groups 1 2 2 3 5 5 8 Unknown 6 14 14 17 18 14 11 Males Labour force status, total 550 400 438 368 265 237 199 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 88 81 77 70 57 51 38 Employed 24 39 46 47 38 38 26 Employed and in education 44 27 20 13 9 5 3 In education 20 14 11 10 9 8 9 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 3 8 6 7 10 6 10 Jobseekers not registered unemployed .. 5 5 5 6 .. 5 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures .. 3 1 2 4 .. 5 Other or unknown status, total 9 12 16 23 33 43 53 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 1 .. 2 2 5 4 .. Receive work assessment allowances 1 .. 3 .. 5 7 10 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance .. .. .. .. 2 2 .. Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit .. . . . . . . Receives social assistance 3 4 3 6 9 19 18 Other groups .. 2 .. 2 2 2 8 Unknown 3 5 5 7 10 9 8 Females Labour force status, total 265 406 553 501 303 203 125 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 74 57 56 50 36 30 19 Employed 5 12 13 16 15 12 8 Employed and in education 27 15 15 13 6 4 3 In education 41 30 28 20 15 13 8 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 2 6 6 8 6 6 8 Jobseekers not registered unemployed .. 4 3 5 4 .. 5 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures .. 1 2 3 2 .. 3 Other or unknown status, total 24 37 38 43 58 65 73 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure .. .. 1 2 3 4 .. Receive work assessment allowances . .. 3 .. 8 12 22 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance .. . .. .. . .. .. Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit 5 4 2 2 1 .. . Receives social assistance 4 6 7 7 12 18 19 Other groups .. 3 .. 5 9 9 10 Unknown 12 24 22 24 24 19 16 On 25 January 2023 the table was updated with final figures for 2021 after information on self-employed persons in 2021 became available. Information on self-employed persons from 2020, the year prior to the reference year, was utilized in the previously published figures to improve the timeliness of the statistics. However, the mismatch in time of measurement, results in come uncertainty in the preliminary figures. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after leaving the programme. By sex and country backgroundDownload table as ...Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after leaving the programme. By sex and country background
2021 Number Percent Labour force status, total Labour force status, total Employed and / or in education, total Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total Other or unknown status, total Both sexes Total 4 813 100 61 6 33 Türkiye 62 100 92 .. .. Eritrea 805 100 73 4 23 Ethiopia 145 100 71 .. .. Congo 62 100 61 6 32 Somalia 169 100 40 12 49 Sudan 142 100 57 6 37 Afghanistan 212 100 78 3 19 Iraq 220 100 63 7 30 Iran 202 100 71 4 25 Saudi Arabia 30 100 63 .. .. Syria 2 516 100 55 7 38 Yemen 40 100 60 .. .. Males Total 2 457 100 71 7 22 Türkiye .. .. 91 .. .. Eritrea 361 100 83 4 13 Ethiopia 47 100 89 0 11 Congo 30 100 70 .. .. Somalia 39 100 67 8 26 Sudan 57 100 74 .. .. Afghanistan 146 100 91 2 7 Iraq 134 100 69 5 25 Iran 123 100 75 .. .. Saudi Arabia 14 100 64 .. .. Syria 1 346 100 65 8 27 Yemen 27 100 70 .. .. Females Total 2 356 100 50 6 44 Türkiye .. .. 93 .. 0 Eritrea 444 100 64 4 31 Ethiopia 98 100 62 .. .. Congo 32 100 53 .. .. Somalia 130 100 32 13 55 Sudan 85 100 46 .. .. Afghanistan 66 100 48 5 47 Iraq 86 100 53 9 37 Iran 79 100 66 .. .. Saudi Arabia 16 100 63 .. .. Syria 1 170 100 44 6 50 Yemen 13 100 38 0 62 On 25 January 2023 the table was updated with final figures for 2021 after information on self-employed persons in 2021 became available. Information on self-employed persons from 2020, the year prior to the reference year, was utilized in the previously published figures to improve the timeliness of the statistics. However, the mismatch in time of measurement, results in come uncertainty in the preliminary figures. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex and residence while in programmeDownload table as ...Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex and residence while in programme
2021 Persons, by residence while in programme Number Percent Total Total Employed and / or in education, total Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total Other or unknown status, total Both sexes The whole country 4 813 100 61 6 33 3001 Halden 6 100 .. 0 .. 3002 Moss 38 100 58 .. .. 3003 Sarpsborg 43 100 67 9 23 3004 Fredrikstad 80 100 65 5 30 3005 Drammen 81 100 63 10 27 3006 Kongsberg .. .. 40 .. 30 3007 Ringerike 41 100 56 20 24 3014 Indre Østfold 13 100 .. .. .. 3020 Nordre Follo 47 100 66 .. .. 3021 Ås 15 100 .. 0 .. 3024 Bærum 90 100 68 .. 32 3025 Asker 62 100 79 .. .. 3029 Lørenskog 22 100 .. .. .. 3030 Lillestrøm 38 100 58 .. .. 3031 Nittedal 17 100 47 .. .. 3033 Ullensaker 32 100 75 .. .. 3034 Nes 12 100 58 0 42 3035 Eidsvoll 11 100 .. .. .. 3048 Øvre Eiker 19 100 47 .. .. 3049 Lier 32 100 69 .. .. 0301 Oslo municipality 395 100 57 8 35 3403 Hamar 21 100 .. .. 33 3405 Lillehammer 29 100 83 .. 17 3407 Gjøvik 67 100 72 7 21 3411 Ringsaker 12 100 33 .. 67 3413 Stange 21 100 67 .. .. 3420 Elverum 19 100 .. 0 .. 3801 Horten 23 100 .. .. 43 3802 Holmestrand 5 100 .. 0 .. 3803 Tønsberg 73 100 59 15 26 3804 Sandefjord 52 100 62 .. .. 3805 Larvik 63 100 56 .. .. 3806 Porsgrunn 46 100 54 .. .. 3807 Skien 45 100 56 11 33 3811 Færder 20 100 60 .. .. 4202 Grimstad 22 100 55 .. .. 4203 Arendal 61 100 .. .. 46 4204 Kristiansand 216 100 51 6 42 4205 Lindesnes 41 100 76 0 24 1103 Stavanger 192 100 59 8 33 1106 Haugesund 35 100 63 .. .. 1108 Sandnes 92 100 67 8 25 1120 Klepp 10 100 .. 0 .. 1124 Sola 18 100 67 .. .. 1149 Karmøy 21 100 57 .. .. 4601 Bergen 116 100 46 4 50 4624 Bjørnafjorden 15 100 .. .. .. 4626 Øygarden 12 100 .. 0 .. 4627 Askøy 9 100 .. .. .. 4631 Alver 5 100 .. 0 .. 4647 Sunnfjord 20 100 55 0 45 1505 Kristiansund 20 100 70 0 30 1506 Molde 94 100 64 5 31 1507 Ålesund 50 100 50 .. .. 5001 Trondheim 152 100 53 .. .. 5006 Steinkjer 29 100 45 .. .. 5035 Stjørdal 22 100 82 0 18 5037 Levanger 38 100 66 .. .. 1804 Bodø 62 100 81 5 15 1806 Narvik 27 100 48 .. .. 1833 Rana 31 100 71 .. .. 5401 Tromsø 69 100 52 .. .. 5402 Harstad 46 100 65 9 26 5403 Alta 12 100 42 .. .. Males The whole country 2 457 100 71 7 22 3001 Halden .. .. 0 0 .. 3002 Moss 16 100 69 0 31 3003 Sarpsborg 17 100 76 .. 24 3004 Fredrikstad 48 100 79 8 13 3005 Drammen 54 100 63 9 28 3006 Kongsberg .. .. .. 0 0 3007 Ringerike 18 100 67 .. .. 3014 Indre Østfold 6 100 100 0 .. 3020 Nordre Follo 24 100 75 .. .. 3021 Ås 4 100 .. 0 .. 3024 Bærum 37 100 84 0 16 3025 Asker 47 100 89 .. .. 3029 Lørenskog 13 100 100 .. .. 3030 Lillestrøm 19 100 58 0 42 3031 Nittedal 8 100 .. .. .. 3033 Ullensaker 17 100 .. .. 0 3034 Nes 4 100 .. 0 .. 3035 Eidsvoll 6 100 .. .. .. 3048 Øvre Eiker 5 100 .. 0 .. 3049 Lier 16 100 .. .. .. 0301 Oslo municipality 200 100 65 10 26 3403 Hamar 14 100 .. .. .. 3405 Lillehammer 13 100 100 0 0 3407 Gjøvik 29 100 72 .. .. 3411 Ringsaker .. .. .. 0 .. 3413 Stange 7 100 .. .. 0 3420 Elverum 9 100 100 0 0 3801 Horten 12 100 .. .. 33 3802 Holmestrand .. .. .. 0 .. 3803 Tønsberg 47 100 70 13 17 3804 Sandefjord 29 100 72 .. .. 3805 Larvik 32 100 66 .. .. 3806 Porsgrunn 25 100 64 .. .. 3807 Skien 23 100 65 .. .. 3811 Færder 16 100 75 .. .. 4202 Grimstad 11 100 55 .. .. 4203 Arendal 36 100 67 0 33 4204 Kristiansand 112 100 63 7 30 4205 Lindesnes 20 100 .. 0 .. 1103 Stavanger 123 100 67 .. .. 1106 Haugesund 21 100 62 .. .. 1108 Sandnes 56 100 75 .. .. 1120 Klepp 4 100 100 0 0 1124 Sola 13 100 .. .. .. 1149 Karmøy 10 100 60 .. .. 4601 Bergen 43 100 56 .. .. 4624 Bjørnafjorden 6 100 .. .. .. 4626 Øygarden 5 100 100 0 0 4627 Askøy 4 100 100 0 0 4631 Alver .. .. .. 0 .. 4647 Sunnfjord 12 100 67 0 33 1505 Kristiansund 14 100 .. 0 .. 1506 Molde 47 100 83 .. .. 1507 Ålesund 19 100 68 .. .. 5001 Trondheim 65 100 63 .. .. 5006 Steinkjer 18 100 56 .. .. 5035 Stjørdal 13 100 .. 0 .. 5037 Levanger 23 100 74 .. .. 1804 Bodø 41 100 88 .. 12 1806 Narvik 11 100 55 .. .. 1833 Rana 18 100 83 17 0 5401 Tromsø 35 100 66 .. .. 5402 Harstad 22 100 86 0 14 5403 Alta .. .. .. 0 0 Females The whole country 2 356 100 50 6 44 3001 Halden .. .. .. 0 60 3002 Moss 22 100 50 .. .. 3003 Sarpsborg 26 100 62 15 23 3004 Fredrikstad 32 100 44 .. 56 3005 Drammen 27 100 63 11 26 3006 Kongsberg 9 100 .. .. 33 3007 Ringerike 23 100 48 .. .. 3014 Indre Østfold 7 100 .. .. .. 3020 Nordre Follo 23 100 57 0 43 3021 Ås 11 100 64 0 36 3024 Bærum 53 100 57 .. 43 3025 Asker 15 100 47 .. 53 3029 Lørenskog 9 100 .. .. .. 3030 Lillestrøm 19 100 58 .. .. 3031 Nittedal 9 100 .. 0 .. 3033 Ullensaker 15 100 .. .. .. 3034 Nes 8 100 .. 0 .. 3035 Eidsvoll 5 100 .. 0 .. 3048 Øvre Eiker 14 100 .. .. 57 3049 Lier 16 100 .. 0 .. 0301 Oslo municipality 195 100 49 7 44 3403 Hamar 7 100 .. .. .. 3405 Lillehammer 16 100 69 .. 31 3407 Gjøvik 38 100 71 .. .. 3411 Ringsaker .. .. .. .. .. 3413 Stange 14 100 .. 29 .. 3420 Elverum 10 100 .. 0 .. 3801 Horten 11 100 .. .. 55 3802 Holmestrand .. .. .. 0 .. 3803 Tønsberg 26 100 38 19 42 3804 Sandefjord 23 100 48 .. 52 3805 Larvik 31 100 45 .. .. 3806 Porsgrunn 21 100 43 .. .. 3807 Skien 22 100 45 .. .. 3811 Færder 4 100 .. .. .. 4202 Grimstad 11 100 55 0 45 4203 Arendal 25 100 .. .. 64 4204 Kristiansand 104 100 39 6 55 4205 Lindesnes 21 100 .. 0 .. 1103 Stavanger 69 100 45 .. .. 1106 Haugesund 14 100 64 0 36 1108 Sandnes 36 100 56 .. .. 1120 Klepp 6 100 .. 0 .. 1124 Sola 5 100 .. 0 .. 1149 Karmøy 11 100 55 0 45 4601 Bergen 73 100 40 .. .. 4624 Bjørnafjorden 9 100 44 0 56 4626 Øygarden 7 100 .. 0 .. 4627 Askøy 5 100 .. .. .. 4631 Alver .. .. .. 0 .. 4647 Sunnfjord 8 100 38 0 63 1505 Kristiansund 6 100 .. 0 .. 1506 Molde 47 100 45 .. .. 1507 Ålesund 31 100 39 0 61 5001 Trondheim 87 100 46 .. .. 5006 Steinkjer 11 100 27 .. 73 5035 Stjørdal 9 100 .. 0 .. 5037 Levanger 15 100 53 0 47 1804 Bodø 21 100 67 14 19 1806 Narvik 16 100 44 0 56 1833 Rana 13 100 54 .. .. 5401 Tromsø 34 100 38 .. .. 5402 Harstad 24 100 46 17 38 5403 Alta .. .. .. .. .. On 25 January 2023 the table was updated with final figures for 2021 after information on self-employed persons in 2021 became available. Information on self-employed persons from 2020, the year prior to the reference year, was utilized in the previously published figures to improve the timeliness of the statistics. However, the mismatch in time of measurement, results in come uncertainty in the preliminary figures. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November for those who ended/left the introduction programme last five years. By sexDownload table as ...Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November for those who ended/left the introduction programme last five years. By sex
2021 Persons, by residence while in programme Five years earlier Four years earlier Three years earlier Two years earlier One year earlier Both sexes Labour force status, total 4 667 6 171 8 047 8 051 4 813 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 68 70 73 69 61 Employed 49 46 42 35 25 Employed and in education 11 15 20 19 17 In education 8 9 11 14 18 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 8 8 7 7 6 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 6 5 5 5 4 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 3 3 2 2 2 Other or unknown status, total 24 22 20 24 33 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 1 2 1 2 2 Receive work assessment allowances 3 4 4 5 4 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance 3 2 2 1 1 Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit 1 1 1 1 1 Receives social assistance 6 5 5 6 8 Other groups 2 2 2 2 3 Unknown 7 6 5 8 14 Males Labour force status, total 2 643 3 994 5 621 5 324 2 457 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 75 78 79 76 71 Employed 61 56 51 44 37 Employed and in education 11 16 21 21 22 In education 4 6 7 11 13 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 8 8 7 7 7 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 6 5 5 5 4 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 2 2 2 2 2 Other or unknown status, total 17 15 14 17 22 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure .. .. .. 1 2 Receive work assessment allowances 3 3 3 4 4 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance 2 2 1 1 .. Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit .. .. .. 0 .. Receives social assistance 4 4 4 5 7 Other groups 1 1 1 1 2 Unknown 5 4 3 4 6 Females Labour force status, total 2 024 2 177 2 426 2 727 2 356 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 58 56 58 55 50 Employed 33 28 22 18 13 Employed and in education 13 14 18 16 13 In education 12 14 18 21 24 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 9 9 9 8 6 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 6 6 6 5 4 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 3 3 3 3 2 Other or unknown status, total 34 35 33 38 44 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure .. .. .. 2 2 Receive work assessment allowances 4 4 5 5 5 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance 3 3 2 1 .. Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit .. .. .. 2 .. Receives social assistance 9 8 8 8 9 Other groups 4 4 3 4 5 Unknown 9 10 11 16 21 On 25 January 2023 the table was updated with final figures for 2021 after information on self-employed persons in 2021 became available. Information on self-employed persons from 2020, the year prior to the reference year, was utilized in the previously published figures to improve the timeliness of the statistics. However, the mismatch in time of measurement, results in come uncertainty in the preliminary figures. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
More figures from this statistics
- 08432: Participants of introduction programme, by municipality and sex (M)
- 08438: Participants of introduction programme, by country of bith, sex and year of immigration
- 10809: Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, by sex and age
- 10824: Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, by sex (M) (UD)
- 12268: Introduction programme, operating expenditures function 275 (m)
About the statistics
The statistics include content in the introduction programme and encompass recipients of introductory benefit. The figures for previous participants include those who have completed or dropped out of the programme, as well as status in relation to employment and education for a five-year period after the programme.
Participant
A person who, during the reference year, was registered by a local authority as a participant on the introduction programme.
Former participant
A former participant is someone who completed the programme or for different reasons dropped out of the programme in a given year, and is registered as resident in Norway in November the following year.
Introduction benefit
The introduction benefit is the benefit that introduction programme participants receive from the local authority to cover subsistence expenses during the period of the programme. The benefit on an annual basis is equal to twice the basic amount of National Insurance (2G). Participants under the age of 25 receive two-thirds of the benefit. The benefit is taxable, and if the participant is absent from training and initiatives without a valid reason, their benefit is reduced for each hour they are not in attendance. Everyone receives the same amount of benefit as it is not means tested. This means that it is not reduced due to child allowance, cash support etc. Nor is the benefit reduced due to income from self-employment or other work, or due to the possession of capital. To the extent that paid work is included in the programme, the benefit is reduced correspondingly for the period that the work is carried out. National insurance benefits, such as sickness benefit and unemployment benefit, are nevertheless reduced accordingly.
Initiatives in the introduction programme
The introduction programme is available for persons in need of basic qualification, and as a minimum must include Norwegian language training, knowledge about society and initiatives that prepare participants for further education/training or the labour market.
In addition to traditional Norwegian language training, initiatives are also offered outside the traditional classroom teaching, such as language practice in a workplace. Language practice is part of the Norwegian language training, where participants are placed in a workplace for part of the week in order to practice their Norwegian skills in an authentic setting.
Initiatives that prepare participants for further education/training or the labour market may entail practice work or other initiatives organised by NAV, vocational training, computer training, lower secondary or upper secondary studies etc. Vocational training is a method of real competence assessment that documents both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
Ending reasons
When a participant finishes the introductory program, detailed reasons for ending the programme are recorded in NIR. The statistics use the following categorization of ending reasons: work, high school and higher education, elementary school, public-sector qualification measures, social assistance, other benefits and relocation.
Immigrants
Persons born abroad to two foreign-born parents and four foreign grandparents. Immigrants have immigrated to Norway at one time or another.
Persons with a refugee background
Persons who have come to Norway seeking refuge, and family members of these groups who came here as part of family reunification. Children born to persons with a refugee background after their parents came to Norway are not included in this category, and neither are asylum seekers.
Country of birth
Mainly the mother’s country of residence when a person was born.
Employment/education
Made up of persons who are registered as employed or in education, and those who are registered with a combination of employment and education. Employed persons are defined as those who performed paid work for at least one hour during the reference week, and persons who had such work but were on temporary leave during the reference week due to illness, holiday, paid leave etc.
Registered unemployed/on initiative is defined as persons who are registered as unemployed with NAV, and persons on ordinary labour market initiatives.
Other or unknown status
Part of a collective term for the weakest degree of labour market attachment. Other status relates to individuals with a reduced ability to work who are on initiatives organised by NAV, those on long-term sick leave and recipients of social assistance. Unknown status means that they are not registered in any of the available data sources we use in the status reporting for labour market attachment. These individuals are therefore not employed, in education, registered unemployed or participating in labour market initiatives.
Country background is a person or a person’s mother’s or father’s country of birth. Persons without an immigrant background only have Norway as a country background. When both parents are foreign-born, they are normally born in the same country. In cases where the parents were born in different countries, the mother’s country of birth is used.
Municipality in this context is the programme participant’s municipality of residence.
Name: Introduction programme for immigrants
Topic: Education
Division for Population Statistics
National, county, municipal and district in Oslo for previous participants, and breakdown by industry region.
Annual.
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Act no. 80 of 4 July 2003 on an introduction programme and Norwegian language training for newly arrived immigrants (the Introduction Act) made the introduction programme and introduction benefit mandatory for local authorities as of 1 September 2004. Prior to the programme being made mandatory, a growing number of municipalities had various types of trial schemes.
The purpose of the Introduction Act is to strengthen immigrants’ potential to participate in the labour market and society, and facilitate their financial independence. Section 2 of the Act stipulates who has the right and obligation to participate in the introduction programme. These are persons with a refugee background, family members of these groups who came here as part of family reunification, and persons who have been allowed to stay on an independent basis following a relationship breakdown due to abuse. Furthermore, the person must be between 18 and 55 years old and in need of basic qualification. The introduction programme is adapted to the individual’s needs for qualification and can generally last up to two years. In special cases, the programme may be extended to three years. The aim of the programme is to provide newly arrived immigrants with a refugee background with basic skills in Norwegian, a basic insight into Norwegian society, and to prepare them for participation in the labour market and/or education. Programme participants are entitled to introduction benefit, which, on an annual basis, equals twice the basic amount of the National Insurance. Participants under the age of 25 receive two-thirds of the benefit.
Users of the statistics include the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (until 16 December 2015: Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion), Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi), KS (the municipal sector’s association), municipalities, researchers, students and the media. Statistics based on KOSTRA data aim to provide management information on local authorities and county authorities, for use by the population and media, local authorities and central government bodies.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 08 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given inthe Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
Statistics Norway has retrieved the information about participation in the introduction scheme from the Introduction Act. Pursuant to section 10 of the Statistics Act Statistics Norway will compile official statistics from data received.
Participants
The statistics on participation in the introduction programme include information about each participant of the introduction programme in the municipalities. The statistics include all who are registered as participants in the current year, and include information about the participant's gender, age, marital status, start date and end date of participation in the introduction programme, which initiatives they have participated in during the reference year, their ending reasons/status, which months they have received the benefit, and the total benefit amount for the year.
Former participants
Information about former participants on the introduction programme includes those who have completed or for various reasons left the programme in a given year. We follow their status in the labour market and in education over the next five years.
Participants
From 2017, statistics on participants in the introduction programme are based on data from the National Introduction Register (NIR) of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi).
In addition, information about the municipalities' reporting of payment of introduction benefit is obtained from the A-melding.
Until 2016 the statistics are based on local authorities’ annual submissions of electronic forms and file extractions in relation to participants who are registered on KOSTRA form 11B.
The data is then synthesised with the population statistics of 31 December in the reporting year.
Full count, i.e. all local authorities with participants on the programme should report to Statistics Norway.
Former participants
The statistics of former participants are based on KOSTRA information for all years, up to and including those who completed the introductory program in 2016.
For former participants, the data is further synthesised with the System for personal data, where information from a number of registers is collated. Register data has a reference date in November each year and contains information about whether a person is employed, registered unemployed, on an employment initiative, in education, or is in receipt of specific types of state benefits or measures. A person may, on the reference date, have more than one status at the same time, for example where they are both in employment and receiving benefit. One of the aims of these statistics is to examine how many people are active, and we have examined the activities of employment and education in addition to the combination of these. The following prioritisation was made: if a person is registered as unemployed, but is also in education, they are considered to be in education and not unemployed. As regards the other statuses, such as health-related benefits and social assistance, there are many who receive these in combination with, for example, employment, education or registered unemployment. In such cases, work and other activities, as well as registered unemployment, are prioritised.
Data is collected from the local authorities through the KOSTRA reporting. Most of the local authorities have their own business systems from which data is retrieved, while some report using an electronic form. All participants with a valid personal identification number are linked to population data from 31 December of the reporting year. Only persons who are resident in Norway at the end of the year are included in the statistics. The KOSTRA tables, however, include all participants in the year.
Checks are performed on personal identification numbers, in addition to logical value verification. In addition to the checks carried out in the National Population Register, Statistics Norway also performs checks for statistical purposes.
Former participants, leaving cohort
In order for former participants to be assigned a leaving cohort, the following processing is done: (a) All participants on the introduction programme whose status in KOSTRA is ‘completed’ or ‘dropped out’ at the end of the year are initially included in the population; (b) Only those who have actually completed the course, i.e. who are not just on temporary leave from the programme, are included in the cohort. The population is therefore checked against those who participated in the programme the following year; and (c) Women who drop out of the programme because they give birth immediately after dropping out of the programme or who for various reasons do not return to the programme once their leave ends, are added to the next cohort. Thus, they are only included in the statistics once they have had a year’s leave for child care.
Figures are not shown where there are fewer than four units.
The statistics were first published in 2006 for the statistics year 2005.
Errors in connection with the collection and processing of data can occur. There may be coding errors, revision errors, or errors in the electronic data processing etc. Extensive efforts are made to minimise such errors. Thus, they can normally be disregarded in a statistical context.
There should in principle be no sampling errors as this is a full count.
