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Statistics on
Introduction programme for immigrants
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.
Selected figures from these statistics
- Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme.Download table as ...Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme.
2024 Both sexes Males Females Number Labour force status, total 11 828 3 811 8 017 Employed and / or in education, total 7 955 2 718 5 237 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 1 350 395 955 Other or unknown status, total 2 523 698 1 825 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 67 71 65 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 11 10 12 Other or unknown status, total 21 18 23 Figures published in September are preliminary. Final figures are published in January/February. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Participants of introduction programme, by country of birth and sexDownload table as ...Participants of introduction programme, by country of birth and sex
2024 Participants (persons) Participants (per cent) Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Total 34 578 15 191 19 387 100 44 56 Of this: Ukraine 24 178 10 321 13 857 100 43 57 Syria 4 202 2 352 1 850 100 56 44 Congo 1 060 399 661 100 38 62 Eritrea 890 281 609 100 32 68 Afghanistan 759 331 428 100 44 56 Türkiye 314 162 152 100 52 48 Sudan 272 109 163 100 40 60 Russia 891 365 526 100 41 59 South Sudan 114 26 88 100 23 77 Ethiopia 139 44 95 100 32 68 Iran 137 59 78 100 43 57 Somalia 72 25 47 100 35 65 Iraq 85 41 44 100 48 52 Moldova 163 65 98 100 40 60 China 93 59 34 100 63 37 Yemen 50 32 18 100 64 36 Kazakhstan 107 37 70 100 35 65 Rwanda 74 27 47 100 36 64 Saudi Arabia 39 14 25 100 36 64 Uganda 20 5 15 100 25 75 Uzbekistan 77 43 34 100 56 44 Libya 16 8 8 100 50 50 Pakistan 22 10 12 100 45 55 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Participants of introduction programme, sex and selected municipalitiesDownload table as ...Participants of introduction programme, sex and selected municipalities
2024 Participants (persons) Participants (per cents) Both sexes Females Males Both sexes Females Males Total 34 578 19 387 15 191 100 56 44 Of this: 3101 Halden 57 33 24 100 58 42 3103 Moss 237 146 91 100 62 38 3105 Sarpsborg 128 71 57 100 55 45 3107 Fredrikstad 329 175 154 100 53 47 3118 Indre Østfold 200 115 85 100 58 43 3201 Bærum 431 244 187 100 57 43 3203 Asker 374 199 175 100 53 47 3205 Lillestrøm 433 221 212 100 51 49 3207 Nordre Follo 321 177 144 100 55 45 3209 Ullensaker 212 119 93 100 56 44 3212 Nesodden 84 53 31 100 63 37 3218 Ås 127 70 57 100 55 45 3222 Lørenskog 209 131 78 100 63 37 3224 Rælingen 112 59 53 100 53 47 3228 Nes 99 55 44 100 56 44 3232 Nittedal 135 72 63 100 53 47 3240 Eidsvoll 147 91 56 100 62 38 0301 Oslo - Oslove 2 128 1 173 955 100 55 45 3301 Drammen 349 189 160 100 54 46 3303 Kongsberg 153 86 67 100 56 44 3305 Ringerike 172 102 70 100 59 41 3312 Lier 153 91 62 100 59 41 3314 Øvre Eiker 128 76 52 100 59 41 3403 Hamar 216 122 94 100 56 44 3405 Lillehammer 185 112 73 100 61 39 3407 Gjøvik 190 105 85 100 55 45 3411 Ringsaker 200 106 94 100 53 47 3413 Stange 156 83 73 100 53 47 3420 Elverum 118 70 48 100 59 41 3901 Horten 192 110 82 100 57 43 3905 Tønsberg 307 177 130 100 58 42 3907 Sandefjord 283 161 122 100 57 43 3909 Larvik 189 110 79 100 58 42 3911 Færder 126 67 59 100 53 47 4001 Porsgrunn 146 88 58 100 60 40 4003 Skien 160 75 85 100 47 53 4202 Grimstad 221 133 88 100 60 40 4203 Arendal 216 122 94 100 56 44 4204 Kristiansand 557 287 270 100 52 48 4205 Lindesnes 224 126 98 100 56 44 1103 Stavanger 911 518 393 100 57 43 1106 Haugesund 314 182 132 100 58 42 1108 Sandnes 359 232 127 100 65 35 1119 Hå 154 89 65 100 58 42 1120 Klepp 121 70 51 100 58 42 1121 Time 117 55 62 100 47 53 1124 Sola 128 75 53 100 59 41 1149 Karmøy 261 152 109 100 58 42 4601 Bergen 1 108 584 524 100 53 47 4624 Bjørnafjorden 121 64 57 100 53 47 4626 Øygarden 188 110 78 100 59 41 4627 Askøy 101 57 44 100 56 44 4631 Alver 214 113 101 100 53 47 4647 Sunnfjord 200 123 77 100 62 39 1505 Kristiansund 211 128 83 100 61 39 1506 Molde 394 231 163 100 59 41 1508 Ålesund 297 173 124 100 58 42 5001 Trondheim - Tråante 982 539 443 100 55 45 5006 Steinkjer - Stïentje 273 150 123 100 55 45 5035 Stjørdal 239 129 110 100 54 46 5037 Levanger - Levangke 185 99 86 100 54 46 1804 Bodø 468 231 237 100 49 51 1806 Narvik 167 92 75 100 55 45 1833 Rana - Raane 106 64 42 100 60 40 5501 Tromsø 506 277 229 100 55 45 5503 Harstad - Hárstták 198 109 89 100 55 45 5601 Alta 218 118 100 100 54 46 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Participants of introduction programme by sex an measuresDownload table as ...Participants of introduction programme by sex an measures
2024 Participants (persons) Participants (Per cent) Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Participants, total 34 578 15 191 19 387 100.0 100.0 100.0 Norwegian language training and social studies 33 304 14 697 18 607 96.3 96.7 96.0 Practice with a focus on Norwegian 6 714 2 853 3 861 19.4 18.8 19.9 Approval/real competence assessment 147 58 89 0.4 0.4 0.5 Work in the programme 1 723 856 867 5.0 5.6 4.5 Practice with a focus on work 8 059 3 389 4 670 23.3 22.3 24.1 Primary and lower secondary school 2 131 992 1 139 6.2 6.5 5.9 Upper secondary education 763 390 373 2.2 2.6 1.9 Short industry/jobb seeker courses 8 839 3 924 4 915 25.6 25.8 25.4 Measures that promote health 2 198 953 1 245 6.4 6.3 6.4 Measures by the voluntary sector 1 365 589 776 3.9 3.9 4.0 Life skills 6 341 2 855 3 486 18.3 18.8 18.0 Parental guidance 4 832 1 807 3 025 14.0 11.9 15.6 Other 9 898 4 287 5 611 28.6 28.2 28.9 Measures not registered 830 324 506 2.4 2.1 2.6 Per cent is corrected 24 June 2024 0340 PM: Parental guidance (Males) and Measures not registered (Males and Females) 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
2024 Number Percent Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Labour force status, total 11 828 3 811 8 017 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 7 955 2 718 5 237 67 71 65 Employed 5 884 2 061 3 823 50 54 48 Employed and in education 996 372 624 8 10 8 In education 1 075 285 790 9 7 10 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 1 350 395 955 11 10 12 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 791 235 556 7 6 7 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 559 160 399 5 4 5 Other or unknown status, total 2 523 698 1 825 21 18 23 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 170 53 117 1 1 1 Receive work assessment allowances 31 11 20 0 0 0 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance 14 5 9 0 0 0 Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit 14 0 14 0 0 0 Receives social assistance 855 273 582 7 7 7 Other groups 210 48 162 2 1 2 Unknown 1 229 308 921 10 8 11 Figures published in September are preliminary. Final figures are published in January/February. 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
2024 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 1 194 1 341 1 751 2 233 2 079 1 687 1 543 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 74 71 73 70 71 64 47 Employed 36 49 55 56 56 50 38 Employed and in education 21 12 9 7 7 5 2 In education 17 10 9 7 8 8 7 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 5 9 8 12 10 15 19 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 3 6 5 7 6 7 12 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 2 3 3 5 4 8 7 Other or unknown status, total 20 20 20 18 19 21 34 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 2 .. .. 1 2 2 3 Receive work assessment allowances .. .. 0 .. 0 .. .. Health related allowances except work assessment allowance .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit . 0 0 .. .. . . Receives social assistance 4 5 5 6 6 7 17 Other groups 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 Unknown 13 12 12 10 8 9 11 Males Labour force status, total 434 488 583 741 621 517 427 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 78 74 79 75 76 64 47 Employed 35 51 64 63 62 52 39 Employed and in education 25 15 10 7 7 5 1 In education 19 8 5 5 6 6 7 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 3 11 9 9 9 17 17 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 2 7 5 5 6 8 11 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 2 4 3 4 3 9 6 Other or unknown status, total 18 15 13 16 16 20 36 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 2 .. .. .. .. 2 4 Receive work assessment allowances .. .. . . .. .. .. Health related allowances except work assessment allowance . . .. .. . . .. Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit . . . . . . . Receives social assistance 6 7 4 6 6 8 16 Other groups .. 1 .. .. 2 .. 3 Unknown 9 6 7 9 7 7 13 Females Labour force status, total 760 853 1 168 1 492 1 458 1 170 1 116 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 72 69 70 68 69 64 47 Employed 37 47 50 53 53 49 37 Employed and in education 19 11 8 7 7 6 2 In education 16 11 11 9 9 9 7 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 7 8 7 13 11 15 20 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 4 5 5 8 6 7 12 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 2 3 2 6 5 8 8 Other or unknown status, total 22 23 23 19 20 21 34 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 2 Receive work assessment allowances .. .. 0 .. .. 1 .. Health related allowances except work assessment allowance .. .. .. . .. .. .. Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit . 1 0 .. .. . . Receives social assistance 3 4 5 6 6 7 18 Other groups .. 2 .. .. 3 .. 2 Unknown 16 15 14 10 9 9 11 Figures published in September are preliminary. Final figures are published in January/February. 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
2024 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 11 828 100 67 11 21 Off this: Russia 355 100 63 15 22 Türkiye 251 100 84 4 12 Ukraine 8 556 100 69 13 19 Eritrea 281 100 69 5 26 Ethiopia 78 100 79 0 21 Congo 323 100 59 7 34 Somalia 43 100 47 12 42 South Sudan 94 100 48 .. .. Sudan 92 100 63 .. .. Afghanistan 190 100 58 8 34 Iraq 45 100 60 .. .. Iran 76 100 71 7 22 Syria 902 100 58 8 34 Males Total 3 811 100 71 10 18 Off this: Russia 110 100 63 15 22 Türkiye 146 100 87 5 8 Ukraine 2 412 100 71 12 18 Eritrea 92 100 86 4 10 Ethiopia 21 100 100 0 0 Congo 142 100 72 6 23 Somalia 15 100 60 0 40 South Sudan 36 100 .. .. .. Sudan 38 100 71 .. .. Afghanistan 98 100 73 7 19 Iraq 18 100 .. 0 .. Iran 43 100 67 .. .. Syria 423 100 68 9 23 Females Total 8 017 100 65 12 23 Off this: Russia 245 100 64 14 22 Türkiye 105 100 80 4 16 Ukraine 6 144 100 68 13 19 Eritrea 189 100 61 5 34 Ethiopia 57 100 72 0 28 Congo 181 100 49 8 44 Somalia 28 100 39 18 43 South Sudan 58 100 .. .. 66 Sudan 54 100 57 0 43 Afghanistan 92 100 42 9 49 Iraq 27 100 .. .. 48 Iran 33 100 76 .. .. Syria 479 100 49 7 44 Figures published in September are preliminary. Final figures are published in January/February. 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
2024 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 11 828 100 67 11 21 3001 Halden (2020-2023) 29 100 48 .. .. 3002 Moss (2020-2023) 83 100 72 12 16 3003 Sarpsborg (2020-2023) 84 100 70 7 23 3004 Fredrikstad (2020-2023) 105 100 60 9 31 3005 Drammen (2020-2023) 145 100 68 9 23 3006 Kongsberg (2020-2023) 67 100 .. .. 13 3007 Ringerike (2020-2023) 61 100 69 15 16 3014 Indre Østfold (2020-2023) 44 100 .. .. .. 3020 Nordre Follo (2020-2023) 100 100 77 13 10 3021 Ås (2020-2023) 44 100 70 .. .. 3024 Bærum (2020-2023) 93 100 68 .. .. 3025 Asker (2020-2023) 99 100 64 11 25 3029 Lørenskog (2020-2023) 61 100 72 .. .. 3030 Lillestrøm (2020-2023) 113 100 65 7 28 3031 Nittedal (2020-2023) 33 100 58 0 42 3033 Ullensaker (2020-2023) 43 100 65 12 23 3034 Nes (2020-2023) .. .. 76 .. 16 3035 Eidsvoll (2020-2023) 39 100 74 15 10 3048 Øvre Eiker (2020-2023) 75 100 53 12 35 3049 Lier (2020-2023) 74 100 65 19 16 0301 Oslo - Oslove 687 100 65 9 26 3403 Hamar 54 100 67 .. .. 3405 Lillehammer 51 100 53 22 25 3407 Gjøvik 64 100 73 11 16 3411 Ringsaker 62 100 61 .. .. 3413 Stange 60 100 67 .. .. 3420 Elverum 42 100 69 14 17 3801 Horten (2020-2023) 40 100 68 .. .. 3802 Holmestrand (2020-2023) 25 100 68 20 12 3803 Tønsberg (2020-2023) 103 100 66 9 25 3804 Sandefjord (2020-2023) 73 100 75 7 18 3805 Larvik (2020-2023) 47 100 66 0 34 3806 Porsgrunn (2020-2023) 51 100 78 .. .. 3807 Skien (2020-2023) 81 100 74 .. .. 3811 Færder (2020-2023) 55 100 78 .. .. 4202 Grimstad 58 100 72 9 19 4203 Arendal 77 100 60 12 29 4204 Kristiansand 194 100 66 .. .. 4205 Lindesnes 79 100 59 14 27 1103 Stavanger 279 100 57 16 27 1106 Haugesund 125 100 64 .. .. 1108 Sandnes 152 100 58 17 25 1120 Klepp 68 100 78 6 16 1124 Sola 25 100 80 .. .. 1149 Karmøy 63 100 59 .. .. 4601 Bergen 446 100 62 14 24 4624 Bjørnafjorden 84 100 67 .. .. 4626 Øygarden 75 100 69 .. .. 4627 Askøy 69 100 75 7 17 4631 Alver 28 100 .. .. 14 4647 Sunnfjord 40 100 50 .. .. 1505 Kristiansund 44 100 .. .. 18 1506 Molde 86 100 86 .. .. 1507 Ålesund (2020-2023) 62 100 69 .. .. 5001 Trondheim - Tråante 255 100 69 7 24 5006 Steinkjer - Stïentje 52 100 63 .. .. 5035 Stjørdal 57 100 81 .. .. 5037 Levanger - Levangke 56 100 64 .. .. 1804 Bodø 200 100 70 9 22 1806 Narvik 114 100 63 .. .. 1833 Rana - Raane 19 100 .. .. .. 5401 Tromsø (2020-2023) 167 100 71 4 26 5402 Harstad - Hárstták (2020-2023) 94 100 74 .. .. 5403 Alta (2020-2023) 72 100 68 17 15 Males The whole country 3 811 100 71 10 18 3001 Halden (2020-2023) 9 100 56 .. .. 3002 Moss (2020-2023) 24 100 75 .. .. 3003 Sarpsborg (2020-2023) 30 100 .. .. .. 3004 Fredrikstad (2020-2023) 33 100 76 .. .. 3005 Drammen (2020-2023) 55 100 76 .. .. 3006 Kongsberg (2020-2023) 20 100 .. .. .. 3007 Ringerike (2020-2023) 17 100 71 .. .. 3014 Indre Østfold (2020-2023) 10 100 .. .. .. 3020 Nordre Follo (2020-2023) 28 100 82 .. .. 3021 Ås (2020-2023) 11 100 .. .. 0 3024 Bærum (2020-2023) 32 100 78 .. .. 3025 Asker (2020-2023) 25 100 68 .. .. 3029 Lørenskog (2020-2023) 18 100 72 .. .. 3030 Lillestrøm (2020-2023) 38 100 79 .. .. 3031 Nittedal (2020-2023) 11 100 64 0 36 3033 Ullensaker (2020-2023) 11 100 .. .. .. 3034 Nes (2020-2023) .. .. 90 0 .. 3035 Eidsvoll (2020-2023) 7 100 .. .. .. 3048 Øvre Eiker (2020-2023) 23 100 52 .. .. 3049 Lier (2020-2023) 22 100 68 .. .. 0301 Oslo - Oslove 177 100 74 8 18 3403 Hamar 18 100 83 0 17 3405 Lillehammer 11 100 55 .. .. 3407 Gjøvik 15 100 .. 0 .. 3411 Ringsaker 13 100 62 .. .. 3413 Stange 21 100 67 .. .. 3420 Elverum 10 100 .. .. .. 3801 Horten (2020-2023) 14 100 71 0 29 3802 Holmestrand (2020-2023) 5 100 100 0 0 3803 Tønsberg (2020-2023) 34 100 71 9 21 3804 Sandefjord (2020-2023) 19 100 74 .. .. 3805 Larvik (2020-2023) 12 100 67 0 33 3806 Porsgrunn (2020-2023) 17 100 .. .. 0 3807 Skien (2020-2023) 23 100 78 .. .. 3811 Færder (2020-2023) 15 100 .. 0 .. 4202 Grimstad 14 100 .. 0 .. 4203 Arendal 21 100 67 .. .. 4204 Kristiansand 56 100 70 .. .. 4205 Lindesnes 17 100 76 .. .. 1103 Stavanger 75 100 64 12 24 1106 Haugesund 32 100 69 .. .. 1108 Sandnes 45 100 67 .. .. 1120 Klepp 30 100 87 .. .. 1124 Sola 9 100 100 0 .. 1149 Karmøy 17 100 76 .. .. 4601 Bergen 148 100 60 16 24 4624 Bjørnafjorden 24 100 75 .. .. 4626 Øygarden 23 100 57 .. .. 4627 Askøy 23 100 .. .. 17 4631 Alver 16 100 .. 19 .. 4647 Sunnfjord 14 100 .. 36 .. 1505 Kristiansund 9 100 .. 0 .. 1506 Molde 33 100 .. .. .. 1507 Ålesund (2020-2023) 17 100 .. 0 .. 5001 Trondheim - Tråante 68 100 69 9 22 5006 Steinkjer - Stïentje 24 100 58 17 25 5035 Stjørdal 22 100 82 0 18 5037 Levanger - Levangke 17 100 65 .. .. 1804 Bodø 66 100 70 9 21 1806 Narvik 49 100 .. .. .. 1833 Rana - Raane 6 100 .. 0 .. 5401 Tromsø (2020-2023) 59 100 76 .. .. 5402 Harstad - Hárstták (2020-2023) 35 100 74 14 11 5403 Alta (2020-2023) 29 100 .. .. 14 Females The whole country 8 017 100 65 12 23 3001 Halden (2020-2023) 20 100 45 .. .. 3002 Moss (2020-2023) 59 100 71 .. .. 3003 Sarpsborg (2020-2023) 54 100 .. .. .. 3004 Fredrikstad (2020-2023) 72 100 53 .. .. 3005 Drammen (2020-2023) 90 100 62 .. .. 3006 Kongsberg (2020-2023) 47 100 79 .. .. 3007 Ringerike (2020-2023) 44 100 68 .. .. 3014 Indre Østfold (2020-2023) 34 100 79 0 21 3020 Nordre Follo (2020-2023) 72 100 75 .. .. 3021 Ås (2020-2023) 33 100 .. 27 .. 3024 Bærum (2020-2023) 61 100 62 0 38 3025 Asker (2020-2023) 74 100 62 .. .. 3029 Lørenskog (2020-2023) 43 100 72 9 19 3030 Lillestrøm (2020-2023) 75 100 57 .. .. 3031 Nittedal (2020-2023) 22 100 55 0 45 3033 Ullensaker (2020-2023) 32 100 .. .. .. 3034 Nes (2020-2023) 15 100 67 .. .. 3035 Eidsvoll (2020-2023) 32 100 .. .. .. 3048 Øvre Eiker (2020-2023) 52 100 54 .. .. 3049 Lier (2020-2023) 52 100 63 .. .. 0301 Oslo - Oslove 510 100 62 9 29 3403 Hamar 36 100 58 .. .. 3405 Lillehammer 40 100 53 .. .. 3407 Gjøvik 49 100 .. 14 .. 3411 Ringsaker 49 100 61 .. .. 3413 Stange 39 100 67 .. .. 3420 Elverum 32 100 .. .. .. 3801 Horten (2020-2023) 26 100 65 .. .. 3802 Holmestrand (2020-2023) 20 100 60 25 15 3803 Tønsberg (2020-2023) 69 100 64 9 28 3804 Sandefjord (2020-2023) 54 100 76 .. .. 3805 Larvik (2020-2023) 35 100 66 0 34 3806 Porsgrunn (2020-2023) 34 100 .. .. .. 3807 Skien (2020-2023) 58 100 72 14 14 3811 Færder (2020-2023) 40 100 .. .. .. 4202 Grimstad 44 100 .. 11 .. 4203 Arendal 56 100 57 .. .. 4204 Kristiansand 138 100 65 10 25 4205 Lindesnes 62 100 55 .. .. 1103 Stavanger 204 100 54 18 28 1106 Haugesund 93 100 62 19 18 1108 Sandnes 107 100 54 .. .. 1120 Klepp 38 100 71 .. .. 1124 Sola 16 100 69 .. .. 1149 Karmøy 46 100 52 17 30 4601 Bergen 298 100 63 13 24 4624 Bjørnafjorden 60 100 63 13 23 4626 Øygarden 52 100 75 8 17 4627 Askøy 46 100 .. .. 17 4631 Alver 12 100 .. .. .. 4647 Sunnfjord 26 100 .. .. 35 1505 Kristiansund 35 100 77 .. .. 1506 Molde 53 100 .. 11 .. 1507 Ålesund (2020-2023) 45 100 .. .. 33 5001 Trondheim - Tråante 187 100 68 6 25 5006 Steinkjer - Stïentje 28 100 68 .. .. 5035 Stjørdal 35 100 80 .. .. 5037 Levanger - Levangke 39 100 64 13 23 1804 Bodø 134 100 70 8 22 1806 Narvik 65 100 .. .. 17 1833 Rana - Raane 13 100 62 .. .. 5401 Tromsø (2020-2023) 108 100 68 .. .. 5402 Harstad - Hárstták (2020-2023) 59 100 75 .. .. 5403 Alta (2020-2023) 43 100 .. .. 16 Figures published in September are preliminary. Final figures are published in January/February. 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
2024 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 7 956 4 751 3 265 3 136 11 828 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 68 63 65 65 67 Employed 49 40 35 30 50 Employed and in education 12 13 18 20 8 In education 7 10 12 15 9 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 7 7 6 6 11 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 5 5 4 4 7 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 2 2 2 2 5 Other or unknown status, total 25 30 29 29 21 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 1 2 3 3 1 Receive work assessment allowances 7 10 8 3 0 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance 2 2 1 1 0 Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit 0 1 1 1 0 Receives social assistance 6 6 6 8 7 Other groups 2 2 3 4 2 Unknown 5 6 7 9 10 Males Labour force status, total 5 272 2 429 1 364 1 317 3 811 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 73 70 73 74 71 Employed 57 52 47 42 54 Employed and in education 11 12 19 23 10 In education 5 6 7 9 7 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 8 7 6 6 10 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 6 5 3 4 6 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 2 1 2 3 4 Other or unknown status, total 20 23 21 20 18 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 1 2 2 3 1 Receive work assessment allowances 6 8 6 2 0 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance 3 2 2 1 0 Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit 0 0 0 0 0 Receives social assistance 4 6 5 7 7 Other groups 1 1 2 2 1 Unknown 4 3 4 4 8 Females Labour force status, total 2 684 2 322 1 901 1 819 8 017 Percent Labour force status, total 100 100 100 100 100 Employed and / or in education, total 60 56 59 59 65 Employed 35 28 26 22 48 Employed and in education 13 15 17 18 8 In education 12 14 16 19 10 Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total 6 7 6 5 12 Jobseekers not registered unemployed 4 5 4 4 7 Other jobseekers, on labour market measures 2 2 2 1 5 Other or unknown status, total 35 37 34 36 23 Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure 2 3 3 3 1 Receive work assessment allowances 10 11 9 4 0 Health related allowances except work assessment allowance 2 2 1 1 0 Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit 1 2 2 1 0 Receives social assistance 8 7 7 9 7 Other groups 4 3 3 5 2 Unknown 8 9 9 13 11 Figures published in September are preliminary. Final figures are published in January/February. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 28 June 2023.
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.
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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.
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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.
