Table

Employed by immigrant-background, country group and economic sector. Absolute figures and in per cent. 4th quarter¹
	Total amount	Central government	Municipal and County government	Private sector and public companies
¹As from 2015, the statistics are based on new data sources. The total employment figure for the fourth quarter of 2015 is 60 000 lower than in the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The total figure in these two statistics was coordinated in previous years, thus showing the same number of employees.
2015
Total	2 587 704	294 121	519 899	1 773 684
Population without immigrant-background	2 184 265	262 347	458 475	1 463 443
All immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrant parents	403 439	31 774	61 424	310 241
Group 1: EU/EFTA, North-America, Australia and New Zealand	213 760	15 722	21 551	176 487
Group 2: Europe except EU/EFTA, Asia, Turkey, Africa, South- and Central-America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand	189 679	16 052	39 873	133 754

2015
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Population without immigrant-background	84.4	89.2	88.2	82.5
All immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrant parents	15.6	10.8	11.8	17.5
Group 1: EU/EFTA, North-America, Australia and New Zealand	8.3	5.3	4.1	10.0
Group 2: Europe except EU/EFTA, Asia, Turkey, Africa, South- and Central-America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand	7.3	5.5	7.7	7.5