Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

5   Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job-programmes), by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons aged 16 to 74 years in each group. By the end of November 2004 and 2005
  November 2004 November 2005
  Participants, total Non-immigrants and descendants1 First generation immigrants, total Western countries2 Non western countries3 Participants, total Non-immigrants and descendants1 First generation immigrants, total Western countries2 Non western countries3
The whole country 19 336 13 734 5 602  388 5 214 12 467 8 611 3 856  256 3 600
                     
Østfold 1 294  930  364 28  336  834  618  216 16  200
Akershus 1 210  801  409 37  372  896  535  361 24  337
Oslo 2 418  934 1 484 68 1 416 1 658  654 1 004 40  964
Hedmark  750  594  156 8  148  601  481  120 9  111
Oppland  683  534  149 15  134  439  319  120 8  112
Buskerud 1 208  873  335 16  319  640  428  212 16  196
Vestfold  958  712  246 26  220  739  564  175 10  165
Telemark  833  604  229 19  210  664  473  191 11  180
Aust-Agder  475  330  145 13  132  202  137 65 3 62
Vest-Agder  696  493  203 18  185  553  376  177 23  154
Rogaland 1 494 1 044  450 39  411  911  607  304 21  283
Hordaland 2 085 1 603  482 30  452  872  639  233 22  211
Sogn og Fjordane  267  228 39 4 35  250  205 45 4 41
Møre og Romsdal  943  789  154 16  138  736  607  129 12  117
Sør-Trøndelag 1 374 1 093  281 20  261  685  519  166 12  154
Nord-Trøndelag  590  499 91 4 87  265  235 30 1 29
Nordland 1 190  970  220 11  209  719  587  132 8  124
Troms  606  488  118 8  110  469  363  106 9 97
Finnmark Finnmárku  261  215 46 8 38  334  264 70 7 63
                     
          Per cent
The whole country 0.6 0.5 2.1 0.5 2.9 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.3 1.9
                     
Østfold 0.7 0.5 2.6 0.7 3.4 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.4 1.8
Akershus 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.3 1.9 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.5
Oslo 0.6 0.3 1.8 0.4 2.2 0.4 0.2 1.2 0.2 1.5
Hedmark 0.6 0.5 2.6 0.3 4.0 0.4 0.4 1.9 0.4 2.8
Oppland 0.5 0.4 2.6 0.8 3.6 0.3 0.3 2.0 0.4 2.8
Buskerud 0.7 0.5 2.3 0.3 3.1 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.3 1.8
Vestfold 0.6 0.5 2.4 0.7 3.3 0.5 0.4 1.6 0.3 2.3
Telemark 0.7 0.5 3.1 0.8 4.3 0.6 0.4 2.5 0.5 3.5
Aust-Agder 0.6 0.5 3.5 0.8 5.4 0.3 0.2 1.5 0.2 2.3
Vest-Agder 0.6 0.5 2.3 0.7 3.0 0.5 0.4 1.9 0.9 2.4
Rogaland 0.5 0.4 2.2 0.5 3.2 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.3 2.1
Hordaland 0.7 0.5 2.5 0.5 3.5 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.5
Sogn og Fjordane 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.3 1.6 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.3 1.9
Møre og Romsdal 0.6 0.5 2.2 0.7 3.0 0.4 0.4 1.8 0.5 2.4
Sør-Trøndelag 0.7 0.6 2.7 0.6 3.6 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.3 2.0
Nord-Trøndelag 0.7 0.6 3.2 0.4 4.7 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.1 1.5
Nordland 0.7 0.6 3.5 0.5 5.0 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.4 2.8
Troms 0.6 0.5 2.2 0.3 3.8 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.4 3.0
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.5 0.4 1.4 0.5 2.0 0.6 0.5 2.0 0.5 3.3
1  Norwegian born to foreign born parents.
2  2Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
3  Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey, Africa and South and Central America.

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