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 May 2005 and 2006
  May 2005 May 2006
  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 17 185 12 213 4 972  336 4 636 11 820 8 121 3 699  210 3 489
                     
Østfold 1 350  976  374 23  351  737  560  177 12  165
Akershus 1 008  657  351 20  331  831  502  329 21  308
Oslo 2 164  896 1 268 54 1 214 1 473  568  905 30  875
Hedmark  701  588  113 10  103  457  394 63 8 55
Oppland  476  375  101 6 95  447  351 96 8 88
Buskerud 1 217  824  393 30  363  656  401  255 12  243
Vestfold  732  569  163 10  153  567  418  149 8  141
Telemark  766  530  236 21  215  445  295  150 7  143
Aust-Agder  310  222 88 7 81  242  172 70 5 65
Vest-Agder  626  461  165 18  147  469  317  152 16  136
Rogaland 1 277  883  394 24  370 1 091  699  392 23  369
Hordaland 1 681 1 262  419 35  384 1 156  815  341 16  325
Sogn og Fjordane  287  227 60 4 56  195  158 37 2 35
Møre og Romsdal 1 022  847  175 14  161  585  457  128 7  121
Sør-Trøndelag 1 019  833  186 15  171  669  503  166 16  150
Nord-Trøndelag  501  423 78 4 74  317  277 40 3 37
Nordland  971  794  177 13  164  866  737  129 7  122
Troms  566  430  136 10  126  350  284 66 5 61
Finnmark Finnmárku  511  416 95 18 77  267  213 54 4 50
                     
          Per cent          
The whole country 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.4 2.5 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.2 1.7
                     
Østfold 0.7 0.6 2.6 0.5 3.4 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.3 1.5
Akershus 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.2 1.3
Oslo 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.3 1.9 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.3
Hedmark 0.5 0.5 1.8 0.4 2.7 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.3
Oppland 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.3 2.4 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.4 2.1
Buskerud 0.7 0.5 2.6 0.7 3.4 0.4 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.1
Vestfold 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.3 2.2 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.2 1.9
Telemark 0.6 0.5 3.2 0.9 4.2 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.3 2.6
Aust-Agder 0.4 0.3 2.1 0.4 3.1 0.3 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.4
Vest-Agder 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.7 2.3 0.4 0.3 1.6 0.6 2.0
Rogaland 0.5 0.3 1.9 0.3 2.8 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.3 2.5
Hordaland 0.5 0.4 2.1 0.6 2.8 0.4 0.3 1.6 0.3 2.2
Sogn og Fjordane 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.3 2.5 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.5
Møre og Romsdal 0.6 0.5 2.4 0.6 3.3 0.3 0.3 1.6 0.3 2.3
Sør-Trøndelag 0.5 0.4 1.7 0.4 2.3 0.3 0.3 1.4 0.5 1.8
Nord-Trøndelag 0.6 0.5 2.7 0.4 3.8 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.3 1.8
Nordland 0.6 0.5 2.8 0.6 3.8 0.5 0.5 1.9 0.3 2.7
Troms 0.5 0.4 2.5 0.4 4.1 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.2 1.8
Finnmark Finnmárku 1.0 0.8 2.8 1.2 4.0 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.3 2.5
1  Norwegian born to foreign born parents.
2  Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
3  Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey, Africa and South and Central America.

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