Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6   Registered unemployed, by sex, immigrant background, region of birth and age. Absolute numbers and in per cent of the labour force. By the end of May 2005 and 2006
Immigrant background Region May 2005 May 2006
Total 16- 29 years 30 years and more Total 16- 29 years 30 years and more Total 16- 29 years 30 years and more Total 16- 29 years 30 years and more
  Absolutte tall Per cent Absolutte tall Per cent
Total 78 320 23 888 54 432 3.3 5.1 2.8 60 595 18 233 42 362 2.5 3.9 2.2
                         
Non-immigrants, total 62 715 19 602 43 113 2.8 4.6 2.4 47 048 14 517 32 531 2.1 3.4 1.8
                         
Descendants2, total  520  426 94 6.1 6.9 3.9  431  345 86 4.6 5.2 3.2
Western-countries2 68 25 43 3.3 4.2 3.0 57 23 34 2.7 3.9 2.3
Non-western countries3  452  401 51 6.9 7.2 5.3  374  322 52 5.2 5.3 4.3
                         
First generation immigrants total 15 085 3 860 11 225 9.0 10.8 8.5 13 116 3 371 9 745 7.3 8.9 6.9
Western-countries2 2 223  325 1 898 3.8 4.2 3.7 1 680  276 1 404 2.8 3.5 2.7
Non-western countries3 12 862 3 535 9 327 11.8 12.7 11.5 11 436 3 095 8 341 9.6 10.3 9.4
                         
Males total 43 390 14 045 29 345 3.4 5.7 2.9 32 035 10 163 21 872 2.5 4.1 2.1
                         
Non-immigrants, total 34 527 11 613 22 914 3.0 5.1 2.4 24 759 8 202 16 557 2.1 3.6 1.8
                         
Descendants, total  285  236 49 6.2 7.1 3.8  238  197 41 4.7 5.5 2.8
Western-countries2 35 14 21 3.2 4.2 2.7 31 16 15 2.7 4.8 1.9
Non-western countries3  250  222 28 7.1 7.5 5.3  207  181 26 5.3 5.6 3.8
                         
First generation immigrants total 8 578 2 196 6 382 9.4 11.8 8.8 7 038 1 764 5 274 7.2 8.9 6.7
Western-countries2 1 364  172 1 192 4.2 4.5 4.2  961  140  821 2.9 3.6 2.8
Non-western countries3 7 214 2 024 5 190 12.2 13.8 11.7 6 077 1 624 4 453 9.4 10.2 9.1
                         
Females total 34 930 9 843 25 087 3.1 4.4 2.8 28 560 8 070 20 490 2.5 3.7 2.3
                         
Non-immigrants, total 28 188 7 989 20 199 2.7 4.0 2.4 22 289 6 315 15 974 2.1 3.2 1.9
                         
Descendants, total  235  190 45 5.9 6.7 4.1  193  148 45 4.5 4.8 3.7
Western-countries2 33 11 22 3.5 4.2 3.3 26 7 19 2.7 2.7 2.7
Non-western countries3  202  179 23 6.7 6.9 5.4  167  141 26 5.0 5.0 4.9
                         
First generation immigrants total 6 507 1 664 4 843 8.5 9.7 8.2 6 078 1 607 4 471 7.5 8.9 7.1
Western-countries2  859  153  706 3.2 3.9 3.1  719  136  583 2.6 3.4 2.5
Non-western countries3 5 648 1 511 4 137 11.4 11.4 11.4 5 359 1 471 3 888 9.9 10.4 9.8
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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