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 August 2005 and 2006
Immigrant background Region August 2005 August 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
  Absolute numbers Per cent Absolute numbers Per cent
Total 88 058 28 713 59 345 3.7 5.8 3.1 65 733 20 695 45 038 2.7 4.1 2.4
                         
Non-immigrant population 70 842 23 685 47 157 3.2 5.3 2.7 51 157 16 519 34 638 2.3 3.6 2.0
                         
Descendants1, total  595  500 95 6.7 7.6 4.0  474  391 83 4.8 5.4 3.1
Western-countries2 74 28 46 3.6 4.5 3.2 69 31 38 3.2 4.7 2.5
Non-western countries3  521  472 49 7.6 8.0 5.1  405  360 45 5.2 5.5 3.8
                         
First generation immigrants total 16 621 4 528 12 093 9.8 12.0 9.2 14 102 3 785 10 317 7.8 9.3 7.3
Western-countries2 2 408  392 2 016 4.1 5.0 4.0 1 791  283 1 508 3.0 3.5 2.9
Non-western countries3 14 213 4 136 10 077 12.8 13.9 12.4 12 311 3 502 8 809 10.1 10.8 9.9
                         
Males total 45 068 15 698 29 370 3.6 6.0 2.9 32 177 10 721 21 456 2.5 4.1 2.1
                         
Non-immigrant population 35 924 13 006 22 918 3.1 5.5 2.5 24 720 8 611 16 109 2.1 3.6 1.7
                         
Descendants1, total  299  261 38 6.3 7.5 3.0  260  220 40 4.9 5.7 2.7
Western-countries2 32 15 17 2.9 4.3 2.2 36 18 18 3.1 4.9 2.3
Non-western countries3  267  246 21 7.3 7.8 4.0  224  202 22 5.4 5.8 3.3
                         
First generation immigrants total 8 845 2 431 6 414 9.6 12.5 8.8 7 197 1 890 5 307 7.2 8.8 6.8
Western-countries2 1 364  195 1 169 4.3 5.0 4.2  979  131  848 2.9 3.2 2.9
Non-western countries3 7 481 2 236 5 245 12.4 14.3 11.8 6 218 1 759 4 459 9.4 10.2 9.1
                         
Females total 42 990 13 015 29 975 3.8 5.6 3.4 33 556 9 974 23 582 3.0 4.2 2.7
                         
Non-immigrant population 34 918 10 679 24 239 3.4 5.0 2.9 26 437 7 908 18 529 2.5 3.7 2.2
                         
Descendants1, total  296  239 57 7.1 7.8 5.2  214  171 43 4.7 5.1 3.5
Western-countries2 42 13 29 4.5 4.6 4.4 33 13 20 3.4 4.5 2.9
Non-western countries3  254  226 28 7.9 8.2 6.5  181  158 23 5.1 5.2 4.5
                         
First generation immigrants total 7 776 2 097 5 679 10.0 11.6 9.5 6 905 1 895 5 010 8.4 9.9 8.0
Western-countries2 1 044  197  847 3.9 5.0 3.8  812  152  660 3.0 3.8 2.9
Non-western countries3 6 732 1 900 4 832 13.2 13.5 13.1 6 093 1 743 4 350 11.0 11.4 10.9
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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