Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

1   Registered unemployed by immigrant background, region of birth and sex. By the end of November 2005 and 2006. Absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force
  November 2005 November 2006
  Total Males Females Total Males Females
Registered unemployed, total 72 342 39 099 33 243 50 236 26 672 23 564
             
Non-immigrant population and descendants 58 068 31 302 26 766 39 018 20 747 18 271
             
First generation immigrants, total 14 274 7 797 6 477 11 218 5 925 5 293
The Nordic countries 1 078  589  489  754  412  342
Western Europe else  752  471  281  550  328  222
New EU countries in Eastern Europe  408  130  278  387  126  261
Eastern Europe else 2 302 1 069 1 233 1 692  772  920
North America and Oceania  186 94 92  109 59 50
Asia1 6 387 3 450 2 937 5 044 2 566 2 478
Africa 2 489 1 675  814 2 199 1 433  766
South and Central America  672  319  353  483  229  254
             
      Per cent      
Registered unemployed, total 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.1
             
Non-immigrant population and descendants 2.6 2.7 2.6 1.8 1.8 1.8
             
First generation immigrants, total 8.3 8.3 8.3 6.1 5.8 6.3
The Nordic countries 3.3 3.6 3.0 2.3 2.5 2.1
Western Europe else 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.3 2.2 2.5
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 4.1 2.8 5.3 2.7 1.6 4.2
Eastern Europe else 10.1 9.8 10.5 7.0 6.7 7.3
North America and Oceania 4.5 4.2 4.8 2.5 2.5 2.6
Asia1 11.1 10.7 11.5 8.3 7.7 9.0
Africa 16.5 17.1 15.1 13.2 13.4 12.8
South and Central America 9.0 8.5 9.4 6.1 5.9 6.4
1  Turkey is included.

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