Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

2   Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes), by immigrant background, region of birth and sex. By the end of November 2005 and 2006. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 16 to 74 years
  November 2005 November 2006
  Total Males Females Total Males Females
Participants, total 12 467 6 370 6 097 12 749 6 478 6 271
             
Non-immigrant population and descendants 8 610 4 619 3 991 8 192 4 305 3 887
             
First generation immigrants, total 3 857 1 751 2 106 4 557 2 173 2 384
The Nordic countries  119 67 52  126 58 68
Western Europe else  102 52 50  104 51 53
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 81 11 70 87 16 71
Eastern Europe else  727  256  471  817  325  492
North America and Oceania 31 16 15 23 12 11
Asia1 1 863  798 1 065 2 218 1 015 1 203
Africa  776  489  287 1 018  630  388
South and Central America  158 62 96  164 66 98
             
  Per cent
Participants, total 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
             
Non-immigrant population and descendants 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
             
First generation immigrants, total 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6
The Nordic countries 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Western Europe else 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7
Eastern Europe else 2.0 1.6 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.3
North America and Oceania 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Asia1 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.2
Africa 2.5 2.8 2.1 3.1 3.5 2.7
South and Central America 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4
1  Turkey is included.

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