Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6   Registered unemployed, by sex, immigrant background, region of birth and age. By the end of November 2005 and 2006. Absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force
Immigrant background
Region		 November 2005 November 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 figures Per cent Absolute figures Per cent
Total 72 342 23 732 48 610 3.0 4.8 2.6     50 236 15 574 34 662 2.1 3.1 1.8
                         
Non-immigrant population 57 557 19 303 38 254 2.6 4.3 2.2 38 632 12 265 26 367 1.8 2.7 1.5
                         
Descendants1, total  511  431 80 5.7 6.6 3.4  386  316 70 3.9 4.3 2.6
Western-countries2 69 29 40 3.3 4.5 2.8 54 20 34 2.5 3.1 2.3
Non-western countries3  442  402 40 6.4 6.8 4.2  332  296 36 4.2 4.4 3.1
                         
First generation immigrants, total 14 274 3 998 10 276 8.3 10.2 7.7 11 218 2 993 8 225 6.1 7.0 5.8
Western-countries2 2 016  304 1 712 3.4 3.6 3.4 1 413  194 1 219 2.3 2.2 2.3
Non-western countries3 12 258 3 694 8 564 10.9 12.0 10.4 9 805 2 799 7 006 7.9 8.3 7.8
                         
Males, total 39 099 13 562 25 537 3.1 5.1 2.6 26 672 8 635 18 037 2.1 3.2 1.8
                         
Non-immigrant population 31 039 11 167 19 872 2.7 4.6 2.2 20 535 6 924 13 611 1.8 2.9 1.5
                         
Descendants1, total  263  230 33 5.4 6.5 2.6  212  178 34 3.9 4.5 2.3
Western-countries2 29 14 15 2.6 3.9 2.0 31 15 16 2.7 4.2 2.0
Non-western countries3  234  216 18 6.3 6.8 3.5  181  163 18 4.3 4.6 2.7
                         
First generation immigrants, total 7 797 2 165 5 632 8.3 10.6 7.7 5 925 1 533 4 392 5.8 6.8 5.5
Western-countries2 1 154  150 1 004 3.6 3.6 3.6  799  104  695 2.4 2.3 2.4
Non-western countries3 6 643 2 015 4 628 10.9 12.4 10.3 5 126 1 429 3 697 7.6 7.9 7.4
                         
Females, total 33 243 10 170 23 073 3.0 4.3 2.6 23 564 6 939 16 625 2.1 2.9 1.9
                         
Non-immigrant population 26 518 8 136 18 382 2.6 3.8 2.2 18 097 5 341 12 756 1.7 2.5 1.5
                         
Descendants1, total  248  201 47 6.0 6.7 4.3  174  138 36 3.8 4.1 3.0
Western-countries2 40 15 25 4.2 5.2 3.7 23 5 18 2.3 1.7 2.6
Non-western countries3  208  186 22 6.6 6.8 5.2  151  133 18 4.2 4.3 3.6
                         
First generation immigrants, total 6 477 1 833 4 644 8.3 9.8 7.8 5 293 1 460 3 833 6.3 7.2 6.1
Western-countries2  862  154  708 3.2 3.7 3.1  614 90  524 2.2 2.1 2.3
Non-western countries3 5 615 1 679 3 936 10.9 11.5 10.6 4 679 1 370 3 309 8.3 8.7 8.2
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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