Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

5   Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job-programmes), by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons aged 16 to 74 years in each group. By the end of May 2006 and 2007
  May 2006 May 2007
  Participants, total Non-immigrant population and descendants First generation immigrants, total Western countries1 Non western countries2 Participants, total Non-immigrant population and descendants First generation immigrants, total Western countries1 Non western countries2
The whole country 11 820 8 121 3 699  208 3 491 11 984 7 464 4 520  218 4 302
                     
Østfold  737  560  177 12  165  961  605  356 18  338
Akershus  831  502  329 20  309  815  416  399 13  386
Oslo 1 473  568  905 29  876 1 722  582 1 140 32 1 108
Hedmark  457  394 63 8 55  427  324  103 12 91
Oppland  447  351 96 8 88  324  244 80 4 76
Buskerud  656  401  255 12  243  701  392  309 13  296
Vestfold  567  418  149 8  141  567  397  170 7  163
Telemark  445  295  150 7  143  410  225  185 12  173
Aust-Agder  242  172 70 5 65  255  170 85 7 78
Vest-Agder  469  317  152 16  136  488  317  171 11  160
Rogaland 1 091  699  392 23  369  887  510  377 20  357
Hordaland 1 156  815  341 16  325 1 141  747  394 16  378
Sogn og Fjordane  195  158 37 2 35  145  105 40 1 39
Møre og Romsdal  585  457  128 7  121  602  474  128 7  121
Sør-Trøndelag  669  503  166 16  150  760  535  225 10  215
Nord-Trøndelag  317  277 40 3 37  286  218 68 4 64
Nordland  866  737  129 7  122  758  637  121 11  110
Troms Romsa  350  284 66 5 61  390  288  102 10 92
Finnmark Finnmárku  267  213 54 4 50  344  277 67 10 57
                     
          Per cent
The whole country 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.2 1.7 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.2 1.9
                     
Østfold 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.3 1.5 0.5 0.3 2.1 0.4 2.7
Akershus 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.2 1.3 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.5
Oslo 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.3 0.4 0.2 1.2 0.2 1.5
Hedmark 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.5 2.0
Oppland 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.4 2.1 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.2 1.7
Buskerud 0.4 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.1 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.3 2.3
Vestfold 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.2 1.9 0.3 0.3 1.4 0.2 1.9
Telemark 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.3 2.6 0.3 0.2 2.2 0.5 2.9
Aust-Agder 0.3 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.4 0.3 0.2 1.8 0.4 2.5
Vest-Agder 0.4 0.3 1.6 0.6 2.0 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.4 2.2
Rogaland 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.3 2.5 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.2 2.0
Hordaland 0.4 0.3 1.6 0.3 2.2 0.3 0.2 1.7 0.2 2.2
Sogn og Fjordane 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.6
Møre og Romsdal 0.3 0.3 1.6 0.3 2.3 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.3 2.0
Sør-Trøndelag 0.3 0.3 1.4 0.5 1.8 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.3 2.3
Nord-Trøndelag 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.3 1.8 0.3 0.2 2.0 0.4 2.8
Nordland 0.5 0.5 1.9 0.3 2.7 0.5 0.4 1.7 0.5 2.3
Troms Romsa 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.2 1.8 0.3 0.3 1.6 0.4 2.5
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.3 2.5 0.7 0.6 1.8 0.7 2.7
1  Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
2  Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey, Africa and South and Central America.

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