Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6 Registered unemployed, by sex, immigrant background, region of birth and age. By the end of August 2006 and 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force
Immigrant background Region August 2006 August 2007
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 65 733 20 695 45 038     2.7 4.1 2.4     48 886 14 680 34 206    2.0 2.8 1.8
                         
Non-immigrant population 51 159 16 520 34 639 2.3 3.6 2.0 37 184 11 545 25 639 1.7 2.5 1.5
                         
Descendants1, total  474  391 83 4.8 5.4 3.1  332  257 75 2.9 3.1 2.5
Western-countries2 68 30 38 3.2 4.5 2.6 39 16 23 1.8 2.4 1.5
Non-western countries3  406  361 45 5.2 5.5 3.8  293  241 52 3.2 3.2 3.4
                         
First generation immigrants total 14 100 3 784 10 316 7.7 9.1 7.3 11 370 2 878 8 492 5.6 6.2 5.4
Western-countries2 1 776  275 1 501 3.0 3.3 2.9 1 388  202 1 186 2.2 2.2 2.2
Non-western countries3 12 324 3 509 8 815 10.0 10.5 9.8 9 982 2 676 7 306 7.2 7.2 7.2
                         
Males, total 32 177 10 721 21 456 2.5 4.0 2.1 23 619 7 524 16 095 1.8 2.7 1.6
                         
Non-immigrant population 24 719 8 610 16 109 2.1 3.6 1.7 17 809 5 976 11 833 1.5 2.4 1.3
                         
Descendants1, total  260  220 40 4.9 5.6 2.7  160  129 31 2.6 2.9 1.8
Western-countries2 36 18 18 3.1 4.8 2.3 15 8 7 1.3 2.1 0.9
Non-western countries3  224  202 22 5.3 5.7 3.3  145  121 24 3.0 3.0 2.8
                         
First generation immigrants total 7 198 1 891 5 307 7.2 8.7 6.7 5 650 1 419 4 231 5.0 5.6 4.8
Western-countries2  971  127  844 2.9 3.1 2.9  731 94  637 2.0 1.9 2.0
Non-western countries3 6 227 1 764 4 463 9.3 10.0 9.0 4 919 1 325 3 594 6.4 6.5 6.4
                         
Females, total 33 556 9 974 23 582 3.0 4.2 2.7 25 267 7 156 18 111 2.2 2.9 2.0
                         
Non-immigrant population 26 440 7 910 18 530 2.5 3.7 2.3 19 375 5 569 13 806 1.8 2.5 1.6
                         
Descendants1, total  214  171 43 4.7 5.1 3.6  172  128 44 3.3 3.3 3.2
Western-countries2 32 12 20 3.3 4.2 2.9 24 8 16 2.4 2.6 2.3
Non-western countries3  182  159 23 5.1 5.2 4.4  148  120 28 3.5 3.3 4.2
                         
First generation immigrants total 6 902 1 893 5 009 8.3 9.6 7.9 5 720 1 459 4 261 6.3 6.7 6.1
Western-countries2  805  148  657 3.0 3.7 2.9  657  108  549 2.3 2.4 2.3
Non-western countries3 6 097 1 745 4 352 10.9 11.1 10.8 5 063 1 351 3 712 8.1 7.8 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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