Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6 Registered unemployed, by sex, immigrant background, region of birth and age. Absolute numbers and in per cent of the labour force. By the end of November 2006 and 2007
Immigrant background Region November 2006 November 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 numbers Per cent Absolute numbers Per cent
Total 50 236 15 574 34 662 2.1 3.1 1.8 38 434 11 806 26 628 1.6 2.2 1.4
                         
Non-immigrant population 38 631 12 264 26 367 1.8 2.7 1.5 28 951 9 176 19 775 1.3 2.0 1.1
                         
Descendants1, total  386  316 70 3.8 4.3 2.6  290  220 70 2.5 2.6 2.3
Western-countries2 53 19 34 2.5 2.9 2.3 34 10 24 1.5 1.5 1.6
Non-western countries3  333  297 36 4.2 4.4 3.0  256  210 46 2.7 2.7 3.0
                         
First generation immigrants total 11 219 2 994 8 225 6.0 6.8 5.8 9 193 2 410 6 783 4.3 4.7 4.2
Western-countries2 1 397  190 1 207 2.3 2.1 2.3 1 159  168  991 1.7 1.6 1.8
Non-western countries3 9 822 2 804 7 018 7.8 8.1 7.8 8 034 2 242 5 792 5.5 5.5 5.5
                         
Males total 26 672 8 635 18 037 2.1 3.2 1.8 20 624 6 513 14 111 1.6 2.3 1.4
                         
Non-immigrant population 20 533 6 922 13 611 1.8 2.8 1.5 15 569 5 145 10 424 1.3 2.1 1.1
                         
Descendants1, total  212  178 34 3.9 4.5 2.3  138  107 31 2.2 2.4 1.8
Western-countries2 31 15 16 2.7 4.1 2.0 14 5 9 1.2 1.3 1.1
Non-western countries3  181  163 18 4.2 4.5 2.7  124  102 22 2.5 2.4 2.5
                         
First generation immigrants total 5 927 1 535 4 392 5.8 6.7 5.5 4 917 1 261 3 656 4.1 4.5 4.0
Western-countries2  789  101  688 2.3 2.2 2.3  670 82  588 1.8 1.5 1.8
Non-western countries3 5 138 1 434 3 704 7.5 7.8 7.4 4 247 1 179 3 068 5.2 5.3 5.2
                         
Females total 23 564 6 939 16 625 2.1 2.9 1.9 17 810 5 293 12 517 1.5 2.1 1.4
                         
Non-immigrant population 18 098 5 342 12 756 1.7 2.5 1.6 13 382 4 031 9 351 1.3 1.8 1.1
                         
Descendants1, total  174  138 36 3.7 4.0 3.0  152  113 39 2.9 2.9 2.8
Western-countries2 22 4 18 2.3 1.4 2.6 20 5 15 2.0 1.7 2.1
Non-western countries3  152  134 18 4.1 4.2 3.5  132  108 24 3.1 3.0 3.6
                         
First generation immigrants total 5 292 1 459 3 833 6.3 7.1 6.0 4 276 1 149 3 127 4.6 5.0 4.5
Western-countries2  608 89  519 2.2 2.0 2.3  489 86  403 1.7 1.7 1.7
Non-western countries3 4 684 1 370 3 314 8.2 8.4 8.2 3 787 1 063 2 724 5.9 5.9 6.0
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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