Table 3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of August 2007 and 2008. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of August 2007 and 2008. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years¹
	The whole population	Total	Immigrants

	The whole population	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	EU countries in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe else	Northern America and Oceania	Asia²	Africa	Southern and Central America

August 2007
Total	48 886	11 370	757	522	518	1 660	96	4 975	2 380	462
Settled 4 years and less		2 062	120	146	227	288	16	716	466	83
Settled 4-6 years		2 567	102	79	75	390	12	1 123	719	67
Settled 7 years and more		6 741	535	297	216	982	68	3 136	1 195	312

August 2008
Total	44 364	11 194	711	548	917	1 502	98	4 733	2 243	442
Settled 4 years and less		2 343	144	163	596	264	27	657	397	95
Settled 4-6 years		2 415	81	68	110	374	10	1 012	695	65
Settled 7 years and more		6 436	486	317	211	864	61	3 064	1 151	282


	Per cent
August 2007
In total	1.4	3.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	4.5	1.3	4.4	6.9	3.7
Settled 4 years and less		2.5	1.4	1.4	1.0	4.3	0.8	3.5	5.3	3.2
Settled 4-6 years		6.0	2.3	2.0	2.7	7.2	1.6	6.5	10.3	4.8
Settled 7 years and more		3.4	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.0	1.5	4.2	6.3	3.6

August 2008
In total	1.3	3.1	1.5	1.3	1.8	3.8	1.2	3.9	5.9	3.3
Settled 4 years and less		2.2	1.4	1.1	1.5	3.9	1.1	2.8	4.3	3.2
Settled 4-6 years		5.3	1.9	1.6	2.8	6.3	1.2	5.8	9.1	4.3
Settled 7 years and more		3.1	1.4	1.4	2.2	3.2	1.3	3.9	5.6	3.1

¹	Note that persons used as numerator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
²	Turkey is included.