Table 3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of November 2007 and 2008. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of November 2007 and 2008. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 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

November 2007
Total	38 434	9 196	593	460	512	1 294	86	3 933	1 918	400
Settled 4 years and less		1 831	108	140	280	232	18	605	379	69
Settled 4-6 years		1 931	73	65	58	273	13	864	531	54
Settled 7 years and more		5 434	412	255	174	789	55	2 464	1 008	277

November 2008
Total	45 180	11 728	776	668	1 643	1 426	104	4 485	2 202	424
Settled 4 years and less		3 224	219	297	1 310	254	30	670	360	84
Settled 4-6 years		2 321	89	79	126	293	14	981	687	52
Settled 7 years and more		6 183	468	292	207	879	60	2 834	1 155	288

	Per cent
November 2007
In total	1.1	2.7	1.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	1.1	3.4	5.3	3.1
Settled 4 years and less		1.9	1.1	1.2	1.0	3.0	0.8	2.6	3.8	2.3
Settled 4-6 years		4.4	1.7	1.7	2.1	4.9	1.7	4.9	7.5	3.8
Settled 7 years and more		2.8	1.2	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.2	3.3	5.3	3.2

November 2008
In total	1.3	3.1	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.5	1.2	3.6	5.6	3.0
Settled 4 years and less		2.7	1.8	1.8	3.0	3.4	1.1	2.6	3.5	2.6
Settled 4-6 years		5.0	2.2	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.7	5.5	8.8	3.3
Settled 7 years and more		3.0	1.4	1.3	2.1	3.3	1.3	3.6	5.5	3.2

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.