Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

4 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. By the end of November 2007 and 2008. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15 to 74 years1 in each group
  November 2007 November 2008
  Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Group 12 Group 23 Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Group 12 Group 23
The whole country 38 434 29 238 9 196 1 652 7 544 45 180 33 452 11 728 3 190 8 538
                     
Østfold 2 337 1 674  663 96  567 2 801 1 976  825  165  660
Akershus 3 030 2 234  796  162  634 3 681 2 538 1 143  347  796
Oslo 6 416 3 344 3 072  390 2 682 7 262 3 502 3 760  717 3 043
Hedmark 1 631 1 398  233 57  176 1 862 1 586  276 86  190
Oppland 1 111  934  177 37  140 1 509 1 250  259 71  188
Buskerud 1 927 1 351  576 81  495 2 266 1 620  646  152  494
Vestfold 1 989 1 614  375 86  289 2 507 1 987  520  176  344
Telemark 1 457 1 171  286 39  247 1 848 1 472  376 96  280
Aust-Agder  901  758  143 45 98 1 247  992  255  123  132
Vest-Agder 1 169  869  300 56  244 1 535 1 134  401  121  280
Rogaland 2 229 1 658  571  138  433 2 498 1 769  729  216  513
Hordaland 3 496 2 890  606  129  477 3 886 3 036  850  312  538
Sogn og Fjordane  486  404 82 17 65  643  538  105 42 63
Møre og Romsdal 1 435 1 234  201 50  151 1 807 1 557  250  100  150
Sør-Trøndelag 2 822 2 369  453 98  355 3 086 2 538  548  194  354
Nord-Trøndelag 1 250 1 134  116 25 91 1 440 1 289  151 43  108
Nordland 2 348 2 092  256 57  199 2 515 2 242  273 77  196
Troms Romsa 1 345 1 200  145 40  105 1 655 1 467  188 86  102
Finnmark Finnmárku 1 055  910  145 49 96 1 130  959  171 64  107
                     
  Per cent
The whole country 1.1 0.9 2.7 1.2 3.7 1.3 1.1 3.1 2.0 3.9
                     
Østfold 1.2 0.9 3.6 1.4 4.9 1.4 1.1 4.1 2.1 5.3
Akershus 0.8 0.7 1.8 0.8 2.7 1.0 0.8 2.4 1.6 3.1
Oslo 1.5 1.0 3.2 1.4 3.9 1.6 1.1 3.5 2.1 4.2
Hedmark 1.2 1.1 3.1 1.7 4.3 1.3 1.2 3.4 2.2 4.5
Oppland 0.8 0.7 2.5 1.2 3.5 1.1 1.0 3.3 1.9 4.5
Buskerud 1.0 0.8 3.0 1.1 4.3 1.2 1.0 3.1 1.7 4.0
Vestfold 1.2 1.1 2.8 1.4 3.9 1.5 1.3 3.4 2.4 4.3
Telemark 1.2 1.0 3.2 1.1 4.5 1.5 1.3 3.9 2.5 4.8
Aust-Agder 1.2 1.0 2.7 1.8 3.4 1.6 1.4 4.2 4.1 4.3
Vest-Agder 1.0 0.8 2.8 1.4 3.5 1.3 1.0 3.4 2.6 3.9
Rogaland 0.7 0.6 1.9 1.0 2.8 0.8 0.6 2.1 1.2 3.1
Hordaland 1.0 0.9 2.4 1.2 3.3 1.1 1.0 2.9 2.3 3.4
Sogn og Fjordane 0.6 0.6 2.0 0.8 3.3 0.8 0.8 2.3 1.6 3.0
Møre og Romsdal 0.8 0.7 2.1 1.1 2.9 1.0 0.9 2.2 1.7 2.8
Sør-Trøndelag 1.4 1.2 3.1 1.6 4.3 1.5 1.3 3.4 2.7 3.9
Nord-Trøndelag 1.3 1.3 3.0 1.4 4.6 1.5 1.4 3.5 2.0 5.1
Nordland 1.4 1.3 3.3 1.8 4.4 1.5 1.4 3.2 2.1 4.1
Troms Romsa 1.2 1.1 2.2 1.2 3.2 1.4 1.4 2.5 2.2 2.9
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.0 1.8 3.8 2.8 4.6 2.1 1.9 4.0 3.0 4.8
1  Note that persons used as numerator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
2  Group 1: EU/EFTA-countries, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
3  Group 2: Eastern Europe outside the EU, Asia (Turkey incl.), Africa, South and Central America and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand.

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