Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

1 Registered unemployed by immigrant background, region of birth and sex. By the end of February 2008 and 2009. Absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force
  February 2008 February 2009 Changes, total 2008-2009
  Total Males Females Total Males Females
Registered unemployed, total 41 993 23 649 18 344 67 446 43 664 23 782 25 453
               
Non-immigrant population1 31 951 18 092 13 859 50 389 32 624 17 765 18 438
               
Immigrants registered as residents, total 10 042 5 557 4 485 17 057 11 040 6 017 7 015
The Nordic countries  622  354  268 1 089  716  373  467
Western Europe else  514  320  194 1 152  849  303  638
EU countries in Eastern Europe  771  444  327 3 768 3 097  671 2 997
Eastern Europe else 1 408  633  775 1 964 1 083  881  556
North America and Oceania 93 54 39  134 75 59 41
Asia2 4 106 2 144 1 962 5 655 3 030 2 625 1 549
Africa 2 128 1 440  688 2 698 1 866  832  570
South and Central America  400  168  232  597  324  273  197
               
  Per cent
Registered unemployed, total 1.7 1.8 1.6 2.6 3.2 1.9 0.9
               
Non-immigrant population1 1.4 1.5 1.3 2.2 2.7 1.6 0.8
               
Immigrants registered as residents, total 4.4 4.3 4.5 6.6 7.4 5.4 2.2
The Nordic countries 1.7 1.9 1.5 2.8 3.6 2.0 1.1
Western Europe else 1.8 1.7 1.9 3.5 4.1 2.6 1.7
EU countries in Eastern Europe 2.3 1.9 3.1 8.2 9.7 4.8 5.9
Eastern Europe else 5.4 5.2 5.7 7.0 8.2 5.9 1.6
North America and Oceania 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.6
Asia2 5.9 5.7 6.1 7.4 7.5 7.3 1.5
Africa 10.5 11.1 9.3 12.1 13.3 10.0 1.6
South and Central America 4.4 3.9 4.9 6.1 7.0 5.3 1.7
1  Non-residents included, 566 (2008) and 1 254 (2009).
2  Turkey is included.

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