Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

4 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of the population1 aged 15 to 74 years in each group. By the end of May 2008 and 2009
  May 2008 May 2009
  Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants registered as residents, total Country group 12 Country group 23 Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants registered as residents, total Country group 12 Country group 23
The whole country 36 944 27 599 9 345 1 901 7 444 68 343 50 431 17 912 6 533 11 379
                     
Østfold 2 202 1 572  630 92  538 4 397 3 163 1 234  374  860
Akershus 2 850 2 016  834  196  638 5 966 4 202 1 764  738 1 026
Oslo 6 011 2 949 3 062  459 2 603 10 676 5 363 5 313 1 324 3 989
Hedmark 1 555 1 324  231 62  169 2 558 2 154  404  162  242
Oppland 1 150  964  186 48  138 2 389 1 932  457  202  255
Buskerud 1 723 1 218  505 97  408 3 415 2 474  941  339  602
Vestfold 1 720 1 348  372 83  289 3 649 2 887  762  300  462
Telemark 1 475 1 162  313 70  243 2 613 2 073  540  185  355
Aust-Agder  780  618  162 41  121 1 461 1 155  306  140  166
Vest-Agder 1 037  784  253 59  194 2 211 1 613  598  221  377
Rogaland 2 118 1 530  588  131  457 4 221 2 849 1 372  632  740
Hordaland 3 344 2 739  605  125  480 5 897 4 511 1 386  658  728
Sogn og Fjordane  551  434  117 28 89 1 071  855  216 82  134
Møre og Romsdal 1 592 1 323  269 76  193 2 896 2 349  547  256  291
Sør-Trøndelag 2 774 2 306  468  105  363 4 551 3 638  913  417  496
Nord-Trøndelag 1 225 1 098  127 31 96 1 946 1 696  250  118  132
Nordland 2 309 2 026  283 72  211 3 467 3 082  385  136  249
Troms Romsa 1 362 1 186  176 66  110 2 207 1 937  270  140  130
Finnmark Finnmárku 1 163 1 000  163 59  104 1 474 1 220  254  109  145
Uoppgitt 3 3 - - - 1 278 1 278 - - -
                     
  Per cent
The whole country 1.0 0.9 2.6 1.3 3.5 1.9 1.6 4.6 4.0 5.0
                     
Østfold 1.1 0.9 3.3 1.3 4.5 2.2 1.8 5.9 4.6 6.7
Akershus 0.7 0.6 1.8 0.9 2.6 1.5 1.2 3.6 3.3 3.9
Oslo 1.4 0.9 3.0 1.4 3.7 2.4 1.6 4.8 3.7 5.4
Hedmark 1.1 1.0 2.9 1.7 4.0 1.8 1.6 4.7 3.9 5.5
Oppland 0.9 0.8 2.4 1.4 3.3 1.8 1.5 5.5 5.2 5.7
Buskerud 0.9 0.7 2.5 1.2 3.4 1.8 1.5 4.3 3.7 4.7
Vestfold 1.0 0.9 2.6 1.3 3.7 2.1 1.9 4.8 4.0 5.6
Telemark 1.2 1.0 3.4 1.9 4.3 2.1 1.8 5.4 4.7 5.9
Aust-Agder 1.0 0.8 2.8 1.5 4.0 1.8 1.6 4.8 4.4 5.2
Vest-Agder 0.9 0.7 2.2 1.4 2.7 1.8 1.4 4.8 4.5 5.0
Rogaland 0.7 0.6 1.8 0.8 2.9 1.4 1.0 3.8 3.4 4.2
Hordaland 1.0 0.9 2.2 1.0 3.2 1.7 1.4 4.5 4.6 4.5
Sogn og Fjordane 0.7 0.6 2.6 1.2 4.2 1.4 1.2 4.3 2.8 6.1
Møre og Romsdal 0.9 0.8 2.5 1.4 3.6 1.6 1.4 4.4 3.8 5.2
Sør-Trøndelag 1.3 1.2 3.0 1.6 4.2 2.1 1.8 5.4 5.5 5.2
Nord-Trøndelag 1.3 1.2 3.1 1.5 4.6 2.0 1.9 5.5 5.2 5.9
Nordland 1.3 1.2 3.5 2.2 4.4 2.0 1.9 4.2 3.5 4.8
Troms Romsa 1.2 1.1 2.5 1.8 3.2 1.9 1.8 3.4 3.6 3.3
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.2 2.0 3.9 3.0 4.7 2.7 2.5 5.6 5.0 6.2
Uoppgitt - - - - - - - - - -
1  Note that the population used as numerator gives a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
2  Country group 1: EU/EFTA-countries, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
3  Country 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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