Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

5 Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job-programmes) 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
  Participants, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants registered as residents, total Country group 12 Country group 23 Participants, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants registered as residents, total Country group 12 Country group 23
The whole country 13 003 7 848 5 155  459 4 696 17 872 11 424 6 448  858 5 590
                     
Østfold  939  565  374 35  339 1 230  759  471 54  417
Akershus 1 180  626  554 49  505 1 744 1 008  736  116  620
Oslo 2 270  735 1 535 81 1 454 2 999 1 013 1 986  149 1 837
Hedmark  442  325  117 16  101  757  617  140 28  112
Oppland  405  298  107 12 95  616  481  135 12  123
Buskerud  872  511  361 24  337  966  633  333 36  297
Vestfold  695  480  215 23  192  923  693  230 29  201
Telemark  581  342  239 18  221  812  517  295 30  265
Aust-Agder  257  159 98 15 83  591  412  179 49  130
Vest-Agder  467  300  167 10  157  667  442  225 50  175
Rogaland  641  377  264 30  234  898  540  358 54  304
Hordaland 1 039  667  372 38  334 1 306  844  462 79  383
Sogn og Fjordane  219  144 75 7 68  301  229 72 16 56
Møre og Romsdal  511  391  120 23 97  684  544  140 32  108
Sør-Trøndelag  755  542  213 27  186 1 097  816  281 51  230
Nord-Trøndelag  341  259 82 9 73  484  395 89 15 74
Nordland  675  543  132 19  113  873  700  173 34  139
Troms Romsa  433  352 81 10 71  535  449 86 14 72
Finnmark Finnmárku  281  232 49 13 36  296  244 52 10 42
Uoppgitt - - - - - 93 88 5 - 5
                     
  Per cent
The whole country 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.3 2.2 0.5 0.4 1.6 0.5 2.5
                     
Østfold 0.5 0.3 1.9 0.5 2.8 0.6 0.4 2.2 0.7 3.2
Akershus 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.2 2.0 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.5 2.3
Oslo 0.5 0.2 1.5 0.3 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.8 0.4 2.5
Hedmark 0.3 0.2 1.5 0.4 2.4 0.5 0.5 1.6 0.7 2.5
Oppland 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.4 2.3 0.5 0.4 1.6 0.3 2.8
Buskerud 0.5 0.3 1.8 0.3 2.8 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.4 2.3
Vestfold 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.3 2.5 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.4 2.4
Telemark 0.5 0.3 2.6 0.5 3.9 0.7 0.5 3.0 0.8 4.4
Aust-Agder 0.3 0.2 1.7 0.5 2.7 0.7 0.6 2.8 1.6 4.0
Vest-Agder 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.2 2.2 0.5 0.4 1.8 1.0 2.3
Rogaland 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.2 1.5 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.7
Hordaland 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.3 2.2 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.5 2.3
Sogn og Fjordane 0.3 0.2 1.7 0.3 3.2 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.6 2.6
Møre og Romsdal 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.8 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.5 1.9
Sør-Trøndelag 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.4 2.1 0.5 0.4 1.7 0.7 2.4
Nord-Trøndelag 0.4 0.3 2.0 0.4 3.5 0.5 0.4 2.0 0.7 3.3
Nordland 0.4 0.3 1.6 0.6 2.4 0.5 0.4 1.9 0.9 2.7
Troms Romsa 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.3 2.0 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.4 1.8
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.6 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 1.8
Uoppgitt - - - - - - - - - -
1  EU/EFTA-countries, North - America, Australia and New Zealand.
2  Eastern Europe outside the EU, Asia (Turkey incl.), Africa, South and Central America and Oceania except 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.

Explanation of symbols