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 persons aged 15-74 years1 in each group. By the end of August 2008 and 2009
  August 2008 August 2009
  Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Country group 12 Country group 23 Registered unemployed, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Country group 12 Country group 23
The whole country 44 364 33 224 11 140 2 209 8 931 77 109 56 956 20 153 6 652 13 501
                     
Østfold 2 674 1 863  811  121  690 5 036 3 558 1 478  381 1 097
Akershus 3 608 2 507 1 101  236  865 7 072 5 088 1 984  725 1 259
Oslo 7 183 3 614 3 569  530 3 039 12 568 6 482 6 086 1 353 4 733
Hedmark 1 831 1 551  280 57  223 2 894 2 393  501  172  329
Oppland 1 255 1 040  215 53  162 2 479 2 043  436  163  273
Buskerud 2 123 1 529  594 93  501 3 766 2 675 1 091  351  740
Vestfold 2 197 1 771  426  107  319 4 168 3 286  882  325  557
Telemark 1 725 1 360  365 65  300 2 856 2 261  595  191  404
Aust-Agder 1 063  868  195 59  136 1 897 1 474  423  183  240
Vest-Agder 1 431 1 068  363 72  291 2 556 1 875  681  243  438
Rogaland 2 440 1 767  673  148  525 4 963 3 418 1 545  703  842
Hordaland 3 923 3 180  743  168  575 6 567 5 099 1 468  627  841
Sogn og Fjordane  677  524  153 26  127 1 142  912  230 88  142
Møre og Romsdal 1 885 1 568  317 80  237 3 351 2 757  594  269  325
Sør-Trøndelag 3 099 2 602  497  133  364 5 091 4 113  978  392  586
Nord-Trøndelag 1 460 1 298  162 32  130 2 035 1 769  266  112  154
Nordland 2 784 2 468  316 76  240 3 622 3 240  382  132  250
Troms Romsa 1 637 1 453  184 72  112 2 348 2 063  285  129  156
Finnmark Finnmárku 1 366 1 191  175 80 95 1 489 1 242  247  113  134
Uoppgitt 3 2 1 - - 1 208 1 207 1 - -
                     
  Per cent
The whole country 1.3 1.1 3.1 1.5 4.2 2.2 1.8 5.1 4.0 5.9
                     
Østfold 1.4 1.0 4.1 1.6 5.6 2.5 2.0 6.9 4.6 8.4
Akershus 0.9 0.7 2.4 1.1 3.4 1.8 1.5 4.0 3.2 4.7
Oslo 1.6 1.1 3.4 1.6 4.2 2.8 1.9 5.5 3.8 6.4
Hedmark 1.3 1.2 3.5 1.5 5.3 2.1 1.8 5.8 4.1 7.4
Oppland 0.9 0.8 2.8 1.5 3.9 1.8 1.6 5.2 4.1 6.1
Buskerud 1.1 0.9 2.9 1.1 4.1 2.0 1.6 4.9 3.8 5.7
Vestfold 1.3 1.1 2.9 1.6 4.1 2.4 2.1 5.5 4.2 6.7
Telemark 1.4 1.2 3.9 1.8 5.2 2.3 2.0 5.9 4.8 6.6
Aust-Agder 1.3 1.2 3.3 2.1 4.5 2.4 2.0 6.5 5.7 7.4
Vest-Agder 1.2 1.0 3.1 1.6 4.1 2.1 1.7 5.5 4.9 5.8
Rogaland 0.8 0.6 2.1 0.9 3.2 1.6 1.2 4.3 3.8 4.8
Hordaland 1.1 1.0 2.7 1.3 3.7 1.9 1.6 4.7 4.2 5.1
Sogn og Fjordane 0.9 0.7 3.4 1.1 6.0 1.5 1.3 4.4 2.9 6.5
Møre og Romsdal 1.0 0.9 2.9 1.4 4.5 1.8 1.6 4.8 3.9 5.8
Sør-Trøndelag 1.5 1.3 3.1 1.9 4.1 2.4 2.1 5.6 5.1 6.0
Nord-Trøndelag 1.5 1.4 3.9 1.5 6.3 2.1 1.9 5.8 4.8 6.8
Nordland 1.6 1.5 3.9 2.2 5.1 2.1 2.0 4.1 3.3 4.7
Troms 1.4 1.3 2.6 2.0 3.2 2.0 1.9 3.6 3.3 3.9
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.5 2.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 2.8 2.5 5.4 5.1 5.6
Uoppgitt - - - - - - - - - -
1  Note that persons used as numerator give 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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