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 persons aged 15-74 years in each group. By the end of August 2008 and 2009
  August 2008 August 2009
  Participants, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Country group 11 Country group 22 Participants, total Non-immigrant population Immigrants, total Country group 11 Country group 22
The whole country 7 665 4 254 3 411  271 3 140 11 790 7 153 4 637  627 4 010
                     
Østfold  464  276  188 19  169  657  416  241 31  210
Akershus  680  350  330 26  304 1 323  709  614  104  510
Oslo 1 650  489 1 161 63 1 098 2 305  703 1 602  128 1 474
Hedmark  252  197 55 15 40  477  380 97 20 77
Oppland  220  154 66 4 62  391  259  132 13  119
Buskerud  573  326  247 16  231  707  435  272 38  234
Vestfold  371  232  139 18  121  555  404  151 20  131
Telemark  257  124  133 4  129  564  340  224 29  195
Aust-Agder  172  105 67 10 57  288  210 78 15 63
Vest-Agder  254  156 98 8 90  407  282  125 23  102
Rogaland  407  209  198 15  183  579  347  232 37  195
Hordaland  721  449  272 24  248 1 026  720  306 55  251
Sogn og Fjordane 91 68 23 3 20  128  100 28 11 17
Møre og Romsdal  238  173 65 7 58  376  290 86 19 67
Sør-Trøndelag  520  328  192 20  172  734  543  191 34  157
Nord-Trøndelag  172  126 46 1 45  272  218 54 11 43
Nordland  237  177 60 9 51  411  304  107 22 85
Troms  195  159 36 5 31  303  250 53 8 45
Finnmark Finnmárku  190  155 35 4 31  208  164 44 9 35
Uoppgitt 1 1 - - - 79 79 -    
          Per cent          
The whole country 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.2 1.5 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.4 1.8
                     
Østfold 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.4 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.6
Akershus 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.9
Oslo 0.4 0.1 1.1 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.5 0.4 2.0
Hedmark 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.5 1.7
Oppland 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.5 0.3 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.7
Buskerud 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.2 1.9 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.4 1.8
Vestfold 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.3 1.6
Telemark 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.1 2.2 0.5 0.3 2.2 0.7 3.2
Aust-Agder 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.4 1.9 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.5 1.9
Vest-Agder 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.2 1.3 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.3
Rogaland 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.1
Hordaland 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.2 1.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.4 1.5
Sogn og Fjordane 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.8
Møre og Romsdal 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.3 1.2
Sør-Trøndelag 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.3 1.9 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.6
Nord-Trøndelag 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.0 2.2 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.9
Nordland 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.6
Troms 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.2 1.1
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.4 1.5
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.

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