Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6 Registered unemployed, by sex, immigrant background, region of birth and age. Absolute numbers and in per cent of the labour force in each group. By the end of August 2008 and 2009
  August 2008 August 2009
  Total 15- 29 years 30 years and more Total 15- 29 years 30 years and more Total 15- 29 years 30 years and more Total 15- 29 years 30 years and more
  Absolute figures Per cent Absolute figures Per cent
Total 44 364 13 740 30 624 1.8 2.5 1.6 77 109 25 132 51 977 3.0 4.4 2.6
                         
Non-immigrant population 32 870 10 612 22 258 1.5 2.2 1.3 56 267 19 352 36 915 2.4 3.9 2.0
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  354  263 91 2.7 2.7 2.6  689  513  176 4.7 4.9 4.4
Country group 11 44 18 26 1.5 1.9 1.3 98 35 63 3.1 3.4 3.0
Country group 22  310  245 65 3.0 2.8 4.4  591  478  113 5.2 5.0 5.9
                         
Immigrants total 11 140 2 865 8 275 4.6 5.0 4.5 20 153 5 267 14 886 7.5 8.4 7.3
Country group 11 2 209  412 1 797 2.0 1.8 2.0 6 652 1 394 5 258 5.2 5.4 5.2
Country group 22 8 931 2 453 6 478 6.9 6.9 6.9 13 501 3 873 9 628 9.6 10.5 9.3
                         
Males total 22 637 7 566 15 071 1.7 2.6 1.5 45 805 15 695 30 110 3.3 5.3 2.8
                         
Non-immigrant population 16 784 5 924 10 860 1.4 2.3 1.2 33 290 12 292 20 998 2.8 4.8 2.2
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  195  149 46 2.8 3.0 2.4  401  315 86 5.2 5.7 3.9
Country group 11 23 10 13 1.4 1.9 1.2 53 23 30 3.2 4.1 2.7
Country group 22  172  139 33 3.2 3.1 3.9  348  292 56 5.8 5.9 5.2
                         
Immigrants total 5 658 1 493 4 165 4.1 4.7 4.0 12 114 3 088 9 026 8.0 9.0 7.7
Country group 11 1 213  200 1 013 1.8 1.5 1.8 4 783  893 3 890 6.1 5.9 6.1
Country group 22 4 445 1 293 3 152 6.5 6.9 6.3 7 331 2 195 5 136 10.0 11.4 9.5
                         
Females total 21 727 6 174 15 553 1.8 2.3 1.7 31 304 9 437 21 867 2.6 3.5 2.3
                         
Non-immigrant population 16 086 4 688 11 398 1.5 2.0 1.4 22 977 7 060 15 917 2.1 3.0 1.8
                         
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  159  114 45 2.6 2.5 2.9  288  198 90 4.2 3.9 4.9
Country group 11 21 8 13 1.5 1.9 1.4 45 12 33 3.1 2.6 3.4
Country group 22  138  106 32 2.9 2.5 5.1  243  186 57 4.5 4.1 6.7
                         
Immigrants total 5 482 1 372 4 110 5.3 5.3 5.3 8 039 2 179 5 860 6.9 7.6 6.7
Country group 11  996  212  784 2.3 2.3 2.4 1 869  501 1 368 3.8 4.6 3.6
Country group 22 4 486 1 160 3 326 7.4 6.9 7.5 6 170 1 678 4 492 9.2 9.5 9.1
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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