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 figures and in per cent of the population aged 15 to 74 years in each group. By the end of August 2010 and 2011
  August 2010 August 2011  Changes, immigrants 2010-2011
  Participants,
total		 Non-immigrant
population		 Immigrants registered
as residents, total		 Country group 11 Country group 22 Participants,
total		 Non-immigrant
population		 Immigrants registered
as residents, total		 Country group 11 Country group 22    
The whole country 10 261 5 971 4 290  717 3 573 11 801 6 509 5 292 1 077 4 215 1 002  
                         
Østfold  527  332  195 45  150  832  485  347 68  279  152  
Akershus 1 272  627  645  127  518 1 289  668  621  135  486 -24  
Oslo 1 624  513 1 111  126  985 2 918  923 1 995  409 1 586  884  
Hedmark  275  197 78 10 68  448  285  163 28  135 85  
Oppland  307  221 86 15 71  277  202 75 15 60 -11  
Buskerud  670  394  276 43  233  698  457  241 38  203 -35  
Vestfold  740  521  219 43  176  637  455  182 48  134 -37  
Telemark  334  171  163 13  150  406  251  155 32  123 -8  
Aust-Agder  266  194 72 21 51  243  173 70 18 52 -2  
Vest-Agder  200  121 79 17 62  328  150  178 34  144 99  
Rogaland  797  482  315 42  273  714  413  301 56  245 -14  
Hordaland 1 368  880  488 96  392  985  599  386 84  302 -102  
Sogn og Fjordane 58 38 20 5 15 58 37 21 8 13 1  
Møre og Romsdal  366  202  164 48  116  361  221  140 34  106 -24  
Sør-Trøndelag  493  314  179 36  143  623  405  218 37  181 39  
Nord-Trøndelag  182  137 45 8 37  206  156 50 7 43 5  
Nordland  360  279 81 12 69  293  214 79 13 66 -2  
Troms  182  142 40 2 38  187  154 33 4 29 -7  
Finnmark Finnmárku  180  146 34 8 26  162  125 37 9 28 3  
Uoppgitt 60 60 - - -  136  136 - - - -  
                         
          Per cent Percentage points
The whole country 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.4 1.5 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.5 1.6 0.1  
                         
Østfold 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.6 1.9 0.6  
Akershus 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.8 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.5 1.6 -0.2  
Oslo 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.6 0.9 2.0 0.7  
Hedmark 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.3 0.2 1.5 0.5 2.6 0.7  
Oppland 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.3 1.1 -0.2  
Buskerud 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.3 1.4 -0.2  
Vestfold 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.5 2.0 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.4 -0.3  
Telemark 0.3 0.1 1.5 0.3 2.2 0.3 0.2 1.3 0.6 1.7 -0.2  
Aust-Agder 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.5 1.3 -0.1  
Vest-Agder 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.2 0.6 1.7 0.6  
Rogaland 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.2 1.2 -0.1  
Hordaland 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.5 2.2 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.4 1.6 -0.4  
Sogn og Fjordane 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.0  
Møre og Romsdal 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.6 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.3 1.6 -0.3  
Sør-Trøndelag 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.4 1.6 0.1  
Nord-Trøndelag 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.0  
Nordland 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.2 1.1 -0.1  
Troms 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 -0.1  
Finnmark Finnmárku 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.0 -0.1  
Uoppgitt 2.8 3 - - - 5.9 6 - - - -  
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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