Statistics Norway

Immigrants by reason for immigration

4 Immigrations1, by reason for immigration, year of immigration and immigrants still resident on 1 January 2012. 1990-2011. Absolute figures and per cent
Year of immigration Total Still resident 1 January 2012
Total Reason for immigration
Labour Family Refugee Training Other Unknown reason for immigration2
1990-2011  524 957  395 718  117 020  159 096 91 975 23 185 1 534 2 908
1990 11 055 6 430  279 3 052 2 812  219 68 -
1991 11 089 6 262  222 2 756 2 984  254 46 -
1992 12 234 7 279  243 3 263 3 518  222 33 -
1993 16 773 10 536  199 3 087 6 997  238 15 -
1994 11 348 7 044  341 2 856 3 593  226 28 -
1995 10 222 6 189  421 2 977 2 517  240 34 -
1996 9 675 5 457  467 3 070 1 565  314 41 -
1997 11 541 6 885  643 4 048 1 803  342 49 -
1998 14 359 8 768  894 4 779 2 676  375 44 -
1999 22 237 13 186  762 5 550 6 364  465 45 -
2000 18 964 12 788  892 5 797 5 475  579 45 -
2001 17 365 12 115 1 109 6 384 3 928  656 38 -
2002 22 673 16 744 1 352 10 363 4 147  813 69 -
2003 19 795 14 881 1 254 7 478 5 276  821 52 -
2004 21 218 15 735 2 388 7 459 4 900  926 62 -
2005 23 910 17 751 4 261 8 563 3 766 1 108 53 -
2006 29 504 21 540 8 153 9 194 3 052 1 064 77 -
2007 44 253 32 956 15 139 11 462 5 016 1 266 73 -
2008 48 410 36 756 16 750 14 412 4 138 1 360 96 -
2009 43 762 36 864 13 371 12 519 6 100 1 919 95 2 860
2010 50 251 46 188 21 764 13 973 6 137 4 160  106 48
2011 54 319 53 364 26 116 16 054 5 211 5 618  365 -
  Immigrants still resident in per cent
1990-2011  100 75.4 74.1 81.1 83.9 41.9 62.5 87.1
1990  100 58.2 27.2 66.8 65.7 22.5 32.7 -
1991  100 56.5 21.1 62.8 66.2 24.0 54.8 -
1992  100 59.5 21.1 66.6 70.4 19.5 64.7 -
1993  100 62.8 17.5 64.8 72.8 19.7 34.9 -
1994  100 62.1 28.1 67.3 78.2 18.4 40.0 -
1995  100 60.5 29.5 68.7 81.6 18.5 43.0 -
1996  100 56.4 31.4 66.5 78.7 21.1 43.6 -
1997  100 59.7 34.6 69.0 84.4 21.7 47.1 -
1998  100 61.1 35.6 70.5 85.3 20.4 42.7 -
1999  100 59.3 36.7 74.2 59.8 23.8 46.4 -
2000  100 67.4 44.7 76.2 76.6 27.2 52.3 -
2001  100 69.8 46.7 76.1 92.0 29.3 39.2 -
2002  100 73.8 50.0 80.7 92.3 32.2 62.7 -
2003  100 75.2 52.7 81.2 95.8 31.5 59.8 -
2004  100 74.2 58.8 80.8 96.6 33.6 64.6 -
2005  100 74.2 66.2 82.1 96.1 36.5 54.6 -
2006  100 73.0 69.2 81.7 97.4 32.9 74.0 -
2007  100 74.5 70.8 83.8 96.0 32.7 67.6 -
2008  100 75.9 72.2 86.0 96.8 33.6 80.7 -
2009  100 84.2 82.1 90.0 98.7 47.0 78.5 89.7
2010  100 91.9 91.9 94.1 99.4 78.9 86.2 32.2
2011  100 98.2 97.8 99.1 99.8 96.7 97.6 -
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.
2  Unknown reason for immigration is a result of the new registration rule for EU/EEA/EFTA nationals. For more information about right of residence in Norway for EU/EEA/EFTA nationals: http://www.udi.no/

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