Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

1   Employed by region of birth, sex and generation. Per cent of persons aged 16-74 years and in absolute figures. Q4 2002 and Q4 2003
  2002 2003 Change 2002-2003
  Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
  Per cent
Total population 70.1 73.5 66.5 69.4 72.6 66.2 -0.7 -0.9 -0.3
                   
First generation immigrants, total 57.7 62.7 52.8 55.6 59.9 51.5 -2.1 -2.8 -1.3
The Nordic countries 72.5 74.9 70.3 71.5 73.0 70.1 -1.0 -1.9 -0.2
Western Europe else 67.2 73.5 59.4 66.8 72.0 60.1 -0.4 -1.5 0.7
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 60.8 67.4 57.4 61.0 66.6 58.2      
Eastern Europe else 55.8 60.4 51.9 53.9 57.4 51.1 -1.9 -3.0 -0.8
North America and Oceania 55.0 62.2 48.4 54.5 60.7 48.8 -0.5 -1.5 0.4
Asia1 50.9 57.3 44.4 48.6 54.4 42.8 -2.3 -2.9 -1.6
Africa 43.8 48.4 37.4 40.3 44.3 35.0 -3.5 -4.1 -2.4
South and Central America 59.7 65.9 54.4 56.9 61.8 52.8 -2.8 -4.1 -1.6
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 61.1 61.8 60.4 57.9 58.4 57.3 -3.2 -3.4 -3.1
The Nordic countries 75.3 76.7 73.8 74.0 75.0 72.9 -1.3 -1.7 -0.9
Western Europe else 70.8 73.5 67.8 69.0 70.6 67.2 -1.8 -2.9 -0.6
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 67.0 68.4 65.4 67.3 69.6 64.8 0.3 1.2 -0.6
Eastern Europe else 72.4 74.1 70.9 69.6 72.8 66.8 -2.8 -1.3 -4.1
North America and Oceania 71.8 71.4 72.2 65.8 64.0 67.3 -6.0 -7.4 -4.9
Asia1 55.1 56.1 54.0 51.9 52.6 51.1 -3.2 -3.5 -2.9
Africa 56.3 49.2 64.3 52.1 47.2 57.2 -4.2 -2.0 -7.1
South and Central America 52.2 55.8 47.8 42.7 44.5 40.6 -9.5 -11.3 -7.2
                   
  Absolute figures
Total population 2 267 000 1 199 118 1 067 882 2 260 000 1 191 026 1 068 974 -7 000 -8 092 1 092
                   
First generation immigrants, total  139 365 75 353 64 012  140 727 74 765 65 962 1 362 -588 1 950
The Nordic countries 32 939 16 061 16 878 32 256 15 599 16 657 -683 -462 -221
Western Europe else 19 653 11 973 7 680 19 895 12 004 7 891  242 31  211
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 5 974 2 253 3 721 6 357 2 318 4 039  383 65  318
Eastern Europe else 16 290 8 095 8 195 16 888 8 124 8 764  598 29  569
North America and Oceania 4 101 2 209 1 892 4 007 2 119 1 888 -94 -90 -4
Asia1 43 927 25 007 18 920 44 583 24 863 19 720  656 -144  800
Africa 10 515 6 721 3 794 10 735 6 767 3 968  220 46  174
South and Central America 5 964 3 032 2 932 6 006 2 971 3 035 42 -61  103
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 6 778 3 545 3 233 7 100 3 679 3 421  322  134  188
The Nordic countries 1 087  561  526 1 101  562  539 14 1 13
Western Europe else  753  418  335  759  415  344 6 -3 9
New EU countries in Eastern Europe  459  249  210  478  259  219 19 10 9
Eastern Europe else  409  197  212  416  203  213 7 6 1
North America and Oceania  130 60 70  123 55 68 -7 -5 -2
Asia1 3 418 1 804 1 614 3 665 1 914 1 751  247  110  137
Africa  416  193  223  441  206  235 25 13 12
South and Central America  106 63 43  117 65 52 11 2 9
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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