Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

2   Employed by region of birth, sex and generation. Per cent of persons aged 16-74 years and in absolute figures. Q4 2003
  Total 16-24 years 25-39 years 40-54 years 55-74 years
  Per cent
Total population 69.4 59.5 79.7 82.1 48.6
           
First generation immigrants, total 55.6 42.8 59.4 64.2 41.3
The Nordic countries 71.5 66.9 80.7 80.6 50.5
Western Europe else 66.8 39.9 73.9 77.8 51.4
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 61.0 46.6 65.2 72.0 45.7
Eastern Europe else 53.9 46.4 60.6 61.6 23.5
North America and Oceania 54.5 26.4 60.2 69.1 37.5
Asia1 48.6 40.1 52.4 54.4 26.1
Africa 40.3 29.7 43.3 46.1 27.2
South and Central America 56.9 43.6 58.2 66.1 43.5
           
Norwegian born by foreign born parents, total2 57.9 49.6 70.9 78.8 59.8
The Nordic countries 74.0 60.6 79.9 80.9 45.5
Western Europe else 69.0 50.0 77.6 77.4 76.3
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 67.3 49.8 71.4 80.1 72.7
Eastern Europe else 69.6 64.3 74.3 71.7  100.0
North America and Oceania 65.8 45.1 80.0 75.4 50.0
Asia1 51.9 48.3 65.3 75.0  100.0
Africa 52.1 51.2 57.3 50.0 -
South and Central America 42.7 37.9 64.7 - 50.0
           
  Absolute figures
Total population 2 260 000  294 011  793 309  769 853  402 827
           
First generation immigrants, total  140 727 15 869 61 652 47 383 15 823
The Nordic countries 32 256 2 632 12 828 10 783 6 013
Western Europe else 19 895  649 7 255 7 547 4 444
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 6 357  739 2 446 2 326  846
Eastern Europe else 16 888 2 973 7 529 5 587  799
North America and Oceania 4 007  138 1 380 1 719  770
Asia1 44 583 6 400 21 945 14 174 2 064
Africa 10 735 1 587 5 820 2 931  397
South and Central America 6 006  751 2 449 2 316  490
           
Norwegian born by foreign born parents, total2 7 100 3 886 2 285  850 79
The Nordic countries 1 101  231  473  372 25
Western Europe else  759  170  375  185 29
New EU countries in Eastern Europe  478  115  162  193 8
Eastern Europe else  416  182  191 38 5
North America and Oceania  123 23 44 46 10
Asia1 3 665 2 709  940 15 1
Africa  441  373 67 1 -
South and Central America  117 83 33 - 1
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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