Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

1   Employed by region of birth, sex and generation. Q4 2003 and Q4 2004. Per cent of persons aged 16-74 years and in absolute figures
    2003 2004 Change 2003-2004
  Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
  Per cent
Total population 69.4            72.6            66.1            69.3            72.5            66.0            -0.1            -0.1            -0.1
                   
First generation immigrants, total 56.6 61.0 52.3 56.6 61.1 52.2 0.0 0.1 -0.1
The Nordic countries 71.8 73.6 70.2 71.5 73.5 69.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.5
Western Europe else 66.9 72.3 60.0 67.5 72.6 60.9 0.6 0.3 0.9
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 61.5 66.8 58.8 64.5 69.5 61.4 3.0 2.7 2.6
Eastern Europe else 55.5 59.1 52.5 55.6 59.1 52.7 0.1 0.0 0.2
North America and Oceania 54.8 61.5 48.8 56.4 63.4 50.1 1.6 1.9 1.3
Asia1 49.8 55.8 43.9 49.8 55.9 44.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Africa 41.7 45.8 36.2 41.2 45.6 35.5 -0.5 -0.2 -0.7
South and Central America 58.8 63.8 54.6 58.4 63.6 54.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.5
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 57.8 58.2 57.4 56.9 58.2 55.5 -0.9 0.0 -1.9
The Nordic countries 73.4 74.0 72.8 72.5 74.1 70.9 -0.9 0.1 -1.9
Western Europe else 68.5 70.1 66.8 68.8 72.4 64.7 0.3 2.3 -2.1
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 67.5 69.9 64.8 66.5 65.7 67.4 -1.0 -4.2 2.6
Eastern Europe else 69.6 72.8 66.8 67.7 67.2 68.1 -1.9 -5.6 1.3
North America and Oceania 65.2 62.8 67.3 64.2 66.7 62.1 -1.0 3.9 -5.2
Asia1 51.8 52.2 51.3 51.8 53.7 49.8 0.0 1.5 -1.5
Africa 53.1 49.5 56.9 51.2 48.3 54.5 -1.9 -1.2 -2.4
South and Central America 44.5 45.2 43.8 39.8 41.2 38.3 -4.7 -4.0 -5.5
                   
  Absolute figures
Total population 2 260 000 1 191 705 1 068 295 2 274 000 1 199 188 1 074 812 14 000 7 483 6 517
                   
First generation immigrants, total  143 167 76 139 67 028  149 296 79 220 70 076 6 129 3 081 3 048
The Nordic countries 32 411 15 718 16 693 32 101 15 685 16 416 -310 -33 -277
Western Europe else 19 921 12 044 7 877 20 782 12 607 8 175  861  563  298
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 6 409 2 327 4 082 7 732 3 170 4 562 1 323  843  480
Eastern Europe else 17 375 8 358 9 017 18 610 8 793 9 817 1 235  435  800
North America and Oceania 4 033 2 146 1 887 4 158 2 233 1 925  125 87 38
Asia1 45 719 25 485 20 234 47 800 26 250 21 550 2 081  765 1 316
Africa 11 089 6 992 4 097 11 747 7 376 4 371  658  384  274
South and Central America 6 210 3 069 3 141 6 366 3 106 3 260  156 37  119
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 7 094 3 666 3 428 7 832 4 116 3 716  738  450  288
The Nordic countries 1 092  554  538 1 116  574  542 24 20 4
Western Europe else  754  412  342  790  448  342 36 36 0
New EU countries in Eastern Europe  479  260  219  504  262  242 25 2 23
Eastern Europe else  416  203  213  448  207  241 32 4 28
North America and Oceania  122 54 68  124 60 64 2 6 -4
Asia1 3 659 1 901 1 758 4 189 2 233 1 956  530  332  198
Africa  450  216  234  514  252  262 64 36 28
South and Central America  122 66 56  147 80 67 25 14 11
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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