Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

9   Employed first generation immigrants by selected countries of birth. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total 16-74 years. Q4 2003 and 2004
  Population 2003 2004 Endring i prosentpoeng
  Employed Employment rate Population Employed Employment rate
The whole population 3 256 107       2 260 000 69.4       3 282 342       2 274 000 69.3 -0.1
              0.0
First generation immigrants, total  252 969  143 167 56.6  263 853  149 296 56.6 0.0
Thereof              
Afghanistan 2 967  764 25.7 3 553 1 041 29.3 3.5
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 431 6 786 59.4 11 624 6 950 59.8 0.4
Brasil 1 013  521 51.4 1 122  568 50.6 -0.8
Chile 5 355 3 391 63.3 5 396 3 408 63.2 -0.2
Denmark 15 737 10 536 67.0 15 584 10 429 66.9 0.0
Eritrea 1 482  848 57.2 1 541  874 56.7 -0.5
Ethiopia 1 921  970 50.5 2 050 1 044 50.9 0.4
The Philippines 6 063 3 832 63.2 6 450 4 119 63.9 0.7
Finland 5 943 4 215 70.9 5 649 3 974 70.3 -0.6
France 2 097 1 324 63.1 2 171 1 402 64.6 1.4
Ghana 1 095  680 62.1 1 104  695 64.6 2.5
India 4 303 2 682 62.3 4 354 2 676 61.5 -0.9
Iraq 11 204 4 022 35.9 11 542 4 188 36.3 0.4
Iran 10 285 4 937 48.0 10 652 5 199 48.8 0.8
Iceland 2 923 2 117 72.4 2 864 2 009 70.1 -2.3
Italy 1 167  711 60.9 1 197  735 61.4 0.5
China 3 581 1 999 55.8 3 773 2 080 55.1 -0.7
Croatia 2 100 1 309 62.3 2 166 1 357 62.7 0.3
Lebanon 1 196  463 38.7 1 224  482 39.4 0.7
Lithuania - - - 1 154  754 65.3 -
Macedonia 1 569  855 54.5 1 646  872 53.0 -1.5
Marocco 4 075 1 873 46.0 4 113 1 826 44.4 -1.6
Netherlands 3 228 2 343 72.6 3 370 2 458 72.9 0.4
Pakistan 13 774 6 131 44.5 14 104 6 207 44.0 -0.5
Poland 6 183 4 014 64.9 7 257 4 829 66.5 1.6
Romania 1 278  814 63.7 1 391  840 60.4 -3.3
Russia 5 705 2 829 49.6 6 663 3 240 48.6 -1.0
Serbia and Montenegro 6 933 3 455 49.8 7 358 3 789 51.5 1.7
Soamlia 9 385 2 472 26.3 10 051 2 727 27.1 0.8
Spain 1 323  808 61.1 1 327  830 62.5 1.5
Sri Lanka 7 551 4 626 61.3 7 676 4 658 60.7 -0.6
United Kingom 9 188 6 189 67.4 9 368 6 238 66.6 -0.8
Sweden 19 823 15 107 76.2 20 157 15 283 75.8 -0.4
Thailand 5 029 2 758 54.8 5 690 3 134 55.1 0.2
Turkey 8 203 3 966 48.3 8 555 4 083 47.7 -0.6
Germany 9 227 6 240 67.6 9 735 6 751 69.3 1.7
USA 5 462 2 903 53.1 5 389 2 954 54.8 1.7
Hungary 1 151  580 50.4 1 139  575 50.5 0.1
Vietnam 11 260 6 430 57.1 11 446 6 680 58.4 1.3

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