Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

1   Employed, by immigrant background, region of birth and sex . Q4 2005 and Q4 2006. Absolute figures and per cent of persons aged 15-74 years
  Total 2005 2006 Change 2005-2006
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total population 2 308 000 1 217 646 1 090 354 2 389 000 1 263 091 1 125 909 81 000 45 445 35 555
                   
First generation immigrants, total  159 792 85 361 74 431  181 444 98 728 82 716 21 652 13 367 8 285
The Nordic countries 32 302 15 900 16 402 33 497 16 653 16 844 1 195  753  442
Western Europe else 21 477 13 150 8 327 23 920 14 789 9 131 2 443 1 639  804
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 10 310 5 076 5 234 16 171 9 772 6 399 5 861 4 696 1 165
Eastern Europe else 20 231 9 506 10 725 22 864 10 612 12 252 2 633 1 106 1 527
North America and Oceania 4 166 2 218 1 948 4 530 2 416 2 114  364  198  166
Asia1 51 525 28 097 23 428 57 784 31 353 26 431 6 259 3 256 3 003
Africa 12 872 8 048 4 824 15 030 9 474 5 556 2 158 1 426  732
South and Central America 6 909 3 366 3 543 7 648 3 659 3 989  739  293  446
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 8 756 4 619 4 137 10 218 5 397 4 821 1 462  778  684
The Nordic countries 1 140  592  548 1 199  635  564 59 43 16
Western Europe else  749  418  331  819  457  362 70 39 31
New EU countries in Eastern Europe  535  277  258  569  305  264 34 28 6
Eastern Europe else  480  223  257  567  266  301 87 43 44
North America and Oceania  111 56 55  126 60 66 15 4 11
Asia1 4 900 2 642 2 258 5 908 3 161 2 747 1 008  519  489
Africa  644  315  329  768  375  393  124 60 64
South and Central America  197 96  101  262  138  124 65 42 23
                   
  Per cent
Total population 68.5 71.6 65.2 70.0 73.3 66.6 1.5 1.7 1.4
                   
First generation immigrants, total 57.1 62.1 52.3 60.1 65.7 54.5 3.0 3.6 2.2
The Nordic countries 72.1 74.3 70.2 73.5 75.8 71.3 1.4 1.5 1.1
Western Europe else 68.4 73.9 61.3 70.9 76.3 63.6 2.5 2.4 2.3
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 68.4 73.6 64.1 71.3 76.2 65.0 2.9 2.6 0.9
Eastern Europe else 55.6 59.3 52.6 59.2 62.9 56.3 3.6 3.6 3.7
North America and Oceania 58.2 64.3 52.5 61.1 67.1 55.4 2.9 2.8 2.9
Asia1 50.3 56.8 44.3 53.3 60.4 46.8 3.0 3.6 2.5
Africa 41.5 46.2 35.4 45.2 51.3 37.5 3.7 5.1 2.1
South and Central America 59.9 66.5 54.8 62.6 69.4 57.4 2.7 2.9 2.6
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 51.7 53.1 50.3 53.8 55.3 52.1 2.1 2.2 1.8
The Nordic countries 71.1 71.8 70.3 72.1 73.6 70.6 1.0 1.8 0.3
Western Europe else 63.8 66.0 61.2 67.7 70.2 64.8 3.9 4.2 3.6
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.8 63.7 63.9 64.0 67.2 60.7 0.2 3.5 -3.2
Eastern Europe else 57.8 57.2 58.4 60.4 59.0 61.7 2.6 1.8 3.3
North America and Oceania 59.4 65.9 53.9 65.3 67.4 63.5 5.9 1.5 9.6
Asia1 47.4 49.7 45.0 50.2 52.2 48.0 2.8 2.5 3.0
Africa 47.2 45.1 49.5 47.1 45.2 49.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.4
South and Central America 32.9 30.6 35.4 37.1 37.8 36.3 4.2 7.2 0.9
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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