Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

9   Employed first generation immigrants, by selcted countries of birth and sex. Q4 2006. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years within each group
  Total Males Females Total Per cent Difference in percentage points in men's favour Relative difference in men's favour
  Males Females
Employed in total 2 389 000 1 263 091 1 125 909 70.0 73.3 66.6 6.7 10.1
Employed first generation immigrants in total  181 444 98 728 82 716 60.1 65.7 54.5 11.2 20.6
Thereof:                
Afghanistan 1 975 1 515  460 41.7 54.1 23.8 30.3  127.3
Bosnia-Herzegovina 7 651 3 996 3 655 62.7 65.6 59.9 5.7 9.5
Chile 3 781 2 123 1 658 68.1 71.6 64.1 7.5 11.7
Denmark 10 385 5 697 4 688 68.8 73.5 63.9 9.6 15.0
The Philippines 5 057  997 4 060 65.0 71.0 63.6 7.4 11.6
Finland 3 861 1 490 2 371 70.7 68.2 72.4 -4.2 -5.8
India 3 017 1 701 1 316 63.1 68.8 57.0 11.8 20.7
Iraq 5 809 4 343 1 466 41.3 51.4 26.1 25.3 96.9
Iran 6 196 3 707 2 489 54.5 58.2 49.8 8.4 16.9
China 2 477 1 117 1 360 56.8 60.6 54.0 6.6 12.2
Marocco 2 001 1 334  667 46.4 53.3 36.9 16.4 44.4
Pakistan 6 866 4 793 2 073 46.3 62.2 29.1 33.1  113.7
Poland 11 274 7 477 3 797 72.4 78.2 63.1 15.1 23.9
Russia 4 684 1 255 3 429 54.3 50.8 55.6 -4.8 -8.6
Serbia 4 562 2 659 1 903 56.1 61.9 49.6 12.3 24.8
Soamlia 3 672 2 541 1 131 31.7 40.4 21.4 19.0 88.8
Sri Lanka 5 192 3 059 2 133 66.1 74.7 56.8 17.9 31.5
United Kingom 6 640 4 584 2 056 70.2 76.4 59.3 17.1 28.8
Sweden 16 769 8 211 8 558 77.9 79.5 76.4 3.1 4.1
Thailand 4 208  403 3 805 57.4 53.0 57.9 -4.9 -8.5
Turkey 4 778 3 224 1 554 52.5 62.2 39.7 22.5 56.7
Germany 8 460 4 783 3 677 72.4 78.6 65.7 12.9 19.6
USA 3 154 1 620 1 534 59.7 64.7 55.2 9.5 17.2
Vietnam 7 334 3 858 3 476 61.7 67.2 56.6 10.6 18.7

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