Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

11   Employees by economic sector, sex and region of birth. Q4 2006. Absolute figures and per cent
  Employees in total First generation immigrants
  Total The Nordic countries Western Europe else New EU countries in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe else North America and Oceania Asia1 Africa South and Central America
Total1 Total 2 210 000  178 756 31 721 22 589 15 987 22 587 4 202 59 084 15 088 7 498
  Males 1 135 113 95 803 15 385 13 900 9 664 10 358 2 220 31 400 9 326 3 550
  Females 1 074 887 82 953 16 336 8 689 6 323 12 229 1 982 27 684 5 762 3 948
                       
State sector Total  259 526 18 089 4 532 3 365 1 047 1 785  625 4 836 1 255  644
  Males  106 483 7 439 1 387 1 641  307  566  267 2 287  710  274
  Females  153 043 10 650 3 145 1 724  740 1 219  358 2 549  545  370
                       
Private sector 2 Total 1 450 827  125 454 21 495 15 434 12 891 15 645 2 920 42 157 9 886 5 026
  Males  891 168 78 123 12 630 10 927 9 014 8 650 1 719 25 468 6 971 2 744
  Females  559 659 47 331 8 865 4 507 3 877 6 995 1 201 16 689 2 915 2 282
                       
Municipal and county sector Total  494 914 33 862 5 563 3 566 1 871 4 916  595 11 701 3 887 1 763
  Males  135 556 9 808 1 310 1 205  267 1 118  194 3 575 1 617  522
  Females  359 358 24 054 4 253 2 361 1 604 3 798  401 8 126 2 270 1 241
                       
    Per cent
Total1 Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
  Males 51.4 53.6 48.5 61.5 60.4 45.9 52.8 53.1 61.8 47.3
  Females 48.6 46.4 51.5 38.5 39.6 54.1 47.2 46.9 38.2 52.7
                       
State sector Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
  Males 41.0 41.1 30.6 48.8 29.3 31.7 42.7 47.3 56.6 42.5
  Females 59.0 58.9 69.4 51.2 70.7 68.3 57.3 52.7 43.4 57.5
                       
Private sector 2 Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
  Males 61.4 62.3 58.8 70.8 69.9 55.3 58.9 60.4 70.5 54.6
  Females 38.6 37.7 41.2 29.2 30.1 44.7 41.1 39.6 29.5 45.4
                       
Municipal and county sector Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
  Males 27.4 29.0 23.5 33.8 14.3 22.7 32.6 30.6 41.6 29.6
  Females 72.6 71.0 76.5 66.2 85.7 77.3 67.4 69.4 58.4 70.4
1  Unspecified included.
2  Public owned enterprises included.

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