Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

3 Employed by immigrant background, region of birth, sex and labour market status. Q4 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group
  Employed, total Total Males Females
  Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed
Total population 2 484 000   2 320 000  164 000 1 313 020 1     196 044  116 976 1 170 980    1 123 956 47 024
                   
First generation immigrants, total  213 114  200 797 12 317  118 776  110 733 8 043 94 338 90 064 4 274
The Nordic countries 35 328 32 596 2 732 17 856 16 074 1 782 17 472 16 522  950
Western Europe else 27 215 25 258 1 957 16 904 15 660 1 244 10 311 9 598  713
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 30 592 29 483 1 109 20 588 19 904  684 10 004 9 579  425
Eastern Europe else 23 719 22 986  733 10 983 10 553  430 12 736 12 433  303
North America and Oceania 5 011 4 572  439 2 691 2 449  242 2 320 2 123  197
Asia1 65 038 60 726 4 312 34 679 31 736 2 943 30 359 28 990 1 369
Africa 17 715 17 078  637 11 096 10 611  485 6 619 6 467  152
South and Central America 8 496 8 098  398 3 979 3 746  233 4 517 4 352  165
                   
Norwegian born to foreign born parents, total2 12 440 12 027  413 6 575 6 294  281 5 865 5 733  132
The Nordic countries 1 287 1 206 81  679  624 55  608  582 26
Western Europe else  876  829 47  495  467 28  381  362 19
New EU countries in Eastern Europe  651  618 33  347  326 21  304  292 12
Eastern Europe else  661  645 16  303  296 7  358  349 9
North America and Oceania  126  119 7 59 55 4 67 64 3
Asia1 7 480 7 267  213 4 006 3 853  153 3 474 3 414 60
Africa  969  956 13  491  481 10  478  475 3
South and Central America  390  387 3  195  192 3  195  195 -
                   
  Per cent
Total population 71.6 66.9 4.7 74.8 68.1 6.7 68.4 65.6 2.7
                   
First generation immigrants, total 63.3 59.7 3.7 69.2 64.5 4.7 57.3 54.7 2.6
The Nordic countries 74.5 68.7 5.8 76.8 69.1 7.7 72.2 68.3 3.9
Western Europe else 72.0 66.9 5.2 77.0 71.4 5.7 65.1 60.6 4.5
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 75.9 73.2 2.8 81.3 78.6 2.7 66.9 64.0 2.8
Eastern Europe else 61.9 60.0 1.9 65.0 62.5 2.6 59.4 58.0 1.4
North America and Oceania 64.2 58.6 5.6 70.0 63.7 6.3 58.6 53.6 5.0
Asia1 56.3 52.5 3.7 63.1 57.8 5.4 50.1 47.8 2.3
Africa 49.0 47.2 1.8 55.5 53.1 2.4 40.9 40.0 0.9
South and Central America 65.3 62.2 3.1 71.7 67.5 4.2 60.5 58.3 2.2
                   
Norwegian born by foreign born parents, total2 58.4 56.4 1.9 60.1 57.5 2.6 56.6 55.3 1.3
The Nordic countries 74.1 69.4 4.7 75.6 69.5 6.1 72.4 69.3 3.1
Western Europe else 70.0 66.2 3.8 73.2 69.1 4.1 66.2 62.9 3.3
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 67.9 64.4 3.4 70.8 66.5 4.3 64.8 62.3 2.6
Eastern Europe else 61.7 60.2 1.5 58.5 57.1 1.4 64.6 63.0 1.6
North America and Oceania 65.0 61.3 3.6 64.1 59.8 4.4 65.7 62.8 2.9
Asia1 56.1 54.5 1.6 58.5 56.3 2.2 53.6 52.7 0.9
Africa 49.6 48.9 0.7 49.4 48.4 1.0 49.8 49.5 0.3
South and Central America 48.0 47.6 0.4 45.9 45.2 0.7 50.3 50.3 -
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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