Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

5 Employed by years of residence in Norway, age and region of birth. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total in each group. Q4 2007
  Employed in total Total The Nordic countries Employed first generation immigrants
  Western Europe else New EU countries in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe else North America and Oceania Asia1 Africa South and Central America
Total 2 484 000       213 114       35 328 27 215 30 592 23 719 5 011       65 038      17 715 8 496
                     
15-24 years  359 455 24 856 2 854 1 103 3 097 4 539  197 9 270 2 900  896
25-39 years  817 580 97 492 13 553 10 733 17 059 10 088 1 915 31 236 9 121 3 787
40-54 years  829 400 69 855 12 120 10 145 8 793 7 648 1 938 21 137 5 003 3 071
55-74 years  477 565 20 911 6 801 5 234 1 643 1 444  961 3 395  691  742
                     
Less than 4 years, total   59 091 7 437 8 690 22 217 3 798 1 332 9 940 4 107 1 570
                     
15-24 years   9 310 1 977  691 2 545  847  139 2 026  815  270
25-39 years   36 743 4 302 5 509 13 502 2 162  916 6 474 2 790 1 088
40-54 years   12 054  959 2 295 5 768  729  245 1 377  479  202
55-74 years    984  199  195  402 60 32 63 23 10
                     
4-6 years, total   27 854 3 548 3 083 2 181 3 669  513 10 306 3 578  976
                     
15-24 years   4 186  191  117  168  571 16 2 276  767 80
25-39 years   17 323 2 427 1 968 1 529 2 027  343 6 120 2 218  691
40-54 years   5 736  745  892  450  956  131 1 811  564  187
55-74 years    609  185  106 34  115 23 99 29 18
                     
7 years or more, total    126 169 24 343 15 442 6 194 16 252 3 166 44 792 10 030 5 950
                     
15-24 years   11 360  686  295  384 3 121 42 4 968 1 318  546
25-39 years   43 426 6 824 3 256 2 028 5 899  656 18 642 4 113 2 008
40-54 years   52 065 10 416 6 958 2 575 5 963 1 562 17 949 3 960 2 682
55-74 years   19 318 6 417 4 933 1 207 1 269  906 3 233  639  714
                     
                     
Total 71.6 63.3 74.5 72.0 75.9 61.9 64.2 56.3 49.0 65.3
                     
15-24 years 60.0 51.2 68.0 44.0 64.2 53.5 33.4 48.6 40.3 54.3
25-39 years 83.4 69.0 83.8 81.4 78.9 70.3 71.0 61.9 52.8 68.2
40-54 years 84.3 70.0 84.2 82.0 81.0 68.7 73.5 60.9 53.1 72.3
55-74 years 52.7 44.6 53.6 53.9 54.6 33.1 51.2 29.9 30.3 47.4
                     
Less than 4 years, total   61.2 78.2 72.0 77.7 50.0 56.0 42.4 40.9 53.4
                     
15-24 years   46.2 75.5 41.9 65.5 39.7 32.9 33.3 29.9 41.8
25-39 years   65.1 81.3 78.9 78.5 56.7 66.6 46.7 46.5 57.7
40-54 years   69.1 76.4 75.1 82.6 53.8 54.6 48.1 42.7 55.3
55-74 years   38.4 56.7 50.6 74.3 21.0 24.4 9.9 12.2 23.3
                     
4-6 years, total   64.0 80.9 78.7 79.4 66.1 67.8 58.4 50.5 68.9
                     
15-24 years   49.5 59.0 48.1 57.9 51.6 32.7 51.1 41.9 47.9
25-39 years   70.2 85.4 83.8 82.9 73.3 75.9 64.4 55.9 73.1
40-54 years   65.6 80.1 80.4 81.8 69.7 66.8 56.8 50.0 70.0
55-74 years   37.1 63.8 49.5 54.0 37.7 38.3 19.2 18.6 48.6
                     
7 years or more, total   64.3 72.6 70.9 69.3 64.5 67.8 60.1 52.6 68.7
                     
15-24 years   57.2 54.5 48.2 59.4 59.6 35.6 58.3 49.9 65.2
25-39 years   72.1 85.0 84.6 79.1 75.9 75.3 68.7 56.3 73.8
40-54 years   70.8 85.4 84.7 77.5 71.0 78.4 62.7 55.3 74.2
55-74 years   45.3 53.2 54.1 50.2 33.6 53.7 31.7 33.0 48.0
1  Including Turkey.

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