Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

1 Employed, by immigrant category, region of birth and sex . Q4 2007 and 2008. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group
  Total 2007 2008 Change 2007-2008
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total population 2 484 002 1 313 020 1 170 982 2 525 000 1 334 441 1 190 559 40 998 21 421 19 577
                   
Immigrants, total  213 144  118 792 94 352  241 036  134 964  106 072 27 892 16 172 11 720
The Nordic countries 35 333 17 856 17 477 37 589 19 065 18 524 2 256 1 209 1 047
Western Europe else 27 173 16 876 10 297 31 254 19 545 11 709 4 081 2 669 1 412
EU countries in Eastern Europe 30 549 20 568 9 981 41 478 28 257 13 221 10 929 7 689 3 240
Eastern Europe else 23 695 10 980 12 715 25 663 11 775 13 888 1 968  795 1 173
North America and Oceania 5 020 2 702 2 318 5 489 2 993 2 496  469  291  178
Asia1 65 135 34 724 30 411 70 793 37 167 33 626 5 658 2 443 3 215
Africa 17 733 11 105 6 628 19 468 11 899 7 569 1 735  794  941
South and Central America 8 506 3 981 4 525 9 302 4 263 5 039  796  282  514
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 12 427 6 569 5 858 13 741 7 176 6 565 1 314  607  707
The Nordic countries 1 280  677  603 1 321  699  622 41 22 19
Western Europe else  878  494  384  910  509  401 32 15 17
EU countries in Eastern Europe  649  347  302  671  349  322 22 2 20
Eastern Europe else  664  302  362  763  351  412 99 49 50
North America and Oceania  128 60 68  135 63 72 7 3 4
Asia1 7 472 4 006 3 466 8 323 4 398 3 925  851  392  459
Africa  966  488  478 1 132  551  581  166 63  103
South and Central America  390  195  195  486  256  230 96 61 35
                   
          Per cent        
Total population 71.6 74.8 68.4 71.6 74.5 68.5 0.0 -0.3 0.1
                0.0 0.0
Immigrants, total 63.3 69.2 57.3 64.2 69.3 58.7 0.9 0.1 1.4
The Nordic countries 74.5 76.8 72.2 75.6 77.5 73.6 1.1 0.7 1.4
Western Europe else 72.0 77.0 65.1 73.4 78.2 66.6 1.4 1.2 1.5
EU countries in Eastern Europe 75.9 81.3 66.9 73.5 76.4 67.8 -2.4 -4.9 0.9
Eastern Europe else 61.9 65.1 59.5 63.2 65.9 61.1 1.3 0.8 1.6
North America and Oceania 64.3 70.2 58.6 65.7 72.1 59.3 1.4 1.9 0.7
Asia1 56.3 63.1 50.0 56.8 63.2 51.1 0.5 0.1 1.1
Africa 49.0 55.5 40.9 49.7 55.4 42.8 0.7 -0.1 1.9
South and Central America 65.3 71.7 60.6 66.1 71.5 62.1 0.8 -0.2 1.5
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 58.4 60.1 56.5 57.9 58.9 56.9 -0.5 -1.2 0.4
The Nordic countries 73.9 75.6 72.2 74.2 76.4 71.9 0.3 0.8 -0.3
Western Europe else 70.1 73.4 66.2 70.2 74.0 65.8 0.1 0.6 -0.4
EU countries in Eastern Europe 67.8 70.8 64.7 66.4 67.4 65.3 -1.4 -3.4 0.6
Eastern Europe else 61.5 58.2 64.6 59.1 56.9 61.2 -2.4 -1.3 -3.4
North America and Oceania 65.0 64.5 65.4 64.3 63.0 65.5 -0.7 -1.5 0.1
Asia1 56.2 58.6 53.6 55.8 57.2 54.3 -0.4 -1.4 0.7
Africa 49.5 49.2 49.8 49.7 47.5 52.0 0.2 -1.7 2.2
South and Central America 47.9 45.9 50.1 52.1 51.6 52.6 4.2 5.7 2.5
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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