Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

2 Employed, by immigrant category, world region of birth and age. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total in each group. Q4 2008
  Total 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30 years and more
Total population 2 525 000  139 545  219 516  244 940 1 920 999
           
Immigrants, total  241 036 6 002 20 709 36 420  177 905
The Nordic countries 37 589  636 2 811 4 475 29 667
Western Europe else 31 254  271 1 081 3 266 26 636
EU countries in Eastern Europe 41 478  384 3 494 8 885 28 715
Eastern Europe else 25 663 1 475 3 141 3 804 17 243
North America and Oceania 5 489 35  192  625 4 637
Asia1 70 793 2 438 6 970 10 697 50 688
Africa 19 468  644 2 272 3 179 13 373
South and Central America 9 302  119  748 1 489 6 946
           
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 13 741 3 698 3 908 2 784 3 351
The Nordic countries 1 321  114  153  159  895
Western Europe else  910 96  133  112  569
EU countries in Eastern Europe  671 89  112 67  403
Eastern Europe else  763  243  124  152  244
North America and Oceania  135 11 16 17 91
Asia1 8 323 2 554 2 819 1 938 1 012
Africa 1 132  367  398  277 90
South and Central America  486  224  153 62 47
           
  Per cent
Total population 71.6 43.7 74.7 81.1 73.5
           
Immigrants, total 64.2 31.6 61.5 67.4 66.2
The Nordic countries 75.6 46.3 77.8 84.2 75.2
Western Europe else 73.4 25.6 54.3 79.5 75.2
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 73.5 27.4 68.1 75.5 75.2
Eastern Europe else 63.2 39.2 65.8 69.7 64.9
North America and Oceania 65.7 15.8 41.6 68.2 68.6
Asia1 56.8 32.4 57.5 58.5 58.5
Africa 49.7 20.6 51.5 52.6 52.3
South and Central America 66.1 21.9 64.2 69.5 68.0
           
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 57.9 35.9 70.4 76.6 79.3
The Nordic countries 74.2 38.8 70.2 80.3 83.6
Western Europe else 70.2 37.1 65.2 77.8 82.5
EU countries in Eastern Europe 66.4 36.8 61.2 73.6 81.4
Eastern Europe else 59.1 37.3 74.3 86.4 82.4
North America and Oceania 64.3 25.6 51.6 73.9 80.5
Asia1 55.8 36.5 70.8 75.8 73.0
Africa 49.7 29.2 73.3 76.5 76.9
South and Central America 52.1 39.4 67.7 74.7 83.9
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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