Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

5 Employed, by period of residence in Norway, age and world region of birth. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total in each group. Q4 2008
  Employed immigrants
  Employed in total Total The Nordic countries Western Europe else EU countries in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe else North America and Oceania Asia1 Africa South and Central America
Total 2 525 000  241 036 37 589 31 254 41 478 25 663 5 489 70 793 19 468 9 302
                     
15-24 years  359 061 26 711 3 447 1 352 3 878 4 616  227 9 408 2 916  867
25-39 years  823 773  113 098 14 490 12 705 24 138 11 120 2 164 34 109 10 064 4 308
40-54 years  847 556 78 313 12 618 11 592 11 485 8 254 2 057 23 323 5 709 3 275
55-74 years  494 610 22 914 7 034 5 605 1 977 1 673 1 041 3 953  779  852
                     
Less than 4 years, total   75 409 9 087 11 480 31 486 4 024 1 625 11 455 4 349 1 903
                     
15-24 years   10 835 2 591  892 3 336  784  165 2 054  741  272
25-39 years   47 324 5 090 7 077 19 599 2 348 1 094 7 728 3 050 1 338
40-54 years   15 840 1 141 3 211 7 975  817  309 1 572  537  278
55-74 years   1 410  265  300  576 75 57  101 21 15
                     
4-6 years, total   30 472 3 344 3 416 3 201 4 000  567 10 772 4 078 1 094
                     
15-24 years   4 275  139  136  185  635 22 2 216  832  110
25-39 years   18 987 2 346 2 107 2 158 2 218  395 6 482 2 515  766
40-54 years   6 571  701 1 070  781 1 035  129 1 959  695  201
55-74 years    639  158  103 77  112 21  115 36 17
                     
7 years or more, total    135 155 25 158 16 358 6 791 17 639 3 297 48 566 11 041 6 305
                     
15-24 years   11 601  717  324  357 3 197 40 5 138 1 343  485
25-39 years   46 787 7 054 3 521 2 381 6 554  675 19 899 4 499 2 204
40-54 years   55 902 10 776 7 311 2 729 6 402 1 619 19 792 4 477 2 796
55-74 years   20 865 6 611 5 202 1 324 1 486  963 3 737  722  820
                     
  Per cent
Total 71.6 64.2 75.6 73.4 73.5 63.2 65.7 56.8 49.7 66.1
                     
15-24 years 58.6 50.7 69.1 44.3 59.3 54.1 33.2 47.9 38.7 50.7
25-39 years 83.6 69.9 85.5 82.7 76.4 71.8 71.9 62.3 54.2 70.8
40-54 years 84.6 70.6 85.2 82.9 77.5 69.9 75.1 61.9 54.1 71.9
55-74 years 53.2 45.7 54.2 55.0 55.9 35.2 54.0 31.5 31.1 49.4
                     
Less than 4 years, total   62.3 80.1 73.8 73.5 52.8 59.0 42.5 41.4 55.5
                     
15-24 years   46.2 76.2 43.5 60.1 40.1 32.1 31.2 27.6 38.4
25-39 years   66.4 84.1 80.5 75.2 58.9 68.2 47.5 48.1 61.7
40-54 years   68.9 78.0 77.3 76.6 58.6 61.7 47.6 42.3 54.3
55-74 years   43.4 63.2 54.2 67.8 25.8 41.6 13.4 10.2 37.5
                     
4-6 years, total   65.5 81.0 79.4 80.1 67.0 69.1 60.0 52.5 70.3
                     
15-24 years   49.3 55.8 46.4 54.6 50.2 42.3 52.0 41.8 50.0
25-39 years   71.3 85.6 85.2 83.3 74.4 78.2 65.2 57.6 74.9
40-54 years   69.2 80.3 81.0 83.2 72.8 63.2 60.8 55.9 73.9
55-74 years   37.5 59.6 47.7 61.1 37.0 35.0 22.0 21.2 41.5
                     
7 years or more, total   65.0 73.4 72.0 70.6 65.4 68.9 60.9 52.9 69.4
                     
15-24 years   56.4 53.6 46.0 54.9 60.1 33.9 58.4 47.1 62.2
25-39 years   73.3 86.4 86.0 81.2 77.0 75.0 69.8 57.2 76.2
40-54 years   71.3 86.3 86.0 78.6 71.2 79.6 63.6 55.7 74.1
55-74 years   46.1 53.7 55.2 51.7 35.7 55.7 33.1 33.9 49.9
1  Including Turkey.

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