Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

2 Employed by immigrant category, world region and age. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total in each group. Q4 2009
  Total 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30 years and more
Total population 2 497 000  122 693  212 902  240 540 1 920 865
Thereof          
Immigrants, total  251 134 5 115 19 941 38 080  187 998
The Nordic countries 39 412  558 3 312 4 830 30 712
Western Europe else 32 884  280 1 006 3 352 28 246
EU countries in Eastern Europe 46 699  375 3 504 9 957 32 863
Eastern Europe else 25 837 1 191 2 934 3 933 17 779
North America and Oceania 5 659 38  187  635 4 799
Asia1 71 700 2 022 6 344 10 788 52 546
Africa 19 559  551 2 032 3 135 13 841
South and Central America 9 384  100  622 1 450 7 212
           
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 14 095 3 341 4 148 2 855 3 751
The Nordic countries 1 325  101  150  163  911
Western Europe else  930 77  143  125  585
EU countries in Eastern Europe  674 76  108 80  410
Eastern Europe else  819  261  145  144  269
North America and Oceania  131 6 16 15 94
Asia1 8 586 2 331 2 941 2 014 1 300
Africa 1 141  331  424  255  131
South and Central America  489  158  221 59 51
           
  Per cent
Total population 69.7 38.1 70.0 78.5 72.5
Thereof          
Immigrants, total 61.7 24.6 56.4 64.3 64.4
The Nordic countries 74.6 40.9 75.9 82.2 74.5
Western Europe else 71.7 21.9 46.6 76.5 74.2
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 70.6 20.5 64.9 73.5 72.4
Eastern Europe else 61.0 33.9 60.3 67.4 63.2
North America and Oceania 64.7 16.0 37.9 64.5 68.3
Asia1 53.9 23.9 51.3 55.1 56.7
Africa 45.3 15.7 44.2 46.1 49.0
South and Central America 62.8 17.7 56.8 65.3 65.2
           
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 53.6 29.9 64.9 73.4 77.4
The Nordic countries 72.2 33.7 65.5 82.7 82.1
Western Europe else 68.9 31.4 62.4 76.2 82.2
EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.4 30.0 57.4 72.1 80.2
Eastern Europe else 50.2 28.2 68.4 86.7 82.0
North America and Oceania 60.4 15.0 45.7 65.2 79.0
Asia1 51.9 31.3 65.3 72.8 71.3
Africa 43.1 22.9 65.1 67.5 76.2
South and Central America 47.9 30.0 65.4 69.4 70.8
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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