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 2009
  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 2 497 000  251 134 39 412 32 884 46 699 25 837 5 659 71 700 19 559 9 384
                     
15-24 years  335 595 25 056 3 870 1 286 3 879 4 125  225 8 366 2 583  722
25-39 years  805 479  119 477 15 376 13 348 27 871 11 386 2 243 34 701 10 090 4 462
40-54 years  852 228 82 244 12 999 12 456 12 700 8 449 2 082 24 236 6 020 3 302
55-74 years  503 698 24 357 7 167 5 794 2 249 1 877 1 109 4 397  866  898
                     
Less than 4 years, total   79 755 10 542 12 159 34 270 3 802 1 626 11 453 3 971 1 932
                     
15-24 years   10 597 3 030  830 3 342  655  165 1 758  613  204
25-39 years   50 857 5 889 7 428 21 896 2 293 1 093 8 012 2 833 1 413
40-54 years   16 715 1 332 3 542 8 369  784  313 1 589  492  294
55-74 years   1 586  291  359  663 70 55 94 33 21
                     
4-6 years, total   30 654 3 272 3 856 4 990 3 680  598 9 364 3 790 1 104
                     
15-24 years   3 295  138  128  183  516 15 1 549  658  108
25-39 years   19 442 2 317 2 325 3 188 2 090  426 5 921 2 387  788
40-54 years   7 183  662 1 279 1 471  957  137 1 779  704  194
55-74 years    734  155  124  148  117 20  115 41 14
                     
7 years or more, total    140 725 25 598 16 869 7 439 18 355 3 435 50 883 11 798 6 348
                     
15-24 years   11 164  702  328  354 2 954 45 5 059 1 312  410
25-39 years   49 178 7 170 3 595 2 787 7 003  724 20 768 4 870 2 261
40-54 years   58 346 11 005 7 635 2 860 6 708 1 632 20 868 4 824 2 814
55-74 years   22 037 6 721 5 311 1 438 1 690 1 034 4 188  792  863
                     
                     
Total 69.7 61.7 74.6 71.7 70.6 61.0 64.7 53.9 45.3 62.8
                     
15-24 years 53.6 44.7 67.6 37.5 53.7 49.2 30.8 40.2 31.9 43.5
25-39 years 81.8 67.4 84.1 80.9 74.1 69.5 70.5 59.6 49.1 67.4
40-54 years 83.8 68.6 83.8 81.5 73.7 68.1 73.5 60.2 51.7 69.8
55-74 years 52.8 45.2 53.7 54.4 55.0 36.2 55.5 31.8 30.7 46.6
                     
Less than 4 years, total   58.6 78.1 70.7 69.8 50.9 56.0 37.8 33.2 52.4
                     
15-24 years   40.6 74.2 35.8 54.5 37.1 29.3 23.2 20.7 29.4
25-39 years   63.3 82.1 78.4 72.6 56.9 65.6 44.2 38.7 59.5
40-54 years   64.7 75.7 75.0 71.5 56.9 58.4 42.2 34.6 52.9
55-74 years   41.7 60.6 52.0 60.9 23.8 40.7 11.9 12.8 32.3
                     
4-6 years, total   64.6 79.8 78.5 76.9 62.6 71.3 58.3 50.6 66.1
                     
15-24 years   42.7 55.4 40.0 43.3 43.0 36.6 45.6 35.4 48.9
25-39 years   70.4 84.2 84.1 79.9 69.4 79.0 63.9 56.7 71.2
40-54 years   69.7 78.8 81.1 80.1 69.0 67.5 60.9 56.7 65.1
55-74 years   41.2 59.8 49.6 62.2 40.8 35.7 24.0 24.3 32.6
                     
7 years or more, total   62.9 72.6 71.0 70.2 63.3 68.7 58.6 49.8 66.3
                     
15-24 years   50.1 50.3 41.3 52.3 54.5 36.0 51.3 40.0 55.0
25-39 years   70.9 85.9 84.3 80.1 75.0 74.3 67.5 53.9 72.1
40-54 years   69.7 85.2 85.1 77.7 69.6 77.9 62.1 53.7 72.6
55-74 years   45.7 53.3 54.7 52.0 36.7 57.2 33.4 33.1 47.4
1  Including Turkey.

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