Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

12 Employees, by economic sector, sex and world region. Absolute figures and per cent.Q42009.
  Employees in total Total Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents
  The Nordic countries Western Europe else EU countries in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe else North America and Oceania Asia1 Africa South and Central America
Total1 2 326 000  250 238 37 870 31 459 41 385 29 722 5 313 75 005 20 044 9 440
Males 1 194 687  136 530 18 942 19 473 27 631 13 507 2 935 37 970 11 843 4 229
Females 1 131 313  113 708 18 928 11 986 13 754 16 215 2 378 37 035 8 201 5 211
                     
State sector  269 945 22 868 4 778 4 190 1 461 2 539  742 6 526 1 784  848
Males  111 735 9 462 1 562 2 020  404  781  329 2 997 1 002  367
Females  158 210 13 406 3 216 2 170 1 057 1 758  413 3 529  782  481
                     
Private sector 2 1 526 810  181 117 26 663 22 180 36 250 20 703 3 721 52 660 12 662 6 278
Males  937 225  113 761 15 698 15 597 26 288 11 345 2 247 30 580 8 748 3 258
Females  589 585 67 356 10 965 6 583 9 962 9 358 1 474 22 080 3 914 3 020
                     
Municipal and county sector  524 358 44 188 6 265 4 651 3 259 6 363  740 15 152 5 518 2 240
Males  142 702 12 036 1 577 1 546  596 1 339  268 4 104 2 037  569
Females  381 656 32 152 4 688 3 105 2 663 5 024  472 11 048 3 481 1 671
                     
          Per cent
Total1  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Males 51.4 54.6 50.0 61.9 66.8 45.4 55.2 50.6 59.1 44.8
Females 48.6 45.4 50.0 38.1 33.2 54.6 44.8 49.4 40.9 55.2
                     
State sector  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Males 41.4 41.4 32.7 48.2 27.7 30.8 44.3 45.9 56.2 43.3
Females 58.6 58.6 67.3 51.8 72.3 69.2 55.7 54.1 43.8 56.7
                     
Private sector 2  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Males 61.4 62.8 58.9 70.3 72.5 54.8 60.4 58.1 69.1 51.9
Females 38.6 37.2 41.1 29.7 27.5 45.2 39.6 41.9 30.9 48.1
                     
Municipal and county sector  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Males 27.2 27.2 25.2 33.2 18.3 21.0 36.2 27.1 36.9 25.4
Females 72.8 72.8 74.8 66.8 81.7 79.0 63.8 72.9 63.1 74.6
1  Unspecified sector included.
2  Public owned enterprises included.

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