Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

3 Employed by immigrant category, world region, sex and labour market status. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2010
  Total Males Females
  Employed, total Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed
Total population 2 517 000 2 358 000  159 000 1 324 998 1 213 045  111 953 1 192 002 1 144 955 47 047
Thereof                  
Immigrants, total  274 826  259 973 14 853  152 462  142 737 9 725  122 364  117 236 5 128
The Nordic countries 42 192 39 520 2 672 21 765 20 052 1 713 20 427 19 468  959
Western Europe else 35 043 32 731 2 312 21 683 20 259 1 424 13 360 12 472  888
EU countries in Eastern Europe 58 645 56 331 2 314 38 226 36 667 1 559 20 419 19 664  755
Eastern Europe else 27 141 26 177  964 12 101 11 524  577 15 040 14 653  387
North America and Oceania 5 824 5 373  451 3 239 2 983  256 2 585 2 390  195
Asia1 75 208 70 124 5 084 38 558 35 056 3 502 36 650 35 068 1 582
Africa 20 899 20 298  601 12 431 11 987  444 8 468 8 311  157
South and Central America 9 874 9 419  455 4 459 4 209  250 5 415 5 210  205
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 15 420 14 900  520 7 954 7 612  342 7 466 7 288  178
The Nordic countries 1 374 1 289 85  718  666 52  656  623 33
Western Europe else  957  905 52  522  490 32  435  415 20
EU countries in Eastern Europe  708  673 35  363  345 18  345  328 17
Eastern Europe else  928  908 20  422  413 9  506  495 11
North America and Oceania  144  140 4 68 65 3 76 75 1
Asia1 9 483 9 188  295 4 961 4 754  207 4 522 4 434 88
Africa 1 269 1 251 18  610  597 13  659  654 5
South and Central America  557  546 11  290  282 8  267  264 3
                   
          Per cent
Total population 69.1 64.7 4.4 71.6 65.6 6.1 66.5 63.9 2.6
Thereof:                  
Immigrants, total 61.6 58.3 3.3 65.8 61.6 4.2 57.1 54.7 2.4
The Nordic countries 74.6 69.9 4.7 76.2 70.2 6.0 73.0 69.6 3.4
Western Europe else 70.8 66.1 4.7 74.5 69.6 4.9 65.6 61.2 4.4
EU countries in Eastern Europe 70.9 68.1 2.8 73.8 70.7 3.0 66.1 63.7 2.4
Eastern Europe else 61.5 59.3 2.2 62.8 59.8 3.0 60.5 59.0 1.6
North America and Oceania 64.1 59.2 5.0 69.7 64.2 5.5 58.2 53.9 4.4
Asia1 53.4 49.7 3.6 58.5 53.2 5.3 48.8 46.7 2.1
Africa 43.9 42.6 1.3 48.0 46.3 1.7 39.0 38.3 0.7
South and Central America 62.9 60.0 2.9 67.5 63.7 3.8 59.6 57.4 2.3
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 53.0 51.2 1.8 53.0 50.7 2.3 53.0 51.7 1.3
The Nordic countries 71.7 67.2 4.4 71.7 66.5 5.2 71.6 68.0 3.6
Western Europe else 68.7 64.9 3.7 70.2 65.9 4.3 66.9 63.9 3.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.8 60.6 3.2 63.6 60.4 3.2 64.0 60.9 3.2
Eastern Europe else 46.0 45.0 1.0 42.5 41.6 0.9 49.4 48.3 1.1
North America and Oceania 64.0 62.2 1.8 64.2 61.3 2.8 63.9 63.0 0.8
Asia1 51.8 50.2 1.6 52.5 50.4 2.2 51.1 50.1 1.0
Africa 41.8 41.3 0.6 38.9 38.1 0.8 45.0 44.7 0.3
South and Central America 49.5 48.5 1.0 49.0 47.6 1.4 50.1 49.5 0.6
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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