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 2011
  Total 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30 years and more
Total population 2 562 000  120 527  228 580  251 321 1 961 572
Of which          
Immigrants, total  307 186 5 755 24 281 47 913  229 237
The Nordic countries 45 537  609 5 113 6 054 33 761
Western Europe else 37 102  403 1 192 3 586 31 921
EU countries in Eastern Europe 75 922  710 5 853 15 746 53 613
Eastern Europe else 28 705  979 3 065 4 442 20 219
North America and Oceania 6 126 31  186  702 5 207
Asia1 80 376 2 355 6 332 12 126 59 563
Africa 22 880  543 2 014 3 768 16 555
South and Central America 10 538  125  526 1 489 8 398
           
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 16 927 3 368 5 418 3 314 4 827
The Nordic countries 1 407  100  171  163  973
Western Europe else  966 64  135  145  622
EU countries in Eastern Europe  744 62  142  108  432
Eastern Europe else 1 117  395  273  114  335
North America and Oceania  144 10 18 15  101
Asia1 10 505 2 229 3 809 2 423 2 044
Africa 1 436  368  551  282  235
South and Central America  608  140  319 64 85
           
      Per cent    
Total population 69.1 37.1 69.3 78.1 71.9
Of which          
Immigrants, total 62.8 23.4 57.2 65.7 65.7
The Nordic countries 75.9 40.8 80.2 83.4 75.3
Western Europe else 70.4 22.9 38.2 72.6 74.4
New EU countries in Eastern Europe 73.6 22.5 68.5 75.3 76.0
Eastern Europe else 62.2 32.8 60.0 69.2 63.8
North America and Oceania 65.8 13.5 38.2 67.3 69.0
Asia1 53.9 23.7 49.5 56.0 56.9
Africa 44.2 12.4 39.2 44.9 48.8
South and Central America 63.6 19.2 57.6 66.0 65.9
           
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 53.0 26.3 64.5 74.0 77.5
The Nordic countries 71.3 31.3 63.3 80.7 82.2
Western Europe else 66.7 25.2 53.8 77.5 82.2
EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.8 26.2 61.5 71.1 79.0
Eastern Europe else 47.1 27.1 73.4 83.2 82.5
North America and Oceania 63.7 26.3 42.9 62.5 82.8
Asia1 52.4 27.3 65.4 74.3 73.5
Africa 41.1 19.9 61.2 67.5 73.9
South and Central America 50.7 29.6 62.1 63.4 76.6
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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