Table 4 Employed in total and employed immigrants by world region of birth and period of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2011

4 Employed in total and employed immigrants by world region of birth and period of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2011
	Employed in total	Total	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	2 562 000	307 186	45 537	37 102	75 922	28 705	6 126	80 376	22 880	10 538

Less then 1 year		27 859	5 661	2 806	14 554	933	476	2 290	653	486
1 until 2 years		26 688	4 135	2 989	13 146	1 007	460	3 246	1 175	530
2 until 3 years		22 396	2 774	2 782	9 493	1 048	388	3 904	1 465	542
3 until 4 years		24 048	2 173	3 624	10 695	1 171	377	4 135	1 267	606
4 until 5 years		21 892	1 696	2 971	10 039	1 233	321	3 717	1 401	514
5 until 6 years		14 632	1 357	2 061	5 477	994	256	2 996	1 091	400
6 until 7 years		11 562	1 092	1 465	2 809	1 214	224	3 059	1 295	404
7 until 10 years		30 177	3 148	3 278	3 214	4 044	528	10 881	3 997	1 087
10 until 15 years		39 449	7 107	4 452	2 116	5 810	763	13 712	4 143	1 346
15 years or more		88 483	16 394	10 674	4 379	11 251	2 333	32 436	6 393	4 623

	Per cent
Total	69.1	62.8	75.9	70.4	73.6	62.2	65.8	53.9	44.2	63.6

Less then 1 year		55.5	80.1	56.0	71.5	41.5	47.3	25.1	15.8	39.9
1 until 2 years		57.9	82.2	60.8	69.3	54.3	56.5	36.2	25.7	53.0
2 until 3 years		62.2	80.6	71.5	73.5	61.7	66.6	44.7	38.5	60.1
3 until 4 years		68.6	81.3	74.7	76.3	63.9	73.9	55.2	46.3	66.2
4 until 5 years		69.6	80.4	76.3	76.9	64.3	77.2	58.1	48.3	66.9
5 until 6 years		69.8	81.8	81.5	78.5	66.0	71.9	58.8	48.8	65.5
6 until 7 years		67.4	79.9	80.8	79.6	64.7	72.5	58.8	52.9	64.8
7 until 10 years		63.8	80.8	81.5	80.3	64.7	71.4	58.4	48.9	69.1
10 until 15 years		64.2	80.4	80.6	77.6	64.0	69.6	57.5	49.5	67.7
15 years or more		61.8	68.7	65.6	66.0	62.8	67.1	58.3	51.5	66.4

¹	Including Turkey.