Statistics Norway

Employment and unemployment among short term immigrants

1   Employed persons, by region of birth. 4th quarter 2004 and changes from 4th quarter 2003 to 4th quarter 2005
Region of birth Employed person registered as resident Wage earners not registered as resident1
4th quarter 2005 Of which 4th quarter 2005 Change from Q4 2003 to Q4 2004 Change from Q4 2004 to Q4 2005
Immigration between Q4 2003 and Q4 2004 Immigration between Q4 2004 and Q4 2005
Total 2 298 000 7 290 8 966 37 883 5 725 5 909
             
Norway 2 138 740 10 8 4 012 43 -17
The Nordic countries2 32 251 1 875 1 959 15 663  837 1 058
Old EU countries3 20 920 1 414 1 540 4 883 1 095 -396
New EU countries4 10 359 1 304 2 563 9 087 3 098 4 630
Of which            
Poland 6 738  815 1 921 5 819 2 035 2 945
Lithuania 1 162  258  383 2 094  736 1 098
Other countries 95 730 2 687 2 896 4 238  652  634
1  Self employed persons are not included.
2  The Nordic countries: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Faeroe Island, Greenland and Iceland.
3  Old EU countries: Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany and Austria.
4  New EU-countries: Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Malta and Cyprus.

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