Statistics Norway

Employment and unemployment among short term immigrants

1 Employed persons aged 15-74 years, by region of birth. 4th quarter 2007 and changes from 4th quarter 2007 to 4th quarter 2008
Region of birth Employed person registered as resident Wage earners not registered1 as resident
4th quarter 2008 Change from Q4 2007 to Q4 2008 Registered as resident between Q4 2007 and Q4 2008 4th quarter 2008 Change from Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
Absolute figures Per cent
Total 2 525 000 41 000 26 561 77 310 13 013 20.2
             
Norway 2 283 964 13 078 23 4 590  187 4.2
The Nordic countries else 37 589 2 261 3 804 30 410 6 226 25.7
Western Europe else 31 254 4 039 4 300 8 402  468 5.9
EU-countries in Eastern Europe 41 478 10 886 12 519 28 451 5 046 21.6
Of which:            
Poland 28 055 7 195 8 522 17 789 2 717 18.0
Lithuania 4 789 1 488 1 728 5 582  805 16.9
Other countries  130 715 10 736 5 915 5 457 1 086 24.8
1  Self employed persons and non-residents in Norway who come from countries outside the EU and work on a Norwegian ship abroad, are not included in the statistics.

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