Statistics Norway

Employment and unemployment among short term immigrants

1 Employed persons aged 15-74 years, by country background. 4th quarter 2009 and changes from 4th quarter 2008 to 4th quarter 2009
Country background Employed person registered as resident Wage earners not registered as resident1
4th quarter 2009 Change from
Q4 2008
to Q4 2009
Registered
as resident between
Q4 2008
and Q4 2009
4th quarter 2009 Change from
Q4 2008
to Q4 2009
Absolute figures Per cent
Total 2 497 000 -28 000 21 274 74 654 -5 773 -7.2
             
Norway 2 245 866 -38 092 8 4 519 -72 -1.6
The Nordic countries else 39 412 1 823 4 163 30 493 -1 148 -3.6
Western Europe else 32 884 1 576 2 982 8 244 -578 -6.6
EU-countries in Eastern Europe 46 699 5 221 9 421 25 410 -4 208 -14.2
Of which            
Poland 30 110 2 055 5 298 15 268 -3 284 -17.7
Lithuania 6 266 1 477 1 780 5 627 -151 -2.6
Other countries  132 139 1 472 4 700 5 988  233 4.0
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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