Statistics Norway

Employment among short-term immigrants

1 Employed persons aged 15-74 years, by region of birth. 4th quarter 2010 and changes from 4th quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2011
Country background Employed person registered as resident1 Wage earners not registered as resident2
4th quarter 2011 Change from
Q4 2010
to Q4 2011		 Registered as
resident between
Q4 2010 and Q4 2011		 4th quarter 2011 Change from Q4 2010 to Q4 2011
Absolute figures Per cent
Total 2 562 000 45 000 29 859 70 998 1 722 2.5
             
Norway 2 254 814 12 640 8 4 647 -13 -0.3
The Nordic countries else 45 537 3 345 5 968 28 432 -296 -1.0
Western Europe else 37 102 2 059 2 971 7 271 -19 -0.3
EU-countries in Eastern Europe 75 922 17 277 15 554 24 160 1 742 7.8
Of which            
Poland 44 080 9 004 7 355 12 545  447 3.7
Lithuania 14 665 4 746 4 557 6 648  851 14.7
Other countries  148 625 9 679 5 358 6 488  308 5.0
1  Employed persons registered as resident who do not have Norway as country background are classified as immigrants.
2  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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