Statistics Norway

Social assistance

9 Recipients of social assistance with or without immigrant background, by age. 20071, 2
Age Total Rest of
the resident
population		 The immigrant
population		 Immigrants
from Western
countries 3		 Immigrants
from Non-western
countries 4		 Unknown Percentage
immigrant recipients
of social assistance
Total  109 608 77 969 31 047 1 931 29 116  592 28
               
- 19 years 5 097 3 934 1 140 41 1 099 23 22
20 - 24 years 17 872 13 601 4 188  165 4 023 83 23
25 - 29 years 15 000 10 864 4 025  161 3 864  111 27
30 - 39 years 28 216 19 351 8 678  408 8 270  187 31
40 - 49 years 24 047 16 544 7 380  514 6 866  123 31
50 - 59 years 13 104 9 435 3 628  393 3 235 41 28
60 - 66 years 4 098 2 746 1 340  192 1 148 12 33
67 years or more 2 170 1 494  668 57  611 8 31
Unknown 4 - - - - 4 -
1  The immigrant population consists of people with two foreign-born parents: first-generation immigrants who have moved to Norway and people who were born in Norway of two parents who were born abroad.
2  Figures for Tysnes and Øksnes are dated 2006.
3  Immigrants from the Nordic countries, Western Europe (except for Turkey), North America and Oceania.
4  Immigrants from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South and Central American and Turkey.

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