Number of employments and earnings, Q4 2017

Variants of the statistics:

Number of employments, by immigrant category and country background
	4th quarter 2017	4th quarter 2016 - 4th quarter 2017
	Absolute numbers	Percentage change
All
Nordic countries	2 223 072	0.5
Western Europe else	107 660	3.4
EU countries in Eastern Europe	189 024	7.3
Eastern Europe else	45 406	7.0
North America and Oceania	43 061	2.8
Asia	163 484	8.1
Africa	58 030	10.0
South and Central America	24 632	7.2

First generation immigrants without Norwegian background
Nordic countries	47 008	-1.5
Western Europe else	45 768	2.3
EU countries in Eastern Europe	130 381	4.8
Eastern Europe else	38 880	6.2
North America and Oceania	6 839	2.7
Asia	118 764	7.5
Africa	45 266	10.3
South and Central America	14 491	5.9

Other residents
Nordic countries	2 150 672	0.7
Western Europe else	53 956	4.2
EU countries in Eastern Europe	9 250	4.8
Eastern Europe else	5 198	13.2
North America and Oceania	35 562	2.7
Asia	42 876	9.7
Africa	12 301	9.0
South and Central America	9 899	9.2

Non-residents
Nordic countries	25 392	-9.1
Western Europe else	7 936	4.6
EU countries in Eastern Europe	49 393	15.1
Eastern Europe else	1 328	6.5
North America and Oceania	660	8.0
Asia	1 844	11.4
Africa	463	7.2
South and Central America	242	8.0