Registered unemployed among immigrants (discontinued in Statistics Norway), Q4 2001

Unemployment among immigrants from Africa increased the most, 0.7 percentage points.

Other non-western groups had almost the same increase as the immigrants in total. Immigrants from South- and Central -America was the only group with decrease in registered unemployment. At the end of November 2001 they had the lowest unemployment rate among the non-westerners, 7.6 per cent.

The unemployment rate among Africans is still the highest, 13.5 per cent, while immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe had 9.9 and 9.0 per cent respectively. The rates for immigrants from the western regions were as usual only a few decimals higher than for the entire population. These trends are in fact very stable in the Norwegian labour market.

Gender figures

Female immigrants had a higher increase in the unemployment rate then the males. From November 2000 to November 2001 the increase in these two groups were 0.8 and 0.2 percentage points respectively, but still the unemployment rate among men is the highest, 8.0 per cent versus 6.4 per cent among the females.

Among males, immigrants from Africa had the highest increase, 1.2 percentage points from November 2000 to November 2001, while among females, immigrants from Asia had the highest decrease, 1.1 percentage points.

In the entire population men had a registered unemployment rate of 2.9 per cent while the women's rate was 2.5 per cent. Also here we find the highest increase among women, 0.3 percentage points versus 0.1 percentage points among men.

Labour market schemes

At the national level there has been a decrease in the number of persons covered by ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes) at about 32 per cent from November 2000 to November 2001 (17 449 to 11830 participants). Among immigrants this decrease was slighter, 25 per cent (5 331 to 4 007 participants). These 4 007 immigrants accounted for 34 per cent of all persons covered by such schemes and included mostly non-westerners immigrants. In relation to the whole immigrant population 16 - 74 years, immigrants had a percentage of participants of 1.8 while the percentage for the whole population was 0.4.

These statistics are published four times annually in the Daily Bulletin of Statistics.

Tables:

• Table 1 Registered unemployed aged 16-74 years, by region of birth and sex . In absolute numbers and per cent of the labour force. By the end of August 2000, November 2000, August 2001 and November 2001
• Table 2 Participants in ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes), by region of birth and sex . In absolute numbers and per cent of persons aged 16-74 years. By the end of August 2000, November 2000, August 2001 and November 2001
• Table 3 Registered unemployed and participants in ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes), by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. In per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years. By the end of November 2000 and 2001
• Table 4 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons in total 16-74 years. By the end of November 2000
• Table 5 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons in total 16-74 years. By the end of November 2001
• Table 6 Registered participants in ordinary labour market schemes, by region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons in total 16-74 years. By the end of November 2001