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In 2018, the Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) introduced several changes that led to a break in the time series in the ARENA register, which is the statistical basis for registered unemployment among immigrants. The figures on registered unemployment among immigrants before and after the changes are therefore not directly comparable. The effects of the changes have not yet been examined and may vary between the different groups. Statistics Norway has therefore chosen not to comment on the changes in the figures in this publication.
| 4th quarter 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unemployed persons | Registered unemployed in per cent of the labour force (per cent) | |
| 1Non-residents included. | ||
| 2Turkey is included. | ||
| Registered unemployed, total | 62 433 | 2.3 |
| Non-immigrant population1 | 37 432 | 1.6 |
| All immigrants | 25 001 | 5.4 |
| The Nordic countries | 1 037 | 2.3 |
| Western Europe else | 1 275 | 2.8 |
| EU countries in Eastern Europe | 7 427 | 5.5 |
| Eastern Europe else | 1 957 | 4.9 |
| North-America and Oceania | 163 | 2.3 |
| Asia2 | 7 633 | 6.2 |
| Africa | 4 733 | 10.0 |
| South- and Central-Amerika | 776 | 5.3 |
Additional information
The unemployment figures are based on the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation’s register of jobseekers and are calculated as a share of the labour force, which is the sum of employed persons and registered unemployed persons, i.e. people offering their labour on the labour market.
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