Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

10 Employees by immigrant-background and economic sector. Absolute figures and in per cent. Q4 2006 and 2007
  Total1 State sector Private sector 2 Municipal and county sector
2006, total 2 210 002  259 526 1 450 828  494 915
         
Non-immigrants 2 031 268  241 441 1 325 387  461 058
Immigrants, total3  178 734 18 085  125 441 33 857
Western countries 58 490 8 516 39 840 9 717
Non-western countries  120 244 9 569 85 601 24 140
         
2007, total 2 320 000  260 692 1 545 805  508 375
         
Non-immigrants 2 107 176  241 287 1 390 723  471 267
Immigrants, total3  212 824 19 405  155 082 37 108
Western countries 64 580 8 829 45 161 10 240
Non-western countries  148 244 10 576  109 921 26 868
         
      Per cent  
2006, total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
         
Non-immigrants 91.9 93.0 91.4 93.2
Immigrants, total3 8.1 7.0 8.7 6.8
Western countries 2.7 3.3 2.8 2.0
Non-western countries 5.4 3.7 5.9 4.9
         
2007, total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
         
Non-immigrants 90.8 92.6 90.0 92.7
Immigrants, total3 9.2 7.5 10.0 7.3
Western countries 2.8 3.4 2.9 2.0
Non-western countries 6.4 4.1 7.1 5.3
1  Unspecified included.
2  Public owned enterprises included.
3  Norwegian born by foreign born parents are included.

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