Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

3 Employed, by immigrant category, world region of birth, sex and labour market status. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2008
  Employed, total Total Males Females
  Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed Employed, total Employees Self employed
Total population 2 525 000 2 353 000  172 000 1 334 441 1 213 394  121 047 1 190 559 1 139 606 50 953
                   
Immigrants, total  241 036  227 272 13 764  134 964  126 071 8 893  106 072  101 201 4 871
The Nordic countries 37 589 34 775 2 814 19 065 17 287 1 778 18 524 17 488 1 036
Western Europe else 31 254 29 058 2 196 19 545 18 180 1 365 11 709 10 878  831
EU countries in Eastern Europe 41 478 39 919 1 559 28 257 27 257 1 000 13 221 12 662  559
Eastern Europe else 25 663 24 818  845 11 775 11 273  502 13 888 13 545  343
North America and Oceania 5 489 5 026  463 2 993 2 735  258 2 496 2 291  205
Asia1 70 793 66 008 4 785 37 167 33 915 3 252 33 626 32 093 1 533
Africa 19 468 18 783  685 11 899 11 390  509 7 569 7 393  176
South and Central America 9 302 8 885  417 4 263 4 034  229 5 039 4 851  188
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 13 741 13 288  453 7 176 6 874  302 6 565 6 414  151
The Nordic countries 1 321 1 228 93  699  642 57  622  586 36
Western Europe else  910  860 50  509  478 31  401  382 19
EU countries in Eastern Europe  671  636 35  349  325 24  322  311 11
Eastern Europe else  763  744 19  351  344 7  412  400 12
North America and Oceania  135  130 5 63 60 3 72 70 2
Asia1 8 323 8 095  228 4 398 4 234  164 3 925 3 861 64
Africa 1 132 1 115 17  551  540 11  581  575 6
South and Central America  486  480 6  256  251 5  230  229 1
                   
          Per cent        
Total population 71.6 66.7 4.9 74.6 67.8 6.8 68.5 65.5 2.9
                   
Immigrants, total 64.2 60.5 3.7 69.3 64.7 4.6 58.7 56.0 2.7
The Nordic countries 75.6 69.9 5.7 77.5 70.3 7.2 73.6 69.5 4.1
Western Europe else 73.4 68.3 5.2 78.2 72.8 5.5 66.6 61.9 4.7
EU countries in Eastern Europe 73.5 70.7 2.8 76.4 73.7 2.7 67.8 65.0 2.9
Eastern Europe else 63.2 61.2 2.1 65.9 63.1 2.8 61.1 59.6 1.5
North America and Oceania 65.7 60.1 5.5 72.1 65.8 6.2 59.3 54.5 4.9
Asia1 56.8 53.0 3.8 63.2 57.7 5.5 51.1 48.8 2.3
Africa 49.7 48.0 1.8 55.4 53.1 2.4 42.8 41.8 1.0
South and Central America 66.1 63.1 3.0 71.5 67.6 3.8 62.1 59.8 2.3
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 57.9 56.0 1.9 58.9 56.4 2.5 56.9 55.6 1.3
The Nordic countries 74.2 69.0 5.2 76.4 70.2 6.2 71.9 67.8 4.2
Western Europe else 70.2 66.3 3.9 74.0 69.5 4.5 65.9 62.7 3.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe 66.4 62.9 3.5 67.4 62.7 4.6 65.3 63.1 2.2
Eastern Europe else 59.1 57.7 1.5 56.9 55.8 1.1 61.2 59.4 1.8
North America and Oceania 64.3 61.9 2.4 63.0 60.0 3.0 65.5 63.6 1.8
Asia1 55.8 54.3 1.5 57.2 55.1 2.1 54.3 53.4 0.9
Africa 49.7 49.0 0.8 47.5 46.5 1.0 52.0 51.5 0.5
South and Central America 52.1 51.5 0.6 51.6 50.6 1.0 52.6 52.4 0.2
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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