Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

9 Employed immigrants, by selcted countries of birth and sex. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years within each group Q4 2008
  Total Males Females Per cent Difference in percentage points in men's favour Relative difference in men's favour
  Total Males Females
Employed in total 2 525 000 1 334 441 1 190 559 71.6 74.5 68.5 6.0 8.8
Employed immigrants in total  241 036  134 964  106 072 64.2 69.3 58.7 10.6 18.1
Thereof:                
Afghanistan 3 175 2 350  825 52.4 64.1 34.5 29.6 85.8
Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 079 4 130 3 949 66.2 68.0 64.4 3.6 5.6
Chile 4 059 2 255 1 804 71.1 74.2 67.6 6.6 9.8
Denmark 10 560 5 902 4 658 70.5 75.0 65.5 9.5 14.5
The Philippines 6 424 1 283 5 141 62.5 74.2 60.1 14.1 23.5
Finland 4 031 1 578 2 453 70.9 69.0 72.2 -3.2 -4.4
India 3 886 2 319 1 567 63.4 69.5 56.1 13.4 23.9
Iraq 7 683 5 321 2 362 47.4 55.2 35.9 19.3 53.8
Iran 7 263 4 243 3 020 59.7 62.7 56.0 6.7 12.0
China 3 201 1 418 1 783 61.4 64.2 59.3 4.9 8.3
Kosovo 4 972 2 891 2 081 60.5 65.3 54.8 10.5 19.2
Lithuania 4 789 2 887 1 902 75.5 74.9 76.3 -1.4 -1.8
Marocco 2 238 1 434  804 49.2 55.0 41.4 13.6 32.9
Netherlands 3 654 2 189 1 465 75.7 81.0 68.9 12.1 17.6
Pakistan 7 566 5 120 2 446 48.2 63.1 32.3 30.8 95.4
Poland 28 055 20 765 7 290 73.3 76.9 64.5 12.4 19.2
Russia 6 493 1 964 4 529 61.1 60.2 61.4 -1.2 -2.0
Somalia 4 889 3 311 1 578 35.7 44.6 25.1 19.5 77.7
Sri Lanka 5 658 3 287 2 371 69.5 76.9 61.4 15.5 25.2
United Kingom 7 456 5 258 2 198 71.9 78.0 60.5 17.5 28.9
Sweden 20 315 10 253 10 062 80.0 81.1 78.8 2.3 2.9
Thailand 5 798  567 5 231 62.8 56.4 63.6 -7.2 -11.3
Tyrkia [Turkey]. 5 257 3 490 1 767 54.7 63.7 42.8 20.9 48.8
Germany 12 672 7 410 5 262 75.6 80.2 70.0 10.2 14.6
USA 3 647 1 885 1 762 63.8 69.0 59.0 10.0 16.9
Vietnam 7 943 3 994 3 949 64.7 68.3 61.5 6.8 11.1

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