Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

1 Employed by immigrant category, world region and sex. Q4 2010 and 2011. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group
  2010 2011 Change 2010-2011
  Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total population 2 517 000 1 324 998 1 192 002 2 562 000 1 352 698 1 209 302 45 000 27 700 17 300
Of which                  
Immigrants, total  274 823  152 459  122 364  307 186  173 368  133 818 32 363 20 909 11 454
The Nordic countries 42 192 21 765 20 427 45 537 23 726 21 811 3 345 1 961 1 384
Western Europe else 35 046 21 685 13 361 37 102 23 168 13 934 2 056 1 483  573
EU countries in Eastern Europe 58 646 38 227 20 419 75 922 50 929 24 993 17 276 12 702 4 574
Eastern Europe else 27 139 12 100 15 039 28 705 12 885 15 820 1 566  785  781
North America and Oceania 5 824 3 239 2 585 6 126 3 440 2 686  302  201  101
Asia1 75 204 38 554 36 650 80 376 40 878 39 498 5 172 2 324 2 848
Africa 20 898 12 430 8 468 22 880 13 582 9 298 1 982 1 152  830
South and Central America 9 874 4 459 5 415 10 538 4 760 5 778  664  301  363
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 15 420 7 954 7 466 16 927 8 735 8 192 1 507  781  726
The Nordic countries 1 374  718  656 1 407  741  666 33 23 10
Western Europe else  957  522  435  966  522  444 9 0 9
EU countries in Eastern Europe  708  363  345  744  388  356 36 25 11
Eastern Europe else  928  422  506 1 117  506  611  189 84  105
North America and Oceania  144 68 76  144 73 71 0 5 -5
Asia1 9 483 4 961 4 522 10 505 5 506 4 999 1 022  545  477
Africa 1 269  610  659 1 436  690  746  167 80 87
South and Central America  557  290  267  608  309  299 51 19 32
                   
  Per cent Percentage points
Total population 69.1 71.6 66.5 69.1 71.7 66.4 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Of which                  
Immigrants, total 61.6 65.8 57.1 62.8 67.6 57.6 1.2 1.8 0.5
The Nordic countries 74.6 76.2 73.0 75.9 77.6 74.2 1.3 1.4 1.2
Western Europe else 70.8 74.5 65.6 70.4 74.2 64.8 -0.4 -0.3 -0.8
EU countries in Eastern Europe 70.9 73.7 66.1 73.6 77.4 66.9 2.7 3.7 0.8
Eastern Europe else 61.5 62.8 60.5 62.2 64.1 60.7 0.7 1.3 0.2
North America and Oceania 64.1 69.7 58.2 65.8 71.7 59.6 1.7 2.0 1.4
Asia1 53.4 58.5 48.8 53.9 59.2 49.4 0.5 0.7 0.6
Africa 43.9 48.0 39.0 44.2 48.4 39.1 0.3 0.4 0.1
South and Central America 62.9 67.5 59.6 63.6 68.6 60.0 0.7 1.1 0.4
                   
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total2 53.0 53.0 53.0 53.0 53.0 53.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
The Nordic countries 71.7 71.7 71.6 71.3 71.6 70.9 -0.4 -0.1 -0.7
Western Europe else 68.7 70.2 66.9 66.7 67.5 65.7 -2.0 -2.7 -1.2
EU countries in Eastern Europe 63.8 63.6 64.0 63.8 64.3 63.1 0.0 0.7 -0.9
Eastern Europe else 46.0 42.5 49.4 47.1 43.5 50.5 1.1 1.0 1.1
North America and Oceania 64.0 64.2 63.9 63.7 65.8 61.7 -0.3 1.6 -2.2
Asia1 51.8 52.5 51.1 52.4 53.3 51.6 0.6 0.8 0.5
Africa 41.8 38.9 45.0 41.1 38.0 44.5 -0.7 -0.9 -0.5
South and Central America 49.5 49.0 50.1 50.7 48.7 53.0 1.2 -0.3 2.9
1  Including Turkey.
2  By mothers native country.

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