Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

9 Employed immigrants by selcted countries of birth1 and sex. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years within each group Q4 2011
  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 2 562 000 1 352 698 1 209 302 69.1 71.7 66.4 5.3 8.0
Employed immigrants in total  307 186  173 368  133 818 62.8 67.6 57.6 10.0 17.4
Of which                
Afghanistan 4 262 3 179 1 083 44.7 52.3 31.3 21.0 67.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 093 4 067 4 026 65.7 66.2 65.2 1.0 1.5
Chile 3 988 2 203 1 785 67.6 70.5 64.3 6.2 9.6
Denmark 10 625 6 053 4 572 70.4 74.3 65.8 8.5 12.9
Eritrea 2 637 1 491 1 146 39.6 41.7 37.1 4.6 12.4
Ethiopia 2 516 1 346 1 170 55.8 57.9 53.5 4.4 8.2
The Philippines 8 243 1 587 6 656 58.9 69.7 56.8 12.9 22.7
Finland 3 851 1 459 2 392 67.2 63.7 69.6 -5.9 -8.5
India 4 666 2 849 1 817 65.8 73.7 56.4 17.3 30.7
Iraq 8 044 5 309 2 735 41.5 47.9 33.0 14.9 45.2
Iran 7 533 4 346 3 187 54.3 57.0 51.0 6.0 11.8
Iceland 4 012 2 271 1 741 74.0 77.8 69.6 8.2 11.8
China 3 902 1 777 2 125 58.8 63.1 55.6 7.5 13.5
Kosovo 5 261 3 031 2 230 58.3 62.6 53.2 9.4 17.7
Lithuania 4 106 2 566 1 540 72.1 76.6 65.7 10.9 16.6
Lithuania 14 665 9 370 5 295 75.0 77.9 70.3 7.6 10.8
Marocco 2 324 1 446  878 47.7 52.5 41.4 11.1 26.8
Netherlands 4 193 2 497 1 696 73.7 78.0 68.2 9.8 14.4
Pakistan 8 031 5 484 2 547 47.3 62.0 31.4 30.6 97.5
Poland 44 080 31 446 12 634 73.5 77.7 64.9 12.8 19.7
Romania 4 250 2 347 1 903 75.5 80.6 70.1 10.5 15.0
Russia 7 872 2 413 5 459 60.5 59.1 61.2 -2.1 -3.4
Somalia 5 370 3 490 1 880 30.6 37.1 23.0 14.1 61.3
Sri Lanka 5 892 3 355 2 537 69.5 75.0 63.4 11.6 18.3
United Kingom 8 329 6 035 2 294 70.8 76.2 59.7 16.5 27.6
Sweden 26 533 13 666 12 867 80.5 81.3 79.7 1.6 2.0
Thailand 7 604  703 6 901 62.1 49.1 63.8 -14.7 -23.0
Turkey 5 387 3 542 1 845 52.3 60.5 41.6 18.9 45.4
Germany 14 983 8 538 6 445 72.5 75.4 69.0 6.4 9.3
USA 3 944 2 084 1 860 63.3 68.1 58.7 9.4 16.0
Vietnam 7 870 3 866 4 004 62.2 65.7 59.2 6.5 11.0
1  With more than 4 000 settled immigrants.

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