foreign population increased annually.
In Norway, the share of the students graduating from higher education who had an immigrant background increased annually. In the academic year 2020/21, 12 percent of the graduates were immigrants, and 3.7 were Norwegian-born to immigrant parents. This was a increase of more than two percentage points among both groups since 2011/12. During the same period, Norway's Share of students graduating from higher education in Norway from 2011 to 2021, by background
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Statistics on Integration in Norway
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Immigration to Norway 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Population in Norway 2013-2023, by citizenship
- Basic Statistic Number of foreign citizens in Norway 2013-2023, by region of origin
- Basic Statistic Share of children from cultural minorities in kindergartens in Norway 2015-2021
- Basic Statistic Employment rate among immigrants in Norway 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic At-risk-of-poverty rate in Norway 2011-2020, by broad group of country of birth
- Premium Statistic Electoral turnout among immigrants in Norway at the local elections 2019
Education
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- Basic Statistic Number of asylum seekers in primary school in Norway 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Primary school grades among pupils in Norway 2012-2022, by immigration category
- Basic Statistic Number of immigrant students in upper secondary education in Norway 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Completion rate of immigrants in upper secondary education in Norway 2015-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of students in higher education in Norway 2011-2021, by immigration category
- Premium Statistic Share of students graduating in higher education in Norway 2011-2021, by background
- Basic Statistic Share of foreign-born youth who were NEET in Norway 2011-2021
Employment
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- Premium Statistic Number of employed immigrants in Norway 2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic Employment rate among immigrants in Norway 2021, by reason of immigration
- Basic Statistic Employment rate among immigrants in Norway 2021, by region of origin
- Basic Statistic Employment rate among immigrants in Norway 2011-2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Monthly unemployment rate among immigrants and non-immigrants in Norway 2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly unemployment rate among immigrants in Norway 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Monthly unemployment rate among immigrants in Norway 2022, by region of origin
Income & working conditions
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- Basic Statistic Median income of immigrants in Norway 2010-2020
- Premium Statistic Median income of immigrants in Norway 2010-2020, bye reason of immigration
- Premium Statistic Distribution of working hours of immigrants and non-immigrants in Norway 2021
- Premium Statistic Distribution of working hours of immigrants in Norway 2021, by region of origin
- Premium Statistic Share of immigrants in Norway 2021, by full-time/part-time arrangement
- Premium Statistic Share of immigrants in Norway working full-time/part-time 2021, by region of origin
Social integration & discrimination
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- Premium Statistic Members of municipal councils in Norway 2003-2019, by background
- Premium Statistic Attitudes towards immigrants in Norway 2021
- Basic Statistic Opinion on integration of immigrants in Norway 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of immigrants in Norway who have been treated unequally 2022, by arena
- Basic Statistic Share of immigrants in Norway thinking that immigrants are discriminated 2022
- Basic Statistic Share of immigrants in Norway having experienced hateful comments 2022, by background
- Premium Statistic Attitudes towards people with different degrees of religious beliefs in Norway 2021
Living conditions
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- Share of immigrants graduating from bachelor's programs in Norway 2021, by subject
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- Number of newly enrolled university students Japan AY 2022, by age
- Number of students in higher education in Denmark 2011-2021, by ancestry
- Number of higher education institutions in Sweden 2020/21, by type
- Share of higher education students from Norway studying abroad 2011-2021, by gender
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Statistics Norway. (April 25, 2022). Share of students graduating from higher education in Norway from 2011 to 2021, by background [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343476/share-students-graduating-higher-education-norway-background/
Statistics Norway. "Share of students graduating from higher education in Norway from 2011 to 2021, by background." Chart. April 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343476/share-students-graduating-higher-education-norway-background/
Statistics Norway. (2022). Share of students graduating from higher education in Norway from 2011 to 2021, by background. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343476/share-students-graduating-higher-education-norway-background/
Statistics Norway. "Share of Students Graduating from Higher Education in Norway from 2011 to 2021, by Background." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343476/share-students-graduating-higher-education-norway-background/
Statistics Norway, Share of students graduating from higher education in Norway from 2011 to 2021, by background Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343476/share-students-graduating-higher-education-norway-background/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Share of students graduating from higher education in Norway from 2011 to 2021, by background [Graph], Statistics Norway, April 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343476/share-students-graduating-higher-education-norway-background/