Eritreans in Norway

Eritrean diaspora in Norway

Eritreans in Norway
Total population
27,855 (2020 Official Norway estimate)^[1] 0.52% of the Norwegian population
Regions with significant populations
Oslo
Languages
Tigrinya · Tigre · Kunama · Nara · Afar, · Beja · Saho · Bilen · Arabic · English · Norwegian
Religion
Eritrean Orthodox, Islam

Eritreans in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Eritrean descent. Most have a background as asylum seekers that have fled Isaias Afwerkis regime.

Demographics

According to Statistics Norway, in 2017, there are a total 19,957 persons of Eritrean origin living in Norway. Of those, 3,661 individuals were born in Norway to immigrant parents.^[1] In 2020 the number had risen to 27,855 people, making Eritreans the second biggest migration group from Africa after Somalis.^[2]

Socioeconomics

According to Statistics Norway, as of 2014, around 59% of Eritrea-born immigrants have a persistently low income. This was a higher proportion than the native population and many other immigrant groups, largely because most Eritrean individuals arrived as asylum immigrants, who tend to have lower incomes. Persons born in Norway to Eritrean immigrants have a significantly smaller low income percentage of approximately 28%.^[3]

Crime

According to Statistics Norway, in the 2010-2013 period, the proportion of Eritrea-born perpetrators of criminal offences aged 15 and older in Norway was 79.94 per 1000 residents. When corrected for variables such as age and gender as well as employment, the total decreased to 67.09 after age and gender adjustment and to 52.75 after employment adjustment. This is higher compared to the averages of 44.9 among native Norwegians.^[4] As of 2015, a total of 547 Eritrea citizens residing in Norway incurred sanctions. The principal breaches were traffic offences (330 individuals), followed by other offences for profit (60 individuals), public order and integrity violations (51 individuals), violence and maltreatment (39 individuals), drug and alcohol offences (35 individuals), property theft (22 individuals), sexual offences (8 individuals), criminal damage (2 individuals), and other offences (0 individuals).^[5]

Education

According to Statistics Norway, as of 2016, among a total 17,022 Eritrea-born immigrants aged 16 and older, 12,302 individuals had attained a below upper secondary education level, 2,429 had attained an upper secondary education level, 193 had attained a tertiary vocational education level, 1,392 had attained a higher education level of up to four years in duration, 299 had attained a higher education level of more than four years in duration, and 407 had no education.^[6]

Employment

According to Statistics Norway, as of 2016, Eritrea-born immigrants aged 15-74 in Norway have an employment rate of approximately 37.9%.^[7] As of 2017^[update], their unemployment rate was also about 4.5%.^[8]

Notable people

References

^ ^a ^b "Population by immigrant category and country background". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "KommuneProfilen. Statistikk og nøkkeltall om antall og andel innvandrere etter land og landbakgrunn i kommuner og fylker - basert på statistikk fra SSB".
^ "Økonomi og levekår for ulike lavinntektsgrupper 2016". Statistics Norway. pp. 57, 117, 118. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ Synøve N. Andersen, Bjart Holtsmark & Sigmund B. Mohn (2017). Kriminalitet blant innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre En analyse av registerdata for perioden 1992-2015. Statistics Norway. p. 66 (Tabell B1). ISBN 978-82-537-9643-7.
^ "Persons sanctioned, by group of principal offence and citizenship (and category of principal offence -2014). Absolute figures". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ "Level of education for immigrants 16 years and older. Country background. Numbers". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ "Employed immigrants (15-74 years) by country of birth and sex. 4th quarter". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ "Registered unemployed immigrants and persons participating in labour market schemes 15-74 years, by country background, years of residence, sex, contents and time". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 18 November 2017.