Poverty & Inequality in Norway 155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 26.0% 34th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.6% 101st Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.41 live births per woman 2023 down 21.0% 192nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,220 kg per hectare 2024 down 3.3% 58th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.4% 147th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 52.45 % change on previous year 2024 up 78.9% 5th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.44 2023 up 4.4% 7th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% 2023 up 4.4% 7th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 12.3% 141st Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -4.59 % change on previous year 2023 down 20.5% 155th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.004 2023 down 91.8% 168th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.4% 2023 up 39.9% 120th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0703 2023 down 9.3% 226th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0703 2023 down 9.3% 226th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0768 2023 down 12.8% 232nd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 unchanged 97th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 91st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 unchanged 106th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 unchanged 113th Prosperity gap 0.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 up 20.0% 115th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1427 2023 up 18.3% 156th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 up 100.0% 94th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 8.5% 2023 up 4.9% 116th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 unchanged 112th Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.909 2023 up 1.2% 2nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.909 2023 up 1.2% 2nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.909 2023 up 1.2% 2nd Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.2% 2023 unchanged 102nd Three metrics of inequality 40.55 2022 down 2.3% 109th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4055 2022 down 2.3% 109th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 1,136 2023 down 15.8% 5th Income share held by second 20% 14.4% 2023 up 1.4% 6th Income share held by third 20% 18.0% 2023 up 0.6% 5th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.7% 2023 down 0.9% 29th Income share held by highest 20% 35.8% 2023 up 0.3% 117th Income share held by highest 10% 21.6% 2023 up 1.4% 117th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.6% 2023 down 2.7% 20th Income share held by lowest 20% 9.1% 2023 down 2.2% 17th Gini index 26.5 2023 up 0.4% 115th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 7.6% 2023 up 7.0% 102nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 7.94 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 66.6% 90th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.1% 2023 up 53.3% 91st At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 11.3% 2025 down 5.0% 42nd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3146 2022 up 15.7% 98th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 25.3% 2025 down 4.5% 19th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3146 2022 up 15.7% 98th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 5.6% 2025 up 64.7% 38th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 84,056 2017 up 23.4% 1st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 16.1% 2025 up 9.5% 35th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 2.6% 2025 up 52.9% 31st Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 30.6% 2022 down 5.8% 107th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 9.5% 2022 down 21.3% 100th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 2.0% 2020 unchanged 40th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 15.9% 2020 up 6.7% 37th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 37.6% 2024 down 4.6% 21st Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2653 2023 up 0.6% 112th Page 1 of 3 Next →