Poverty & Inequality in Norway 155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 10,877 people 2023 up 29.9% 97th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.50 million people 2023 up 8.8% 61st Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.06 million people 2023 up 9.4% 27th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 3.8% 2023 up 12.7% 120th Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 0.4% 2023 down 14.5% 110th Number of people living in extreme poverty 5.51 million people 2023 up 8.6% 89th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 10,877 people 2023 up 29.9% 97th Number of people living in extreme poverty 10,877 people 2023 up 29.9% 97th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 0.4% 2023 down 14.5% 110th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 4.4% 2023 up 30.0% 78th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 7.6% 2023 up 6.3% 100th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 13.2% 2023 up 7.0% 103rd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 8.3% 2023 down 6.8% 120th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.2% 2023 up 26.2% 104th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 95th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.4% 2023 down 23.9% 113th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 10,877 people 2023 up 29.9% 97th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.06 million people 2023 up 9.4% 27th Gini coefficient 0.2653 2023 up 0.6% 112th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% 93rd Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.4% 2022 down 55.6% 52nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2602 2022 up 3.4% 43rd Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.2602 2022 up 3.4% 43rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 5.31 million people 2019 up 10.5% 55th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.2% 2019 up 164.1% 89th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 7.0% 2019 down 24.5% 119th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2019 up 164.1% 89th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 8,371 people 2019 up 192.5% 91st Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2019 up 83.1% 99th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.3% 2019 up 56.6% 105th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.2% 2019 up 80.0% 90th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 39.5% 2022 up 2.9% 9th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 29.5% 2022 down 2.0% 9th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 31.7% 2025 up 1.9% 24th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 15.7% 2025 down 4.3% 19th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 29.0% 2025 down 21.4% 10th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age -10.01 Number 2025 down 16.4% 45th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 4.1% 2025 up 24.2% 30th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 21.2% 2025 up 27.7% 6th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 13.3% 2025 up 49.4% 27th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 79.2% 2025 down 2.9% 20th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 1.4% 2025 down 22.2% 42nd Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 29.0% 2025 down 12.9% 2nd Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 38.7% 2025 down 20.0% 8th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 23.6% 2025 up 10.8% 1st In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 16.2% 2025 down 43.8% 9th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0441 2024 down 26.1% 1st At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 5.4% 2025 down 18.2% 31st Subjective poverty by sex and age 9.1% 2025 up 78.4% 40th Subjective poverty by tenure status 9.1% 2025 up 78.4% 40th Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 down 33.3% 1st Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 72.1% 2022 down 1.6% 2nd ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →