Poverty & Inequality in Norway 155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 16.1% 2025 up 7.3% 38th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 5.6% 2025 up 64.7% 40th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 5.6% 2025 up 60.0% 40th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 31.7% 2025 down 9.7% 6th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 1.3% 2025 up 18.2% 36th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 894 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.1% 29th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2623 2022 up 3.9% 33rd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.2733 2022 up 3.3% 32nd Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 5,556 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.1% 22nd Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.2 Average 2025 up 2.5% 21st Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 1.4% 2025 up 366.7% 40th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 5.4% 2025 up 25.6% 39th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 5.4% 2025 up 25.6% 39th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 894 Thousand persons 2025 up 19.7% 27th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 1.4% 2025 up 366.7% 40th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 5.5% 2025 up 27.9% 24th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 1.6% 2025 up 128.6% 27th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 2.6% 2025 up 52.9% 31st Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 133 Thousand persons 2025 up 58.3% 29th Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 15.8% 2023 up 12.1% 37th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 894 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.1% 26th Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 94.8% 2020 up 0.7% 10th Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 6.3% 2025 up 21.2% 20th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 108 Thousand persons 2020 up 10.2% 37th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.2% 2015 unchanged 51st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2022 up 3.8% 28th Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 2.0% 2020 unchanged 42nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 15.8% 2020 up 6.0% 40th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 9.7% 2025 down 23.6% 23rd Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 1 Thousand persons 2025 — 8th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU 152 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 up 913.3% 11th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 15.9% 2020 up 6.7% 35th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 17.1% 2020 up 7.5% 28th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 14.7% 2020 up 6.5% 32nd Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 16.0% 2020 up 9.6% 30th ← Previous Page 3 of 3