Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Norway
Norway: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.2733 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Norway, 2004–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Norway stood at 0.2733.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Norway peaked at 0.297 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.253, in 2009.
That places Norway 32nd out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.2894 | — |
| 2008 | 0.2561 | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 0.253 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2574 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2605 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2646 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2622 | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.268 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2826 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2721 | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2725 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.273 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.275 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.297 | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2733 | -8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2662 | 0.253 | 0.2894 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.2686 | 0.2574 | 0.2826 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2818 | 0.2733 | 0.297 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More poverty & inequality data for Norway
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,220 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 52.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.44 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Norway?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Norway was 0.2733 in 2022, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.297 in 2021.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.253 in 2009.
- How does Norway rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Norway ranks 32nd out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.