Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Norway
Norway: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 13.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Norway, 1979–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Norway is 13.2%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Norway peaked at 14.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2000.
Norway ranks 103rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 10.4% | — |
| 1986 | 10.3% | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 10.1% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 10.7% | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 9.7% | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 11.3% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 10.8% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 13.0% | +19.9% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 12.3% | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 12.0% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 12.3% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 13.0% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 12.4% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 13.1% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 13.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 13.6% | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 14.5% | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 13.7% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 13.2% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.4% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 1 |
| 1980s | 10.3% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 10.4% | 10.1% | 10.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 9.7% | 13.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 12.3% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.7% | 13.2% | 14.5% | 4 |
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 relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Norway?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Norway was 13.2% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2000.
- How does Norway rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Norway ranks 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.