Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Norway
Norway: Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds was 0.1971 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Norway, 1979–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Norway recorded 0.1971 for share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in 2023.
That represents a change of down 33.1% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Norway peaked at 0.4 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0869, in 2009.
Norway ranks 95th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.209 | 0.0869 | 0.3 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.1899 | 0.1129 | 0.2917 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2392 | 0.1702 | 0.295 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More poverty & inequality data for Norway
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.41 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,220 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 41.44 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.004 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 17.39 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0703 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0703 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0768 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1427 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Norway?
- Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Norway was 0.1971 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4 in 1991.
- What is the lowest share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0869 in 2009.
- How does Norway rank for share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds?
- Norway ranks 95th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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