Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Norway
Norway: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 0.3676 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Norway, 1979–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Norway is 0.3676, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 43.7% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Norway peaked at 1.3 in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.2504, in 2011.
Norway ranks 110th 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.
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1.3 | — |
| 1986 | 0.5 | -61.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7 | +40.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8 | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 0.6 | -25.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3601 | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6021 | +67.2% |
| 2005 | 0.509 | -15.5% |
| 2006 | 0.686 | +34.8% |
| 2007 | 0.5246 | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4762 | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 0.3393 | -28.7% |
| 2010 | 0.4019 | +18.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2504 | -37.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3714 | +48.3% |
| 2013 | 0.43 | +15.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3516 | -18.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4035 | +14.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7327 | +81.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6293 | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4868 | -22.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5335 | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5371 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3893 | -27.5% |
| 2022 | 0.6532 | +67.8% |
| 2023 | 0.3676 | -43.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.75 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5122 | 0.3393 | 0.686 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4591 | 0.2504 | 0.7327 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4868 | 0.3676 | 0.6532 | 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)
- 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 revenues vs income inequality 41.44 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -4.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.004 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Norway?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Norway was 0.3676 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3 in 1979.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2504 in 2011.
- How does Norway rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Norway ranks 110th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. 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 living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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