Subjective poverty by tenure status in Norway
Norway: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 9.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
9.1%
Change on year
down 7.1%
World rank
40th
of 45 countries
All-time high
9.8%
in 2024
All-time low
4.7%
in 2014
Years of data
16
2010–2025
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Norway, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Norway recorded 9.1% for subjective poverty by tenure status in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 78.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Norway peaked at 9.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2014.
That places Norway 40th out of 45 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Norway, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6.0% | — |
| 2011 | 7.2% | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 6.2% | -13.9% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 4.7% | -28.8% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 7.0% | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 6.3% | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | +17.5% |
| 2022 | 7.5% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 9.2% | +22.7% |
| 2024 | 9.8% | +6.5% |
| 2025 | 9.1% | -7.1% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 9.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.8%, 57% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Norway's 9.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 15.0%, 61% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.0% | 4.7% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.2% | 6.3% | 9.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 37 Switzerland 10.4% compare
- 38 Sweden 10.1% compare
- 39 Iceland 9.5% compare
- 41 Finland 8.9% compare
- 42 Germany 7.5% compare
- 43 Netherlands 7.3% compare
- 43 Netherlands 7.3% compare
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 subjective poverty by tenure status in Norway?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Norway was 9.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 9.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2014.
- How does Norway rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Norway ranks 40th out of 45 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Subjective poverty by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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