Between 2012 and 2022, the at-risk-of-poverty rate among the Norwegian-born population was around ** percent, whereas it was around ** percent for the EU-born population, but dropped below ** percent for the the latter in 2022. However, after dropping in 2014 and 2017, the rate among the citizens born outside of the EU was above ** percent from 2018 to 2020, before dropping to ** percent in 2022.

In 2024, the at-risk-of-poverty rate in Norway reached around **** percent. The rate was at its lowest in 2012 at ** percent, but peaked at **** in 2018. This was still below the EU average of **** percent in 2024.

Poverty rate at $1.9 a day of Norway rocketed by 50.00% from 0.20 % in 2021 to 0.30 % in 2022. Since the 33.33% drop in 2019, poverty rate at $1.9 a day shot up by 50.00% in 2022. Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Norway Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 9.400 % in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.000 % for 2018. Norway Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.950 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2019, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.700 % in 2016 and a record low of 5.700 % in 2000. Norway Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

In Norway, the at-risk-of-poverty rate was slightly higher among women than among men in the entire documented time period. In 2023, just below ** percent of men were at risk of poverty in Norway, whereas above ** percent of women were the same.

Norway NO: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data was reported at 15.900 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.100 % for 2019. Norway NO: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 15.000 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.200 % in 2018 and a record low of 13.500 % in 2014. Norway NO: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Historical dataset showing Norway poverty rate by year from 1979 to 2022.

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data was reported at 1.800 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.600 % for 2018. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 1.550 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2019, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.600 % in 2018 and a record low of 0.800 % in 2011. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Multidimensional Poverty Measure. The Multidimensional Poverty Measure includes three dimensions – monetary poverty, education, and basic infrastructure services – to capture a more complete picture of poverty.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

The share of people living in material and social deprivation in Norway was much higher among the foreign-born population than among the population born in Norway. Whereas around three percent of the Norwegian-born population lived in material and social deprivation between 2014 and 2022, this increased from 7.6 to 12.2 percent of the foreigners from 2014 to 2019. It dropped by around three percentage points by 2022. The material and social deprivation rate shows the share of the population that lacks an income level to cover basic material needs and to participate in an active social life.

Poverty ratio at national poverty line of Norway declined by 1.55% from 12.9 % in 2017 to 12.7 % in 2018. Since the 0.82% growth in 2016, poverty ratio at national poverty line grew by 3.25% in 2018. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 0.300 % in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.300 % for 2018. NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.300 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2019, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.500 % in 1995 and a record low of 0.100 % in 2014. NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.65 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.65 a day at 2017 international prices.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

The rate of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Norway between 2015 and 2022 was significantly higher among the population born outside of the EU than among those born in Norway or the EU. In 2022, more than ** percent of the population born outside of Norway and the EU was at risk of poverty or social exclusion, whereas the rate was just below ** percent for the Norwegian-born and ** for the EU-born citizens.

Norway NO: Income Share Held by Second 20% data was reported at 14.100 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14.200 % for 2014. Norway NO: Income Share Held by Second 20% data is updated yearly, averaging 14.200 % from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2015, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.500 % in 2010 and a record low of 13.300 % in 2004. Norway NO: Income Share Held by Second 20% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

0.0 (million persons) in 2018. Number of people, in millions, living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 PPP is calculated by multiplying the poverty rate and the population. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Norway NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 0.200 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.300 % for 2018. Norway NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.200 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2019, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.500 % in 1995 and a record low of 0.100 % in 2014. Norway NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Of the Nordic countries, Sweden has had the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate in the entire observed documented. In 2024, **** percent of Sweden's population lived at risk of poverty. Since 2015, Norway, Denmark, and Finland all have similar at-risk-of-poverty rates, around ** percent, although since 2022, Norway's rate has reached below ** percent.

Norway NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 0.200 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.200 % for 2014. Norway NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.200 % from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2015, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.500 % in 2008 and a record low of 0.200 % in 2015. Norway NO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.World Bank: Poverty. Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. The aggregated numbers for low- and middle-income countries correspond to the totals of 6 regions in PovcalNet, which include low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia). See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

The number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Norway amounted to ******* people in 2020. Between 2003 and 2020, the number of people at risk of poverty rose by ******* people, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

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Of the Nordic countries, Denmark had the highest rate of the people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2024. At ** percent of the people living in Denmark were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, and **** percent in Sweden. Norway had the lowest rate recorded in 2024, with **** percent.