Italy vs Norway: Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence
Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence over time
- Italy
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 6.73 Percentage of full-time employment against 5.63 Percentage of full-time employment in Italy, a difference of 1.1 Percentage of full-time employment.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 35th and Norway ranks 34th of 37 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.92 Percentage of full-time employment | 2.84 Percentage of full-time employment | 4.08 Percentage of full-time employment | Italy |
| 2010s | 5.5 Percentage of full-time employment | 5.38 Percentage of full-time employment | 0.1187 Percentage of full-time employment | Italy |
| 2020s | 5.9 Percentage of full-time employment | 6.88 Percentage of full-time employment | 0.9783 Percentage of full-time employment | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence, Italy or Norway?
- Norway, at 6.73 Percentage of full-time employment against 5.63 Percentage of full-time employment in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence between Italy and Norway?
- 1.1 Percentage of full-time employment, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Norway?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Norway rank globally for incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence?
- Italy ranks 35th and Norway ranks 34th of 37 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset contains series on the incidence of low-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning less than two-thirds of gross median earnings of all full-time workers; the incidence of high-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning more than one-and-half time gross median earnings of all full-time workers.