Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence in Norway
Norway: Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence was 6.73 Percentage of full-time employment in 2025. ▲ Rising
Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence in Norway, 1997–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of full-time employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence in Norway is 6.73 Percentage of full-time employment, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence in Norway peaked at 7.72 Percentage of full-time employment in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.33 Percentage of full-time employment, in 1998.
That places Norway 34th out of 37 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.41 Percentage of full-time employment | 1.33 Percentage of full-time employment | 1.46 Percentage of full-time employment | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.9 Percentage of full-time employment | 1.66 Percentage of full-time employment | 3.85 Percentage of full-time employment | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.94 Percentage of full-time employment | 3.95 Percentage of full-time employment | 7.72 Percentage of full-time employment | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.03 Percentage of full-time employment | 6.73 Percentage of full-time employment | 7.43 Percentage of full-time employment | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 31 Costa Rica 8.84 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 32 Iceland 7.6 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 33 Brazil 7.06 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 35 Italy 5.63 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 36 New Zealand 4.99 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 37 Portugal 1.45 Percentage of full-time employment compare
More reference data data for Norway
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3703 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3621 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0618 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.7734 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3366 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence in Norway?
- Incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence in Norway was 6.73 Percentage of full-time employment in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 7.72 Percentage of full-time employment in 2017.
- What is the lowest incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.33 Percentage of full-time employment in 1998.
- How does Norway rank for incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence?
- Norway ranks 34th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.