Statistics Norway

Gender equality in Norwegian municipalities

3   Gender Equality Index for Norwegian municipalities, ranked by county. 2005
  Index Kindergarten
coverage		 Percentage of
female municipal
council members		 Education
levels for
women and men		 Number of
women per
100 men		 Labour force
participation
for women		 Income
Whole country 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5
               
03 Oslo 3.1 2.0 4.0 2.5 4.0 3.0 3.0
02 Akershus 2.9 2.1 3.2 2.3 3.7 3.2 2.9
20 Finnmark-Finnmárku 2.8 2.7 2.6 3.1 2.1 2.8 3.7
14 Sogn og Fjordane 2.8 3.1 2.4 2.9 2.3 3.3 2.7
17 Nord-Trøndelag 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.4
04 Hedmark 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.5 3.1
06 Buskerud 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.9 3.2 2.8
07 Vestfold 2.6 1.9 3.0 2.3 3.8 2.1 2.6
05 Oppland 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.6
16 Sør-Trøndelag 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.4
08 Telemark 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.3
18 Nordland 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.8
19 Troms 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.7 2.4 2.9
12 Hordaland 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.8 2.1
01 Østfold 2.3 1.9 2.5 2.1 3.0 2.0 2.4
11 Rogaland 2.3 1.9 1.9 2.7 3.1 2.5 1.8
09 Aust-Agder 2.2 2.3 1.9 2.7 2.5 1.8 2.0
15 Møre og Romsdal 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.0
10 Vest-Agder 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.3 1.5 1.4

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