Statistics Norway

Income statistics for households. Distribution of income

2 Measures of income despersion. Household equivalent income1 (EU-scale) between persons. 1986-2007
  Total population Total population excluding persons in student housholds
  Gini coefficient Standard error of
the Gini coefficient
P90/P102 S80/S203 Gini coefficient Standard error of
the Gini coefficient
P90/P102 S80/S203
1986 0.210 0.002 2.6 3.0 0.208 0.002 2.6 2.9
1987 0.210 0.003 2.6 3.0 0.209 0.003 2.5 2.9
1988 0.211 0.002 2.5 3.0 0.209 0.002 2.5 2.9
1989 0.228 0.004 2.7 3.2 0.226 0.004 2.6 3.2
1990 0.217 0.002 2.6 3.1 0.214 0.002 2.6 3.0
1991 0.219 0.003 2.6 3.1 0.217 0.003 2.6 3.0
1992 0.223 0.003 2.7 3.2 0.219 0.003 2.6 3.1
1993 0.229 0.004 2.6 3.2 0.226 0.004 2.6 3.2
1994 0.241 0.002 2.8 3.5 0.235 0.002 2.7 3.3
1995 0.236 0.003 2.7 3.4 0.231 0.003 2.6 3.2
1996 0.245 0.004 2.7 3.5 0.240 0.004 2.6 3.4
1991 0.249 0.004 2.7 3.5 0.243 0.004 2.6 3.4
1998 0.238 0.003 2.7 3.4 0.233 0.003 2.6 3.2
1999 0.242 0.004 2.7 3.4 0.236 0.004 2.6 3.3
2000 0.262 0.004 2.7 3.7 0.257 0.004 2.6 3.6
2001 0.229 0.002 2.6 3.2 0.223 0.002 2.5 3.1
2002 0.264 0.004 2.7 3.8 0.258 0.004 2.6 3.6
2003 0.274 0.003 2.8 3.9 0.267 0.003 2.7 3.7
2004 0.283   2.7 4.1 0.276   2.6 3.8
2005 0.327   2.8 4.8 0.319   2.7 4.5
2006 0.243   2.8 3.5 0.235   2.6 3.3
2007 0.252   2.8 3.7 0.244   2.7 3.5
1  Negative amounts have been set to zero.
2  Percentile ratio of the 9th and the 1st decile cut-offs.
3  The ratio of the share of income held by the top 20 per cent of the distribution and the bottom 20 per cent of the distribution.

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