Statistics Norway

Income statistics for households. Wealth and debt

2 Number of households1, by size of debt compared to total income, NOK in 2007. 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Per cent. Adjusted 17.07.2009
  Less than 200 000 NOK 200 000-299 999 NOK 300 000-399 999 NOK 400 000-499 999 NOK 500 000-749 999 NOK 750 000-1 000 000 NOK 1 000 000 NOK and more Total
1995                
No debt 50 27 16 10 6 4 8 24
Debt less than or equal to income 30 40 45 40 47 53 57 40
Debt 1-2 times income 9 17 25 34 35 35 26 23
Debt 2-3 times income 4 9 10 11 10 5 6 8
Debt more than 3 times income 7 7 4 4 2 3 4 5
All  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Number of households 2 030 1 449 1 344 1 357 2 529  840  473 10 022
                 
2000                
No debt 50 32 19 13 7 6 6 23
Debt less than or equal to income 29 39 42 41 42 49 58 40
Debt 1-2 times income 9 13 20 28 35 32 25 22
Debt 2-3 times income 4 9 13 12 12 9 8 9
Debt more than 3 times income 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 6
All  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Number of households 1 422 1 378 1 532 1 639 3 669 1 766 1 350 12 756
                 
2004                
No debt 46 29 19 13 7 4 5 19
Debt less than or equal to income 29 40 39 37 36 40 48 37
Debt 1-2 times income 10 13 17 22 30 34 31 22
Debt 2-3 times income 5 8 13 16 19 16 11 13
Debt more than 3 times income 9 10 12 11 8 6 5 9
All  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Number of households  353 015  294 745  294 276  219 285  463 034  224 021  148 258 1 996 634
                 
2005                
No debt 46 28 19 13 6 4 5 18
Debt less than or equal to income 29 39 38 36 34 38 48 36
Debt 1-2 times income 10 13 17 21 29 34 31 22
Debt 2-3 times income 5 8 13 16 20 17 12 13
Debt more than 3 times income 10 12 14 13 10 7 6 11
All  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Number of households  345 895  288 473  294 261  220 476  457 704  234 696  175 830 2 017 335
                 
2006                
No debt 45 28 19 13 7 4 3 18
Debt less than or equal to income 28 38 37 36 33 35 41 35
Debt 1-2 times income 10 13 16 20 27 33 33 21
Debt 2-3 times income 5 8 13 16 20 19 14 14
Debt more than 3 times income 11 13 16 15 13 9 8 12
All  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Number of households  339 435  287 078  298 467  226 179  467 069  256 524  176 721 2 051 473
                 
2007                
No debt 46 29 19 14 7 4 3 17
Debt less than or equal to income 28 38 38 36 34 34 41 35
Debt 1-2 times income 10 13 15 18 25 32 32 21
Debt 2-3 times income 5 7 11 15 20 20 15 14
Debt more than 3 times income 11 13 16 17 14 11 9 13
All  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Number of households  308 538  272 977  294 190  231 956  459 367  292 241  234 214 2 093 483
1  Students not included.

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