Statistics Norway

Income statistics for households

5   Percentage of people in households with annual after-tax income per consumption unit below different distances to the median income. OECD-scale and EU-scale. 1996-2005
  Income distribution survey Register
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004 2005
OECD-scale                
50 per cent 4.2 3.8 4.2 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.6
60 per cent 9.9 8.4 8.7 9.3 9.4 9.2 9.4 10.0
                 
EU-scale                
50 per cent 6.2 4.9 5.2 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.5
60 per cent 12.0 11.1 10.6 11.4 11.4 11.3 11.0 11.4

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