Statistics Norway

Income indicators

12   Percentage of people in households with annual after-tax income per consumption unit below different distances to the median income. EU-scale1.Different groups. 1996, 1999, 2001-2003. Per cent
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003
  50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent
All ages 6.2 12.0 4.9 11.1 5.2 10.6 6.0 11.4 6.2 11.3
People aged 16 years and over 7 13 6 12 6 12 7 12 7 12
People aged 25-65 years 4 7 3 7 3 6 4 7 5 8
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 3 6 2 6 2 5 3 5 2 5
                     
Families with children                    
Single parents 6 14 4 15 5 13 9 16 6 15
Couples with children aged 0-17 years 2 5 2 4 2 4 3 5 3 6
Children under 18 years of age 3 7 2 7 3 7 4 8 4 8
                     
Receivers of social security benefits                    
Old-age pensioners2 13 32 7 26 7 25 7 25 6 22
Disability pensioners2 6 16 4 16 4 13 5 14 5 12
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2 0 2 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 2
Receivers of survivor's benefit2 5 11 3 16 5 14 4 8 2 8
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 58 84 30 74 31 72 32 75 27 69
Longstanding illness4 7 15 5 18 7 21 8 20 7 16
Long-term unemployed5 19 36 16 33 25 39 19 33 19 33
                     
Immigrants and refugees                    
Immigrants in total6 15 28 10 20 15 24 17 27 19 29
Immigrants from non-western countries7 19 36 12 26 19 31 22 33 24 35
Refugees8 18 34 12 29 21 33 24 36 23 36
                     
Other groups                    
People on social assistance9 18 36 17 35 23 41 25 44 26 43
Single people under 35 years of age10 18 26 17 27 19 27 20 29 20 30
1  Consumption units (EU-scale) have been calculated by giving the first adult in household a value of 1.0, 0.5 for any additional adult (older than 16), and 0.3 for each child 0-16 years old.
2  People in households where the main income earner is defined as a pensioner by the National Insurance Service.
3  Living alone and recipient of special allowance.
4  People in households where the main income earner is in receipt of rehabilitation- or vocational rehabilitation allowances.
5  People in households where the main income earner has been continuously unemployed for 6 months or more.
6  People in households where the main income earner is a first-generation immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
7  People in households where the main income earner is an immigrant from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America or Turkey.
8  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
9  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
10  Households consisting of one student are excluded from single people under 35 years of age.
Source: Income and property statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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