Statistics Norway

Income indicators

2   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, 2001-2005. Per cent
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  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 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 6.2 11.3 6.5 11.4
All ages, students not included 5.3 11.1 3.7 9.9 4.0 9.2 4.7 9.9 4.6 9.7 4.6 9.6 4.7 9.6
People aged 16 years and over 7 13 6 12 6 12 7 12 7 12 7 12 7 12
People aged 25-65 years 4 7 3 7 3 6 4 7 5 8 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 3 5 3 5
                             
Families with children                            
Single parents 6 14 4 15 5 13 9 16 6 15 9 16 8 17
Couples with children aged 0-17 years 2 5 2 4 2 4 3 5 3 6 3 6 3 6
Children under 18 years of age 3 7 2 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 5 8 4 9
                             
Receivers of social security benefits                            
Old-age pensioners2 13 32 7 26 7 25 7 25 6 22 6 22 6 19
Disability pensioners2 6 16 4 16 4 13 5 14 5 12 6 12 5 14
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2 0 2 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 2
Receivers of survivor's benefit2 5 11 3 16 5 14 4 8 2 8 1 9 4 11
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 58 84 30 74 31 72 32 75 27 69 32 74 38 75
Longstanding illness4 7 15 5 18 7 21 8 20 7 16 11 18 11 23
Long-term unemployed5 19 36 16 33 25 39 19 33 19 33 17 38 24 39
                             
Immigrants and refugees                            
Immigrants in total6 15 28 10 20 15 24 17 27 19 29 16 26 20 30
Immigrants from non-western countries7 19 36 12 26 19 31 22 33 24 35 20 32 23 37
Refugees8 18 34 12 29 21 33 24 36 23 36 25 40 23 39
                             
Other groups                            
People on social assistance9 18 36 17 35 23 41 25 44 26 43 27 45 28 49
Single people under 35 years of age10 18 26 17 27 19 27 20 29 20 30 21 30 20 31
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 registered with longstanding illness. Included are people in receipt of rehabilitation allowances, persons incapable of full employment but parttaking in labour market schemes, and others. Up until 2005, persons who were incapable of full employment but who were taking part in programmes initiated by the National Insurance Scheme (e.g. school and work placements), and persons who were receiving vocational rehabilitation allowances, were not included in the statistics.
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 statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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