Low pay rate in Norway
Norway: Low pay rate was 6.73 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Low pay rate in Norway, 1997–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for low pay rate in Norway is 6.73, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, low pay rate in Norway peaked at 7.72 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.33, in 1998.
That places Norway 77th out of 84 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Low pay rate in Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.44 | — |
| 1998 | 1.33 | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 1.46 | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 1.66 | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 2.19 | +31.9% |
| 2002 | 2.52 | +15.1% |
| 2003 | 2.6 | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 2.78 | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 2.91 | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 3.17 | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 3.5 | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 3.85 | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 3.77 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 3.95 | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 4.17 | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 4.44 | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 4.47 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 4.7 | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 7.27 | +54.7% |
| 2016 | 7.7 | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 7.72 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 7.5 | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 7.52 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 7.4 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 7.43 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 7.09 | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 6.82 | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 6.73 | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 6.73 | +0.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 6.73 is below the median for high income countries, which is 13.03, 52% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Norway's 6.73 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12.96, 52% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Low pay rate in Norway changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +54.7% | 4.7 | 7.27 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.41 | 1.33 | 1.46 | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.9 | 1.66 | 3.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.94 | 3.95 | 7.72 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.03 | 6.73 | 7.43 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More gender data for Norway
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 850.35 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.9674 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 4,879 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 4,879 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.5298 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 26,013 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 27,570 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 26,104 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 27,639 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 26,158 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is low pay rate in Norway?
- Low pay rate in Norway was 6.73 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest low pay rate recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 7.72 in 2017.
- What is the lowest low pay rate recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.33 in 1998.
- How does Norway rank for low pay rate?
- Norway ranks 77th out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is low pay rate rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Low pay rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This measure of earnings dispersion refers to the proportion of employees whose hourly earnings at all jobs were less than two-thirds of median hourly earnings. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.