European ranking
27 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
3.40 Ratio
European ranking
27 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
-1.1 puntos
Norway is 1.1 points below the European average.
EU: 4.53
Affected population
5.6M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Granularity: Regions
Oslo og Viken
3.70
Nord-Norge
3.30
Agder og Sør-Østlandet
3.30
Trøndelag
3.10
Vestlandet
3.10
Innlandet
2.90
Norway performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
In Norway, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 3.39 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 1.34 in the ratio.
In Norway, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 3.78 in 2020 to 3.39 in 2025. The latest step, from 3.62 in 2024 to 3.39 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
In Norway, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 6 comparable regions, Oslo og Viken records the highest value (3.7) and Innlandet the lowest (2.9), a gap of 0.8 in the ratio.
In Norway, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.