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Norway: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Norway Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) Year: 2025

Country overview

Norway

Current reading for Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

Latest value

9.40 Percent of people aged 0 to 64

European ranking

6 / 30

Compared with Europe

+2.1 puntos

Norway is 2.1 points above the European average.

EU: 7.30

Affected population

≈ 0.53 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 9.40 Percent of people aged 0 to 64 Europe benchmark: 7.05 Percent of people aged 0 to 64

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Agder og Sør-Østlandet

    +28.70

    12.10

  2. 2

    Nord-Norge

    +21.30

    11.40

  3. 3

    Trøndelag

    +19.10

    11.20

  4. 4

    Innlandet

    +9.60

    10.30

  5. 5

    Oslo og Viken

    -6.40

    8.80

  6. 6

    Vestlandet

    -24.50

    7.10

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At a glance

Norway performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Norway

In Norway, Low work intensity is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 9.4% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 2.4 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Norway, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 9.00% in 2020 to 9.40% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 8.00% in 2024 to 9.40% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Norway

In Norway, Low work intensity shows noticeable regional variation. Across 6 comparable regions, Agder og Sør-Østlandet records the highest value (12.1%) and Vestlandet the lowest (7.1%), a gap of 5 percentage points.