EU 16.23
· European ranking
28 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Norway: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
11.30% of people
EU 16.23 · -4.9 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2025 · 6 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+35.40
15.30
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2+19.47
13.50
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3+11.50
12.60
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4+1.77
11.50
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5-4.42
10.80
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6-19.47
9.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Norway performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Norway
In Norway, Poverty risk is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 11.3% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 4.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Norway, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 12.70% in 2020 to 11.30% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 11.60% in 2024, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in Norway
In Norway, Poverty risk shows noticeable regional variation. Across 6 comparable regions, Nord-Norge records the highest value (15.3%) and Vestlandet the lowest (9.1%), a gap of 6.2 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Norway, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability 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.