Statistics Norway

Income statistics for households

4 Percentage of people in households with annual after-tax income per consumption unit below different distances to the median income. OECD-scale and EU-scale. 1996-2006
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
All persons                
OECD-scale                
50 per cent 4.2 3.8 4.2 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.6 5.8
60 per cent 9.9 8.4 8.7 9.3 9.4 9.4 10.0 10.1
                 
EU-scale                
50 per cent 6.2 4.9 5.2 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.5 6.6
60 per cent 12.0 11.1 10.6 11.4 11.4 11.0 11.4 11.6
                 
All persons excluding persons in student households                
OECD-scale                
50 per cent 3.4 2.8 3.1 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.2
60 per cent 9.0 7.2 7.4 7.9 7.8 7.7 8.2 8.3
                 
EU-scale                
50 per cent 5.3 3.7 4.0 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.8
60 per cent 11.1 9.9 9.2 9.9 9.7 9.2 9.6 9.7

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