Statistics Norway

Gender equality in Norwegian municipalities

3   Gender Equality Index for Norwegian municipalities, ranked by county. 2003
        Index Kindergarten
coverage
Percentage of
female municipal
council members
Education levels
for women and men
Number of women
per 100 men
Labour force
participation for women
      Income
Whole country 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6
               
Oslo 3.4 3.0 4.0 2.5 4.0 3.5 3.5
Akershus 3.0 1.9 3.3 2.5 3.6 3.5 3.0
Finnmark Finnmárku 2.8 2.9 2.7 3.1 1.9 2.7 3.6
Buskerud 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.1 2.9 3.1 3.0
Sogn og Fjordane 2.8 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.1 3.3 2.8
Hedmark 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.6 3.0
Nord-Trøndelag 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.4
Oppland 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7
Vestfold 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.4 3.8 2.2 2.6
Hordaland 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.8 2.1
Telemark 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.3
Sør-Trøndelag 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.4
Nordland 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.6
Troms 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.1 1.7 2.3 2.9
Rogaland 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.7 2.9 2.6 1.7
Østfold 2.3 1.6 2.7 2.2 2.9 2.0 2.5
Aust-Agder 2.2 2.3 1.7 2.7 2.5 1.7 2.1
Møre og Romsdal 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 1.9 2.1 1.9
Vest-Agder 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.1 1.4 1.4

Explanation of symbols