The tables were removed on 16 August 2023 due to errors. Corrected figures were published on 19 October 2023.
Living conditions of disabled people
Updated: 19 October 2023
Next update: 13 March 2025
| 2018 | 2021 | 2022 | Change in percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2022 | 2021 - 2022 | ||||
| At least one assistive product | |||||
| Total (persons) | 403 133 | 427 538 | 440 613 | 9.3 | 3.1 |
| Live in crowded dwelling, few rooms and sq.m. (percentage) | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Tenant (percentage) | 17.6 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Disabled (persons) | 65 423 | 69 975 | 71 061 | 8.6 | 1.6 |
| Live in crowded dwelling, few rooms and sq.m. (percentage) | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Tenant (percentage) | 25.2 | 26.0 | 26.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Assistive devices for personal mobility | |||||
| Total (persons) | 110 464 | 114 576 | 121 661 | 10.1 | 6.2 |
| Live in crowded dwelling, few rooms and sq.m. (percentage) | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Tenant (percentage) | 24.3 | 25.4 | 25.0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Disabled (persons) | 22 461 | 24 030 | 24 596 | 9.5 | 2.4 |
| Live in crowded dwelling, few rooms and sq.m. (percentage) | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Tenant (percentage) | 31.7 | 33.2 | 33.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
More figures from this statistics
- 13661: Users of assistive products for disabled persons, by disability status, financial support, sex and age
- 13656: Dwelling status for disabled persons, by assistive product, disability status, financial support, sex and age
- 13657: Dwelling crowding for disabled persons, by assistive product, disability status, financial support, sex and age
- 13659: Industry of principal employment for disabled persons, by assistive product, disability status, financial support and age
- 13660: Employment sector for disabled persons, by assistive product disability status, financial support and age
About the statistics
The statistic provides an insight into the living conditions of Norwegian residents who on a permanent basis use assistive products, as well as receiving a number of benefits. These are common characteristics of disabled persons.
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 17 March 2023.
Resident
A person is registered as a resident in Norway when living here or with the intention of living here for at least 6 months, and having a valid residence permit.
Private household
A private household consists of persons that are residents in the same private dwelling according to the National Population Register.
Assistive product.
Assitive product are catalogued according to NS-ISO 9999 , 1998 and 2007 editions. There are three levels of detail, where the statistic only uses the two aggregated levels.
Not all products will be found in the statistic,for example hearing aides
Industry has been encoded according to Standard for næringsgruppering (SN2007).
Employment sector has been encoded according to Standard for institusjonell sektorgruppering
Occupation has been encoded according to Standard for yrkesklassifisering (STYRK-2008).
Education has been encoded according to Standard for utdanningsgruppering (NUS)
Name: Living conditions of disabled people
Topic: Health
Division for Health, care and social statistics
The statistics is published once a year for the previous calender year. The population is all residents in Norway by 31. December.
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All collected data are anonymized prior to processing and will be deleted
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar.
Statistics Act of 21 June 2019 No. 32, Section10 (1).
The statistic is based on a number of government registres. Some adjustments and interpretations have been necessary when combining this information with SSB's databases.
The number of users of "walker" is underestimated. This is because personal IDs of some users are missing from the data source.
Reported income data pertain to late fall of the previous year, Hence, some inaccuracy must be expected.
