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Recipients of retirement pension
The statistics provide an overview of retirement pension recipients pursuant to the regulations of the National Insurance Scheme. A core part of the statistics is the description of retirement pension recipients according to various identifiers, as well as their attachment to the labour market.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Recipients of retirement pension, by sex and ageDownload table as ...Recipients of retirement pension, by sex and age
2023 Recipients of retirement pension Recipients of retirement pension, per cent of population Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females 62 years 12 779 9 033 3 746 20.0 28.0 11.9 63 years 15 042 10 585 4 457 24.0 33.4 14.4 64 years 17 262 11 964 5 298 27.7 38.1 17.2 65 years 19 303 13 098 6 205 31.5 42.8 20.2 66 years 20 518 13 745 6 773 34.5 46.4 22.7 67 years 52 843 26 297 26 546 89.0 89.4 88.6 68 years 55 079 27 180 27 899 96.1 95.6 96.5 69 years 54 161 26 534 27 627 97.3 97.1 97.5 70-74 years 254 261 125 002 129 259 98.9 99.1 98.8 75 years or older 482 432 214 802 267 630 99.3 99.4 99.1 62 years or older 983 680 478 240 505 440 80.3 82.0 78.7 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Recipients of retirement pension 62-66 years, by sex, age and education levelDownload table as ...Recipients of retirement pension 62-66 years, by sex, age and education level
2023 Recipients of retirement pension Recipients of retirement pension, per cent of population Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Total 84 903 58 425 26 478 27.4 37.5 17.2 Basic school level 17 738 11 997 5 741 24.5 34.8 15.2 Upper secondary education 46 458 33 642 12 816 34.8 45.8 21.4 Higher education 20 468 12 577 7 891 21.0 28.2 14.9 Unknown or no completed education 239 209 30 3.8 6.8 0.9 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Recipients of retirement pension 62-66 years, by sex and country backgroundDownload table as ...Recipients of retirement pension 62-66 years, by sex and country background
2023 Recipients of retirement pension Recipients of retirement pension, per cent of population Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Immigrants, total 2 874 2 178 696 7.5 10.9 3.8 Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand 1 585 1 153 432 10.3 12.7 6.9 Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions 1 289 1 025 264 5.7 9.4 2.2 The rest of the population 82 029 56 247 25 782 30.2 41.4 19.0 Total population 84 903 58 425 26 478 27.4 37.5 17.2 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - New recipients of retirement pension, by sex and ageDownload table as ...New recipients of retirement pension, by sex and age
2023 New recipients of retirement pension New recipients of retirement pension, per cent of population Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females 62 years or older 62 571 31 248 31 323 5.1 5.4 4.9 62 years 12 779 9 033 3 746 20.0 28.0 11.9 63 years 4 374 2 880 1 494 7.0 9.1 4.8 64 years 2 639 1 587 1 052 4.2 5.0 3.4 65 years 2 622 1 402 1 220 4.3 4.6 4.0 66 years 1 942 1 009 933 3.3 3.4 3.1 67 years 32 588 12 558 20 030 54.9 42.7 66.9 68 years 4 014 1 780 2 234 7.0 6.3 7.7 69 years or older 1 613 999 614 0.2 0.3 0.1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Recipients of retirement pension, by sex, age and work-intensityDownload table as ...Recipients of retirement pension, by sex, age and work-intensity
2023 Recipients of retirement pension Recipients of retirement pension (per cent) Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females 62 years or older All intensity levels 983 680 478 240 505 440 100.0 100.0 100.0 None 818 238 372 031 446 207 83.2 77.8 88.3 Low 46 405 28 667 17 738 4.7 6.0 3.5 HIgh 26 190 15 768 10 422 2.7 3.3 2.1 Full 92 847 61 774 31 073 9.4 12.9 6.1 62-66 years All intensity levels 84 904 58 425 26 479 100.0 100.0 100.0 None 25 159 16 663 8 496 29.6 28.5 32.1 Low 6 520 4 489 2 031 7.7 7.7 7.7 HIgh 5 616 3 883 1 733 6.6 6.6 6.5 Full 47 609 33 390 14 219 56.1 57.2 53.7 67-74 years All intensity levels 416 344 205 013 211 331 100.0 100.0 100.0 None 330 958 153 628 177 330 79.5 74.9 83.9 Low 28 970 17 091 11 879 7.0 8.3 5.6 HIgh 17 062 9 693 7 369 4.1 4.7 3.5 Full 39 354 24 601 14 753 9.5 12.0 7.0 75 years or older All intensity levels 482 432 214 802 267 630 100.0 100.0 100.0 None 462 121 201 740 260 381 95.8 93.9 97.3 Low 10 915 7 087 3 828 2.3 3.3 1.4 HIgh 3 512 2 192 1 320 0.7 1.0 0.5 Full 5 884 3 783 2 101 1.2 1.8 0.8 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 28 June 2023.
Resident. The statistics cover persons who were registered in the Central Population Register as resident in Norway as of 31 December. The Act of Population Registration of 16 January 1970 (with subsequent amendments) and associated regulations from 1994 set out the criteria for classification as a resident in Norway. The total number of residents in an area is also referred to as the population.
Information on place of residence, gender and age are retrieved from the Central Population Register. Information on place of residence and age relates to the end of the statistical year.
Retirement pension paid through the National Insurance Scheme provides financial support to the elderly population, and enables a gradual transition from work to retirement. The amount of retirement pension paid depends on previous income and the number of years the recipient has lived in Norway. Everyone is guaranteed a minimum pension level, including those who have not worked. After the introduction of the pension reform on 1 January 2011, different rules apply depending on when a recipient was born. For more information on these rules, see https://www.nav.no/en/Home/Benefits+and+services/Pensions+and+pension+application+from+outside+Norway#chapter-1.
Recipients of retirement pension are persons who, following a positive decision, are in receipt of a retirement pension from the National Insurance Scheme for at least one month during a given year. The vast majority of the tables in the statistics only cover recipients of retirement pension who are residents of Norway (see separate definition). Two of the tables include recipients of retirement pension who are not resident and give breakdowns that distinguish between resident and non-resident. Persons receiving retirement pensions from other schemes, such as occupational pensions in the private or public sector, are only included if they also have a positive decision concerning a retirement pension from the National Insurance Scheme.
New recipients if retirement pension are persons with a decision on retirement pension in month m during the year, but without a decision in month m-1. In cases where m represents January, m-1 will represent December in the preceding year.
Work-intensity is a measure of the degree of employment as a wage earner whilst receiving retirement pension. The measurement requires receipt of retirement pension and employment as a wage earner to have occurred in the same month and is calculated as ‘the number of months in which income from work and retirement pension is received / the number of months that retirement pension is received’. The results are shown as None (no months where both conditions occur), Low (employed for at least one but less than half of the months when retirement pension was received), High (employed for more than half but not all months when retirement pension was received) and Full (employed in all months when retirement pension was received).
Wage earners are defined as persons who performed paid work, with compensation in the form of wages or similar, for at least one hour in the reference week, as well as persons who had such work but were temporarily absent due to illness, holiday leave, paid leave or similar. Persons undertaking military or civilian national service are considered to be in employment. Persons on government employment initiatives who receive wages from an employer are also classified as employees. This follows the recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Statistics Norway’s statistics use the terms ‘employee’ and ‘wage earners’ interchangeably. Note that the self-employed are not therefore measured in terms of work intensity in these statistics.
See also About the statistics at https://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/arblonn/kvartal
Pension level reflects the percentage of retirement pension drawn. Persons born after 1943 – and some born in 1943 – have the option to draw 20, 40, 50, 60, 80 or 100 per cent of their pension. Some tables also distinguish between the percentage drawn by recipients of retirement pension with a graduated retirement pension and persons without a graduated retirement pension. The percentage drawn can be changed throughout the year, and where this is the case, the tables show the highest registered percentage drawn throughout the year.
Immigrants are persons born abroad to two foreign-born parents and four foreign-born grandparents. Country of birth is normally the mother’s country of residence at the time of the person’s birth.
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand include immigrants with the following countries of birth: Denmark, Greenland, Finland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Sweden, Belgium, Bulgaria, Andorra, Estonia, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Lithuania, Spain, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Vatican City, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania, except Australia and New Zealand and Europe except EU/EEA include immigrants born in the following: Albania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Asia, Africa, America excluding USA and Canada and Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand. Persons who were stateless at birth and with an unknown country of birth are also included.
At-risk-of poverty (EU-scale). At-risk-of poverty thresholds are set as 50 and 60 per cent of median income after tax per consumption unit in the entire population.
For definitions of income per consumption unit and Consumpion units calculated according to the EU-scale, see About the statistics under http://www.ssb.no/en/ifhus
Average income account. The composition of total income for persons and after-tax income by selected income components, as well as median after-tax income and median household equivalent income (EU-scale). For definitions of income components and household equivalent income, see About the statistics under http://www.ssb.no/en/ifhus
Data on education relates to 1 October in the statistical year. In these statistics, a variant of the Classification of education is used, where the highest completed education is classified as follows: https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/36/varianter/843
The Norwegian Standard Classification of Education 2016 forms the basis for this classification:
https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/36/
The classification of municipalities is in line with the list of municipalities as of 31 December in the relevant year.
Classification of municipalities: https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/131