New Zealand vs Norway: Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational over time
- New Zealand
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 80.19 Percentage of earnings of men workers against 79.12 Percentage of earnings of men workers in New Zealand, a difference of 1.07 Percentage of earnings of men workers.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Norway ahead.
New Zealand ranks 19th and Norway ranks 18th of 27 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 1 and Norway in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.86 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 71.35 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 0.4897 Percentage of earnings of men workers | Norway |
| 2010s | 77.48 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 76.85 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 0.6244 Percentage of earnings of men workers | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 79.02 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 79.66 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 0.6414 Percentage of earnings of men workers | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational, New Zealand or Norway?
- Norway, at 80.19 Percentage of earnings of men workers against 79.12 Percentage of earnings of men workers in New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational between New Zealand and Norway?
- 1.07 Percentage of earnings of men workers, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Norway?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Norway rank globally for earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational?
- New Zealand ranks 19th and Norway ranks 18th of 27 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational attainment level — Relative earnings. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on the gender differrences in earnings from employment, by age group, educational attainment level and work time arrangement. The baseline is men's earnings. The default table displays 2024 data (or the latest available year) on the earnings of 25-64 year-old full-time female workers as a percentage of the earnings of their male counterparts, by the three aggregated levels of educational attainment. The selection can be changed to display data by educational attainment, by age group and by work time arrangement (e.g. full- or part-time employment). Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on September 29, 2026. For more information, please consult the Education at a Glance web page and the OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics: Concepts, Standards, Definitions and Classifications.