Australia vs Norway: Gender wage gap
Gender wage gap over time
- Australia
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 2.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 1.73 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Australia, a difference of 0.51 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 36th and Norway ranks 34th of 38 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.98 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 6.76 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.22 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Australia |
| 2000s | 7.98 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 5.04 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2.94 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Australia |
| 2010s | 7.2 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.77 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.43 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Australia |
| 2020s | 4.96 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.04 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 1.92 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender wage gap, Australia or Norway?
- Norway, at 2.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 1.73 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender wage gap between Australia and Norway?
- 0.51 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Norway?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Norway rank globally for gender wage gap?
- Australia ranks 36th and Norway ranks 34th of 38 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Gender wage gap. 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 gender wage gaps defined as: 1) the unadjusted difference between median wages of men and women relative to the median wages of men, 2) the unadjusted difference between mean wages of men and women relative to the mean wages of men, 3) at the 1st decile and 4) at the 9th decile.