Norway vs Portugal: Gender wage gap
Gender wage gap over time
- Norway
- Portugal
How they compare
Norway currently reports 2.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 1.81 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Portugal, a difference of 0.43 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Portugal ahead.
Norway ranks 34th and Portugal ranks 35th of 38 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.64 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 10.9 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 6.26 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Portugal |
| 2010s | 3.55 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 6.85 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.31 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Portugal |
| 2020s | 3.54 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 1.81 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 1.73 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender wage gap, Norway or Portugal?
- Norway, at 2.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 1.81 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender wage gap between Norway and Portugal?
- 0.43 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Portugal?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2022.
- How do Norway and Portugal rank globally for gender wage gap?
- Norway ranks 34th and Portugal ranks 35th 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.