Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap in Norway
Norway: Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap was -10.99 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in 2025. ▼ Falling
Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap in Norway, 1997–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of prime-age employees wage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wage gap by age — senior to prime-age wage gap in Norway is -10.99 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 48.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage gap by age — senior to prime-age wage gap in Norway peaked at -2.67 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in 1997 and was at its lowest, -10.99 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, in 2025.
Norway ranks 22nd of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -3.09 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | -3.4 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | -2.67 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 3 |
| 2000s | -3.96 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | -4.7 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | -3.39 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 10 |
| 2010s | -7.75 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | -10.33 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | -5.4 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 10 |
| 2020s | -10.58 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | -10.99 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | -10.14 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 19 Argentina -6.02 Percentage of prime-age employees wage compare
- 20 Ireland -6.99 Percentage of prime-age employees wage compare
- 21 Iceland -7.39 Percentage of prime-age employees wage compare
- 23 Israel -11.52 Percentage of prime-age employees wage compare
- 24 Peru -11.68 Percentage of prime-age employees wage compare
- 25 Switzerland -13.25 Percentage of prime-age employees wage compare
More work & labour data for Norway
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2322 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2413 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2229 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.14 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.7506 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,138 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 663.52 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,690 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,724 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,414 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage gap by age — senior to prime-age wage gap in Norway?
- Wage gap by age — senior to prime-age wage gap in Norway was -10.99 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest wage gap by age — senior to prime-age wage gap recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was -2.67 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in 1997.
- What is the lowest wage gap by age — senior to prime-age wage gap recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was -10.99 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in 2025.
- How does Norway rank for wage gap by age — senior to prime-age wage gap?
- Norway ranks 22nd out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage gap by age — senior to prime-age wage gap rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains age wage gaps defined as the difference between mean (median) earnings of 25-54 year-olds and that of 15-24 year-olds (respectively 55-64 year-olds) relative to mean (median) earnings of 25-54 year-olds. Earnings refer to gross earnings of full-time dependent employees unless otherwise indicated.