Severe material and social deprivation in Norway
2.6% of people in Norway were severely materially and socially deprived in 2025.
Norway, 2025
2.6%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
6.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
4.7%
Position in 2025
27th of 31
Severe material and social deprivation in Norway over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Norway | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6% | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | 6.4% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | 6.8% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 2.1%b (break in time series) | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | 7.8% |
| 2016 | – | 9.0% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | 9.7% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 2.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.7%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Norway has the 27th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 6.3%.
More for Norway
All statistics for Norway
Poverty or social exclusion rate
16.1%
2025 · Eurostat
Inability to keep home adequately warm
1.7%
2025 · Eurostat
At-risk-of-poverty rate
11.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
23.7 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
3.39 times
2025 · Eurostat
Gini index
26.5 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank