Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. All employees

7 Gender pay gap1, by country. Per cent
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
EU27 member countries2 16 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 18 18 18 17
EU25 member countries2 16 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 18 18 : :
Euro area (16 countries) 2 : : : : : : : : : 17 18 17 17
Germany 21 22 19 21 21 22 23 23 22 23 23 23 23
Denmark 13 12 14 15 15 18 18 17 18 18 18 17 17
Finland 18 19 19 17 17 20 20 20 20 21 20 20 20
Sweden 17 18 17 18 18 17 16 17 16 17 18 17 16
Norway 16 16 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17
1  Gender pay gap is given as the difference between earnings of male employees and of female employees as a percentage of earnings of male employees.
2  Eurostat estimate.
Source: Eurostat.
More information:  http://www.epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu 

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