Norway Tax Changes Since 2021 Reduced Inequality by 3%: Study

Norway’s taxation changes by the Labor-led governments in 2021-2025 had a limited effect on reducing income inequality, by 3%, a study by the country’s statistics office shows.

• Says the changes overall contribute to making the tax system in 2025 more redistributive than it would have been if the 2021 tax system had still been applied in 2025
  • “However, the effect is not large”
  • Gini coefficient for 2025 was 0.260, while it would have been 0.268 if 2021 tax system had remained unchanged, according to calculations
  • Changes including bracket tax, shareholder taxation, personal and standard deductions, wealth tax, and family benefits ...