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2025 12 12
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December update 2025
We are happy to announce that the Nordic Statistics Database has been updated, for the last time in 2025.
2025 12 03
Gender equality
Women are more likely to attain tertiary education than men in all Nordic countries. Despite this educational advantage, men have higher gross hourly earnings than women on average. Differences in educational choices among men and women may serve as partial explanations for these wage differences. However, the wage gap is persistent within a broad range of economic sectors. Other potential confounding variables, such as specific job roles and years of experience are also likely to play a role.

The Nordic Statistics database

Nordic Statistics is a collection of comparative Nordic statistics which has existed and been funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers since the mid-1960s. The Nordic Statistics database contains about two hundred matrices. 

The data is gathered from the Nordic Statistical Institutes (NSIs), the Nomesco-Nososco committees, other Nordic statistics producers as well as international sources such as Eurostat, OECD and the UN. For more details read here.