Europe & Central Asia · High income
Norway: key statistics
Norway has 5.6m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $94,594. Below: 73 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Oslo
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- High income
- Currency
- Norwegian krone NOK
- Languages
- Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
- ISO codes
- NONOR
Population5.6m2025 · rank 118 of 217GDP$531bn2025 · rank 31 of 211GDP per capita$94,5942025 · rank 10 of 211Life expectancy83.2 yrs2024 · rank 19 of 217Internet users99.0%2024 · rank 8 of 188Fertility1.452024 · rank 163 of 217CO₂ per person7.18 t2024 · rank 33 of 203Inflation3.0%2025 · rank 93 of 180
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Norway, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Norway by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Europe & Central Asia.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 5.6m | 2025 | 118/217 | 31/58 | +8.1% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 0.69% | 2025 | 122/217 | 20/58 | −0.3 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 83.6% | 2025 | 49/217 | 14/58 | +2.3 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.45 | 2024 | 163/217 | 28/58 | −17% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 19.1% | 2025 | 41/217 | 32/58 | +2.8 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 15.9% | 2025 | 167/217 | 25/58 | −2.1 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 15.3 | 2024 | 200/216 | 53/57 | +8.7% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 9.7 | 2024 | 163/217 | 22/58 | −16% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 624,500 km² | 2024 | 43/216 | 4/57 | −0.1% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $531bn | 2025 | 31/211 | 15/57 | +32% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $94,594 | 2025 | 10/211 | 7/57 | +22% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $104,044 | 2025 | 7/199 | 3/53 | +66% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $97,310 | 2025 | 3/201 | 2/53 | +4.3% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 1.1% | 2025 | 170/210 | 39/56 | −1.0 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 0.4% | 2025 | 168/210 | 46/56 | −0.6 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 1.6% | 2025 | 154/198 | 38/56 | +0.3 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 34.5% | 2025 | 35/201 | 6/57 | +3.6 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 55.0% | 2025 | 120/201 | 48/57 | −2.1 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 23.2% | 2025 | 86/175 | 28/51 | −2.4 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 37.3% | 2025 | 16/163 | 3/49 | +5.8 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 3.0% | 2025 | 93/180 | 31/49 | +0.9 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 4.4% | 2025 | 76/136 | 10/24 | −1.9 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 5.9% | 2025 | 98/136 | 17/24 | +2.4 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 10.40 | 2025 | 105/210 | 15/57 | +29% | — | |
| Government debt | 30.9% | 1994 | — | — | — | — | |
| Tax revenue | 24.5% | 2024 | 15/142 | 10/48 | +1.8 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 34.5% | 2023 | 35/142 | 24/47 | +1.2 pp | 28.5% | |
| Military spending | 3.28% | 2025 | 22/156 | 8/47 | +1.8 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 45.4% | 2025 | 64/184 | 27/52 | +7.6 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 33.7% | 2025 | 120/184 | 45/52 | +2.6 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 79.1% | 2025 | 100/184 | 39/52 | +10.2 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 14.1% | 2025 | 15/185 | 4/50 | +6.3 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | -1.3% | 2025 | 187/197 | 45/51 | −3.1 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.2% | 2025 | 153/178 | 45/50 | ±0.0 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 1.4m | 2020 | 82/196 | 37/51 | −71% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 4.6% | 2025 | 109/187 | 34/49 | +0.3 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 13.4% | 2025 | 91/187 | 28/49 | +3.6 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 65.6% | 2025 | 55/187 | 7/49 | −1.0 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 62.1% | 2025 | 37/187 | 6/49 | −1.1 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme poverty | 0.2% | 2023 | 124/151 | 30/47 | ±0.0 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 0.2% | 2023 | 132/151 | 34/47 | ±0.0 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 12.2% | 2021 | 124/145 | 39/47 | — | — | |
| Gini index | 26.5 | 2023 | 141/151 | 41/47 | +0.4% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 2.5% | 2024 | 149/167 | 35/47 | ±0.0 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 40.2% | 2025 | 29/190 | 11/52 | +0.6 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary enrolment | 98.5% | 2024 | 110/191 | 38/53 | −1.0 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 116.3% | 2024 | 21/176 | 12/53 | +2.8 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 95.5% | 2024 | 13/172 | 5/52 | +17.4 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 98.7% | 2024 | 47/168 | 18/47 | −1.0 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 8.6 | 2017 | 170/173 | 45/48 | — | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 5.4% | 2022 | 40/184 | 11/49 | −1.9 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 83.2 yrs | 2024 | 19/217 | 11/58 | +1.3% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 2.0 | 2024 | 187/196 | 44/52 | −13% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 2.5 | 2024 | 187/196 | 44/52 | −11% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 1 | 2023 | 194/194 | 51/51 | −67% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 9.4% | 2023 | 36/193 | 13/52 | +0.6 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $8,296 | 2023 | 4/193 | 3/52 | −10% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 4.97 | 2023 | 11/180 | 8/50 | +16% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 96% | 2024 | 54/193 | 18/51 | +2.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.1% | 2024 | 137/153 | 31/35 | ±0.0 pp | 0.7% | |
| Basic water | 100.0% | 2024 | 26/206 | 15/56 | ±0.0 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 98.0% | 2024 | 70/203 | 33/54 | ±0.0 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 99.0% | 2024 | 8/188 | 4/51 | +2.7 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 109.3 | 2024 | 121/210 | 44/56 | −2.1% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 45.2 | 2024 | 14/208 | 9/55 | +17% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 78/215 | 40/57 | ±0.0 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 100.0% | 2024 | 30/192 | 14/51 | ±0.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 7.18 t | 2024 | 33/203 | 11/49 | −22% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 61.4% | 2021 | 36/212 | 2/54 | +5.4 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 99.1% | 2021 | 5/206 | 2/51 | +2.5 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 33.2% | 2024 | 103/214 | 26/57 | ±0.0 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 2.2% | 2024 | 166/206 | 49/53 | ±0.0 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 0.7% | 2022 | 159/177 | 46/47 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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