Basic statistics of Norway, 2025
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million, 2024) |
5.6 |
Population density per km¹ (2024) |
15.3 |
(39.6) |
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Under 15 (%, 2024) |
16.2 |
(16.7) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2023) |
83.1 |
(81.2) |
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Over 65 (%, 2024) |
18.8 |
(18.6) |
Men (2023) |
81.5 |
(78.6) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2024) |
18.2 |
(15.7) |
Women (2023) |
84.6 |
(83.8) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
0.8 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
September 2025 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Value added shares (%, OECD: 2024) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
531.0 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
1.8 |
(2.5) |
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In current prices (billion NOK) |
5 511.3 |
Industry including construction |
37.8 |
(25.7) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
2.2 |
(3.0) |
Services |
60.4 |
(71.8) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP, 2024)1 |
105.7 |
(62.3) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT Per cent of GDP |
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Expenditure (OECD: 2024) |
49.6 |
(42.6) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2024) |
62.9 |
(109.5) |
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Revenue (OECD: 2024) |
60.0 |
(37.8) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2024) |
-427.9 |
(65.8) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (NOK per USD) |
10.38 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
9.02 |
Fuels |
62.3 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Animal products |
9.8 |
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Exports of goods and services |
45.6 |
(29.9) |
Machinery and electronics |
7.8 |
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Imports of goods and services |
33.8 |
(29.7) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
13.8 |
(-0.4) |
Machinery and electronics |
25.0 |
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Net international investment position (2020) |
297.1 |
Transportation |
13.6 |
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Miscellaneous |
11.3 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
62.6 |
(58.0) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
4.5 |
(4.9) |
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Men (OECD: 2024) |
66.0 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %, OECD: 2024) |
14.0 |
(11.1) |
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Women (OECD: 2024) |
59.2 |
(51.0) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %, 2024) |
0.6 |
(1.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
65.5 |
(61.0) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2024) |
50.4 |
(41.8) |
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Average hours worked per year (2024) |
1,407 |
(1 736) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2024) |
1.8 |
(2.7) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2024) |
4.8 |
(3.7) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2024) |
6.4 |
(7.5) |
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Renewables (%, 2024) |
57.3 |
(13.1) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2022) |
70.0 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM2.5, % of population, 2020) |
0.0 |
(56.5) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2024) |
0.7 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2022, OECD: latest available) |
0.262 |
(0.315) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2022) |
8.0 |
(11.5) |
Reading |
477 |
(476) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2022) |
49.2 |
(31.9) |
Mathematics |
468 |
(472) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
478 |
(485) |
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Health care (2024) |
9.7 |
(9.3) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
44.4 |
(33.3) |
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Pensions (2021) |
8.6 |
(9.9) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI) |
1.0 |
(0.4) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2021) |
6.7 |
(4.4) |
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Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries
1. OECD aggregate refers to weighted average.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.