ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Norway

Europe & Central Asia. High income. Capital: Oslo. Population 5,610,870 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
66,617 80,604 94,590 1995 2025 95,173
GDP growth (%)
−1.5 1.7 5.0 1995 2025 1.1
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
0.6 3.2 5.7 1995 2025 3.0
Life expectancy at birth (years)
77.8 80.5 83.1 1995 2024 83.2

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 95,173 2025 +6,161 +7,485 7 of 199
GDP growth% 1.1% 2025 +2.4 pp −1.0 pp 169 of 209
GDP per person growth% 0.4% 2025 +2.3 pp −0.6 pp 167 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 97,310 2025 +18,850 +4,020 3 of 201
Trade% of GDP 79.1% 2025 +15.7 pp +10.2 pp 99 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP −1.3% 2025 −0.5 pp −3.1 pp 185 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 3.0% 2025 +1.7 pp +0.9 pp 93 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 4.6% 2025 +0.2 pp +0.3 pp 108 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 5,610,870 2025 +231,395 +422,263 118 of 217
Population growth% annual 0.7% 2025 +0.1 pp −0.3 pp 122 of 217
Urban population% of total 83.6% 2025 +0.9 pp +2.3 pp 49 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 83.2 2024 +0.2 +1.1 19 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 2.0 2024 0.0 −0.3 187 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 9.4% 2023 −0.5 pp +0.6 pp 36 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Government spending on education% of GDP 5.4% 2022 −2.4 pp −1.9 pp 36 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 99.0% 2024 +1.0 pp +2.7 pp 8 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 100.0% 2024 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 68 of 215

Inequality and poverty

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Gini index (inequality)index, 0 to 100 26.5 2023 −1.1 +0.1 79 of 85
Poverty headcount ratio% of population, at the World Bank international poverty line 0.2% 2023 −0.1 pp 0.0 pp 69 of 85

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 61.4% 2021 +3.7 pp +5.4 pp 36 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 91,173 +1.4 49,305 42,577 2,793 +0.8% 193% 196%
GDP growth 1.7% −0.4 2.2% 2.1% 1.7 – – –
GDP per person growth 0.9% −0.3 1.7% 1.9% 1.7 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 87,634 +1.0 37,020 26,410 9,492 +0.4% 270% 342%
Trade 71.0% +1.4 100.6% 100.8% 5.8 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 1.1% −0.9 2.1% 1.9% 2.7 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 3.2% −0.1 2.3% 3.7% 1.5 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 4.0% +1.4 5.1% 5.6% 0.4 – – –
Population 5,369,671 +2.0 2,930,494 5,827,802 123,027 +0.8% 192% 197%
Population growth 0.8% −0.6 0.4% 0.3% 0.2 – – –
Urban population 82.5% +1.7 81.3% 69.3% 0.7 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 82.7 +1.2 81.3 79.9 0.4 – – –
Infant mortality 2.1 −0.5 3.6 3.4 0.1 – – –
Health spending 9.9% −0.4 8.0% 7.9% 1.0 – – –
Government spending on education 7.7% −5.7 4.5% 4.6% 0.4 – – –
Internet users 97.3% +1.2 93.5% 91.9% 1.5 – – –
Access to electricity 100.0% – 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 – – –
Gini index (inequality) 27.6 −1.3 31.8 31.8 0.9 – – –
Poverty headcount ratio 0.2% −0.6 0.4% 0.4% 0.1 – – –
Renewable energy 57.8% +2.1 11.4% 19.3% 1.7 – – –

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