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Norway
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Norway · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
5,610,870
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 5610870 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$530.76 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 530755719438.879 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$94,594
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 94594.1929573987 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Norway at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 5,509,733 (2024 est.) male: 2,780,972 female: 2,728,761
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$507.68 billion (2024 est.) $497.236 billion (2023 est.) $496.877 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$483.727 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
2.1% (2024 est.) 0.1% (2023 est.) 3.2% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$91,100 (2024 est.) $90,100 (2023 est.) $91,100 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
3.1% (2024 est.) 5.5% (2023 est.) 5.8% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
4% (2024 est.) 3.6% (2023 est.) 3.3% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
3.042 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Public debt
36.5% of GDP (2017 est.) note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data exclude treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions
Budget
revenues: $261.945 billion (2023 est.) expenditures: $178.156 billion (2023 est.) note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
$82.511 billion (2024 est.) $84.104 billion (2023 est.) $170.714 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$229.205 billion (2024 est.) $230.882 billion (2023 est.) $323.875 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$162.467 billion (2024 est.) $156.11 billion (2023 est.) $160.649 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$81.242 billion (2024 est.) $80.459 billion (2023 est.) $72.077 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 99% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Explore the country in detail
Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
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Location
Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Oslo geographic coordinates: 59 55 N, 10 45 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October etymology: the name may derive from the Old Norwegian word os , meaning "estuary" and referring to the city's location on a fjord; alternatively, the name may come from As, a Scandinavian god, and Lo, a nearby river
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
high-income, non-EU economy with trade links via European Economic Area (EEA); key role in European energy security as leader in oil, gas, and electricity exports; major fishing, forestry, and oil(?) extraction industries; oil sovereign fund supports generous welfare system; low unemployment; inflation moderating but remains above target level
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
milk, barley, potatoes, oats, wheat, pork, chicken, beef, eggs, carrots/turnips (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
petroleum and gas, shipping, fishing, aquaculture, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Germany 18%, UK 17%, Sweden 9%, Denmark 7%, Netherlands 6% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
natural gas, crude petroleum, fish, refined petroleum, aluminum (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
Sweden 11%, Germany 11%, China 11%, USA 7%, Netherlands 5% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
cars, refined petroleum, ships, nickel, garments (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 2.7% (2023 est.) arable land: 2.2% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 0.5% (2023 est.) forest: 33.3% (2023 est.) other: 64% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
rockslides, avalanches volcanism: Beerenberg (2,227 m) on Jan Mayen Island in the Norwegian Sea is the country's only active volcano
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities major-language sample(s): Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. note: Sami has three dialects (Lule, North Sami, and South Sami) and is an official language in nine municipalities in the northernmost counties of Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 67.5%, Muslim 3.1%, Roman Catholic 3.1%, other Christian 3.8%, other 2.6%, unspecified 19.9% (2021 est.)
2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 16.3% (male 461,979/female 438,243) 15-64 years: 64.5% (male 1,820,692/female 1,734,818) 65 years and over: 19.1% (2024 est.) (male 498,301/female 555,700)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 84% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.9 years (2024 est.) male: 81.3 years female: 84.6 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 41.1 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 127.335 billion kWh (2023 est.) exports: 30.978 billion kWh (2023 est.) imports: 13.232 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 7.025 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 1.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 0.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 9.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 89.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 0.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 2.02 million bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 229,000 bbl/day (2024 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 8.122 billion barrels (2021 est.)
2023, 2024, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
production: 121.637 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) consumption: 5.082 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) exports: 117.597 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) imports: 104.744 million cubic meters (2023 est.) proven reserves: 1.544 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
38.535 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 2.929 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 25.576 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 10.029 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 6.09 million (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 111 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 2.49 million (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 46 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
146 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Railways
total: 3,848 km (2020) 2,482 km electrified
2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 141 (2024) large: 1 medium: 10 small: 34 very small: 90 size unknown: 6 ports with oil terminals: 54 key ports: Bergen, Drammen, Hammerfest, Harstad, Horten, Karsto, Mongstad, Oslo, Stavanger, Tromso, Trondheim
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 2% (2024 est.) industry: 37% (2024 est.) services: 51.8% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
0.1% of GDP (2024 est.) 0.1% of GDP (2023 est.) 0.1% of GDP (2022 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2024, 2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Norwegian Krone
NOK per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 NOK = US$0.1042036
9.2172–9.6356 NOK per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | NOK per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 9.5966 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 9.6216 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 9.635 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 9.6356 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 9.6324 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.6179 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.5929 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 9.5554 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 9.5071 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 9.5031 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 9.5015 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 9.4989 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 9.4818 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 9.4576 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 9.4297 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 9.4212 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 9.4245 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 9.4246 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 9.4228 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 9.4012 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 9.3476 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 9.3366 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 9.3101 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 9.2822 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 9.2765 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 9.2703 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 9.2318 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 9.2172 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 9.2616 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 9.2895 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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