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Kingdom of Norway
NOR NO kr Norwegian krone (NOK)
Every statistic we track for Norway — 132 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$115,548
81.4 yrs
7.24
0.85
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📈 Economy
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.5 | #164/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 40.1 | #63/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 5 | #118/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 5.7 | #113/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 18.6 | #207/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 20 | #174/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 83.3% | #47/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 100% | #84/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 99% | #7/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 111.7 | #107/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 19.5% | #121/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 7.5 | #72/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 0.2 | #196/199 | 2024 |
| Daily Cigarette Smokers | 10.2% | #28/31 | 2019 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 7.9% | #60/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 30.5% | #160/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 1.9 | #185/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 81.4 | #16/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 83.2 | #5/186 | 2020 |
| Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) | 13.8% | #27/30 | 2019 |
| Suicide Rate | 11.4 | #56/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 14.4% | #108/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 2.5% | #148/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 89 | #3/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 12.1 | #20/146 | 2020 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 468 | #32/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 477 | #24/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 478 | #32/79 | 2022 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 7.2 | #33/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 4,885 | #17/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 98.6% | #10/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #11/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 1 | #2/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | 2 | #7/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 81 | #6/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 81 | #6/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #2/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #2/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #2/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 1 | #164/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 98 | #4/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 1 | #8/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #17/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | 1.8 | #6/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 1 | #12/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #3/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 3.3% | #18/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #6/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0 | #177/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 91.9 | #1/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 1 | #7/179 | 2025 |
| Satisfaction with Democracy (ESS) | 6.9 | #3/38 | 2023 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | 1.9 | #1/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| News Avoidance (Digital News Report) | 39% | #30/48 | 2026 |
| Paying for Online News (Digital News Report) | 40% | #1/42 | 2026 |
| Press Freedom Index | 92.7 | #1/177 | 2026 |
| Social Media as News Source (Digital News Report) | 43% | #39/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in News (Digital News Report) | 53% | #5/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in the News Media (ISSP) | 55.3% | #4/28 | 2020 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 0.5 | #190/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 1.5 | #192/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 91.5% | #35/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 69.3% | #7/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 1.1 | #96/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 19.8% | #97/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 6.9% | #66/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 1.9 | #178/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 71.3 | #5/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 3 | #123/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 33.5% | #139/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 7.2 | #6/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness (EVS) | 94.4% | #2/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 1.1 | #10/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 2.1 | #4/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.2 | #20/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 1 | #11/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.4 | #7/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.6 | #5/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 1 | #3/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Acceptance of Homosexuality (EVS) | 80.6% | #5/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Attended a Demonstration | 14% | #49/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 93.2% | #14/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 83.2% | #54/143 | 2018 |
| Individualism | 69 | #14/65 | 2010 |
| Interpersonal Trust (EVS) | 72.8% | #2/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Interpersonal Trust (ISSP) | 70.3% | #1/27 | 2020 |
| Long-term Orientation | 20 | #23/26 | 2010 |
| Masculinity | 8 | #64/65 | 2010 |
| Power Distance | 31 | #59/65 | 2010 |
| Signed a Petition | 42% | #10/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 47.6% | #5/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 5.2 | #32/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 5.7 | #20/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in People (ESS) | 6.6 | #3/38 | 2023 |
| Trust in political parties | 4.7 | #16/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 95.8% | #3/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 88.9% | #12/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 6.4 | #15/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 50 | #48/65 | 2010 |
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