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General Information

Region		Northern Europe
Population (000, 2024)		5 577^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		18.3^a,b
Capital city		Oslo
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		1 026.8^d
UN membership date		27 November 1945
Surface area (km2)		323 772^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.6^a,b
National currency		Norwegian Krone (NOK)
Exchange rate (per US$)		10.2^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	388 160	367 633	579 422^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.9	-1.3	3.3^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	74 784.8	68 335.4	106 622.8^c
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	1.7	2.1	1.7^c
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	35.5	30.4	52.7^c
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	62.9	67.5	45.6^c
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	2	2.1	2.2^c
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	20.1	19.5	19.3^c
Employment in services^j (% employed)	77.9	78.4	78.5^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4.3	4.4	3.4^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	61.4 / 68.4	60.2 / 66.9	61.9 / 68.0^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	109	122	141^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	101	103^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	103 785	82 749	176 897^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	76 399	81 624	96 667^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	27 386	1 125	80 229^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	31 106	4 212	86 368^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^a (average annual %)	0.9	0.4	1^b
Urban population^a (% of total population)	81.1	82.6^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7^a,k	...	...
Fertility rate, total^a (live births per woman)	1.7	1.5	1.4^b
Life expectancy at birth^a (females/males, years)	84.1 / 80.4	84.9 / 81.5	85.0 / 81.9^b
Population age distribution^a,l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.0 / 21.8	17.2 / 23.5	16.2 / 24.6^b
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	746.4 / 14.4^a	852.2 / 15.7^a	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	54.9	55	93.4^e
Under five mortality rate^a (per 1000 live births)	2.9	2.1	2.1^b
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.1	11.4	8.1^c
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	4.5	5.1	5.2^m
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	7.6	7.9^d	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.3 / 99.4	98.9 / 98.8	99.0 / 98.9^m
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.7 / 102.4	106.1 / 103.9	106.2 / 102.8^m
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	123.0 / 130.7	128.6 / 141.3	129.6 / 140.9^m
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.5	0.6	0.6^c
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	39.6	41.4ⁿ	44.4ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	96.8^o	94.6^p	99^p,c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.9	2.2	1.9^m
Threatened species (number)	44	115	89^e
Forested area (% of land area)	33.2	33.4	33.5^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	29.3 / 5.6	33.5 / 6.2	34.3 / 6.4^m
Energy production, primary^a (Petajoules)	8 814	8 733	8 954^m
Energy supply per capita^a (Gigajoules)	205	213	220^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	5 361	1 397	4 979^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	54.5	56.8	56.8^e
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^r (% of GNI)	1.12	1.11	1.58^c

Footnotes

a		Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
b		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
c		2022
d		2019
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		2021
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Users in the last 3 months.
p		Population aged 16 to 79 years.
q		Non-resident tourists staying in all types of accommodation establishments.
r		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).