At a glance
Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.
What changed in Norway
Statistically notable movements in the latest data.
- Record high2023MajorMedian age reached a record high of 39.5 years in 2023 (series since 1950).
- Sharp drop2025NotableWind electricity share fell 0.9 points to 8.4 % in 2025 (largest drop since 2023).
- Record high2024NotableRefugees hosted reached a record high of 123,981 people in 2024 (series since 1951).
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2025
Key facts
Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.
Life expectancy gained 4.5 years since 2000, from 78.6 years to 83.2 years in 2024.
With a median age of 39.5 years, Norway ranks 49th of 216 countries worldwide (2023).
Renewables' share of electricity generation rose from 95.8 % in 2010 to 99.0 % in 2025 (+3.2 points).
Norway's population grew 24.9 % between 2000 and 2025, from 4.5M people to 5.6M people.
Within Europe & Central Asia, Norway ranks 4th of 51 for GDP per capita (PPP) (intl $ 104,044, 2025).
83.6 % of the population lived in urban areas in 2025, compared with 76.1 % in 2000.
GDP per capita rose from US$ 37,992 in 2000 to US$ 94,594 in 2025 (+149.0 % in current US dollars).
Norway ranks 3rd of 38 OECD members for GDP per capita (PPP), at intl $ 104,044 in 2025.
CO₂ emissions of 6.67 t per person are 2.2× the world median of 2.99 t (2024).
Unemployment of 4.6 % in 2025 is below the Europe & Central Asia median of 5.5 %.
The fertility rate fell from 1.85 births/woman in 2000 to 1.45 births/woman in 2024.
Trade is worth 79.1 % of GDP (2025), in line with the world median of 79.8 %.
GDP grew 1.7 % a year on average over 2014–2025.
Life expectancy of 83.2 years ranks 11th of 58 in Europe & Central Asia (2024).
99.0 % of people used the internet in 2024, up from 93.4 % in 2010.
Borders: Finland, Sweden, Russia
Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Sami
Timeline
Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.
- 2025
- Sharp riseNominal house price index rose 18.7 to 161.7 in 2025.
- Sharp dropWomen in parliament fell 4.1 points to 40.2 % in 2025.
- Sharp riseHydropower electricity share rose 1.2 points to 90.0 % in 2025.
- Sharp dropWind electricity share fell 0.9 points to 8.4 % in 2025.
- Sharp dropNet migration fell 14,558 people to 29,798 people in 2025.
- Sharp dropFDI inflows fell 3.9 points to -1.5 % in 2025.
- Record lowNet electricity imports (% of demand) fell to a new low of -16.8 % in 2025, the first since 2000.
- 2024
- Sharp riseRefugee population by country of origin rose 29.4 % to 22 people in 2024.
- Sharp dropWomen in parliament fell 1.8 points to 44.4 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseNominal house price index rose 16.5 to 152.9 in 2024.
- Sharp riseMedian equivalised net household income rose PPS 3,041 to PPS 32,338 in 2024.
- Sharp riseInflation, GDP deflator rose 11.0 points to 0.0 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseCereal yield rose 52.4 % to 4,220 kg/ha in 2024.
- Sharp riseRefugees hosted rose 19.7 % to 123,981 people in 2024.
- Sharp dropTrade balance fell US$ 11.4B to US$ 66.0B in 2024.
- Sharp dropCO₂ emissions from gas fell 12.0 % to 10.0 Mt in 2024.
- Sharp dropNet migration fell 9,450 people to 44,356 people in 2024.
- ReversalGDP per capita growth turned positive in 2024 (0.5 %).
- ReversalReal house price growth (year on year) turned positive in 2024 (2.3 %).
- 2023
- Sharp dropGDP per capita (PPP) fell 17.0 % to intl $ 107,768 in 2023.
- Sharp dropGDP per capita fell 19.6 % to US$ 90,984 in 2023.
- Sharp dropGDP fell 18.6 % to US$ 502.2B in 2023.
- Sharp dropExports fell 29.5 % to US$ 233.0B in 2023.
- Sharp riseGov. expenditure rose 8.0 points to 44.2 % in 2023.
- Sharp dropInflation, GDP deflator fell 38.2 points to -10.9 % in 2023.
- Sharp riseRefugees hosted rose 37.6 % to 103,606 people in 2023.
- Sharp dropIndustry share fell 10.0 points to 37.9 % in 2023.
- Sharp dropMaternal mortality ratio fell 66.7 % to 1.0 per 100,000 in 2023.
- Sharp dropCurrent account balance (US$) fell US$ 85.8B to US$ 86.2B in 2023.
- Sharp dropTerrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) fell 12.8 points to 17.7 % in 2023.
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