Norway
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 5.6M (2025). World rank 118 of 216; in Europe, 24 of 48. Area: 323,802 km². World rank 70 of 249; in Europe, 8 of 52. GDP per person: $94,594 (2025). World rank 10 of 210 (1 = best); in Europe, 7 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 5.2M → 5.6M, GDP $400.7B → $530.8B, and GDP per person $77,221 → $94,594. Better than all its neighbours (Finland, Sweden, and Russia): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Kingdom of Norway
- Local name
- Noreg
- Capital
- Oslo
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Haakon VIII
- Head of government
- Jonas Gahr Støre
- Women in parliament
- 40.2% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 5,610,870 2025
- Area
- 323,802 km²
- GDP
- $530.8B 2025
- GDP per person
- $94,594 2025
- Life expectancy
- 83.2 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål, Sami
- Currency
- Norwegian Krone (NOK)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +47
- Emergency numbers
- 110, 112, 113
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 25,148
- Neighbours
- Finland, Sweden, Russia
- Agricultural land
- 2.7% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Galdhøpiggen, 2,469 m
- Lowest point
- Norwegian Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 460
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 5
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 16°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -6°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,414 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 17.3 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 83.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +29.8K 2025
- Born in another country
- 18.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 15.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 65% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 19.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 84.8 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 81.6 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 9.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.9 2024
Society
- Religions
- other Christian 71.3%, Muslim 3.1%, Catholic 3.1%, and other 2.6% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 90.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 87 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 90 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 82.8 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 91.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $104,044 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.1% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $97,310 2025
- Inflation
- +3% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 91 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 34.5% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 55.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 13.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 62.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 45.4% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 33.7% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +14.1% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- -1.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 24.5% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 26.5 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.2% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 98.5% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 116% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 95.5% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.4% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $8,296 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 13.7% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 5 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 16.5 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3.3 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 96% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 2.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 1 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 4.8% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 57.5% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 12.9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 98% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.7 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 2.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 13.2 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 84.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes, landslides, and avalanches
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 5.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 7.2 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 9.7 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 33.3% 2024
- Protected areas
- 5.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 70,000 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 99% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 109 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 45.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .no
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 23,699 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 61.4% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 99.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 0.7% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 12,277,222 2004
- Airports
- 146 2025
- Railways, km
- 3,848 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.9% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 7,451 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 13,756 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 732 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 25.4% 2024