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Norway

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Oslo

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

83.2years

Ranks 19 of 217 in 2024

11% above world median · 4% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

2.5per 1,000 live births

Ranks 10 of 196 in 2024

83% below world median · 36% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

1per 100,000 live births

Ranks 1 of 194 in 2023

98% below world median · 83% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

9.43% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

49% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.45births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

23% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

98.5% gross

Ranks 74 of 134 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

5.43% of GDP

Ranks 33 of 164 in 2022

34% above world median · 21% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

94,594current US$

Ranks 6 of 186 in 2025

11.0× above world median · 2.4× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

104,044international $

Ranks 6 of 185 in 2025

4.1× above world median · 1.0× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.2% of population

Ranks 11 of 57 in 2023

78% below world median · 50% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

26.5index, 0–100

Ranks 5 of 57 in 2023

22% below world median · 15% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

4.6% of labour force

Ranks 79 of 182 in 2025

9% below world median · 17% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

3.1% per year

Not ranked — no better end

about the same world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.09% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

32% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

99.1% of population

Ranks 29 of 148 in 2024

23% above world median · 2% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

99.0% of population

Ranks 7 of 182 in 2024

21% above world median · 8% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

7.18t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

1.8× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

5.6mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

14% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Norway has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting, Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.