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Kingdom of Norway
NOR NO kr Norwegian krone (NOK)
Every statistic we track for Norway — 162 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$115,548
83.2 yrs
7.24
0.85
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All indicators
📈 Economy
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.5 | #164/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0 | #171/172 | 2023 |
| 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% | #77/214 | 2024 |
| Internet Users | 99% | #7/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 111.7 | #107/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| ICCS Civic Knowledge, Grade 8 | 529.1 | #6/20 | 2022 |
| ICILS Computational Thinking, Grade 8 | 484.7 | #10/21 | 2023 |
| ICILS Computer and Information Literacy, Grade 8 | 502.1 | #11/32 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 12.1 | #20/146 | 2020 |
| PIRLS Reading, Grade 4 | 538.8 | #17/53 | 2021 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 468 | #32/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 477 | #24/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 478 | #32/79 | 2022 |
| TIMSS Mathematics, Grade 4 | 530.6 | #14/55 | 2023 |
| TIMSS Mathematics, Grade 8 | 500.6 | #16/41 | 2023 |
| TIMSS Science, Grade 4 | 530.4 | #15/55 | 2023 |
| TIMSS Science, Grade 8 | 488.4 | #19/41 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 7.2 | #33/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 4,885 | #17/149 | 2023 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 69.9 | #7/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 98.6% | #10/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 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
| Global Peace Index | 1.6 | #129/160 | 2025 |
| 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 | 2026 |
| 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 | 2.7 | #140/193 | 2026 |
| 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 |
| Left–Right Self-placement | 5.5 | #22/53 | 2011–2024 |
| 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 |
| Voting Makes a Difference | 67.2% | #32/54 | 2011–2024 |
| Who Is in Power Makes a Difference | 71% | #21/51 | 2011–2021 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.