NORWAY

Capital Oslo
Area (km2) 323 759
Total population (thousands, 2023) 5 520
Population density (per km2) 17
National currency Norwegian krone (NOK)
National statistical office www.ssb.no
Statistics Norway
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 12%
   hourly wage, 2023 13%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 35%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 59%
Female victims of homicide, 2001
   percentage of total for both sexes 53%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 39%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 84.6
   males, years 81.5
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 21.9
   males, years 19.8
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.4
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 1.4
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 30.1
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.6
-1.6
1.1
3.7
1.3
0.5
Unemployment rate
 (%)
3.9
4.7
4.4
3.2
3.6
4.0
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
10.0
11.3
12.6
10.0
11.0
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 573 531
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 103 901
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 47.5
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 33.9
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 62 637
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   NOK per USD, US=1, 2023 8.895
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 40
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 223

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 3 903
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 637
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 824
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 15
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 3 513
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 3 928
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2014 68 786
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 24 429