NORWAY

Capital Oslo
Area (km2) 323 759
Total population (thousands, 2021) 5 408
Population density (per km2) 17
National currency Norwegian krone (NOK)
National statistical office www.ssb.no
Statistics Norway
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2019 12%
   hourly wage, 2021 14%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 37%
Female tertiary students, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 58%
Female victims of homicide, 2001
   percentage of total for both sexes 53%
Women researchers, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 39%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 84.7
   males, years 81.7
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 21.8
   males, years 19.8
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.6
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 1.7
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 30.0
 
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.1
1.6
1.6
-1.6
1.3
3.9
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.4
4.0
3.9
4.7
4.4
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
10.4
9.7
10.0
11.3
12.6
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2021 435 103
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 80 455
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 41.7
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 28.8
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 49 501
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   NOK per USD, US=1, 2021 9.675
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, 2021 3 851
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2021 580
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 777
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 20
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2021 1 780
      million tonne-kilometres, 2021 4 305
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2014 68 786
      million tonne-kilometres, 2021 22 557