International Rankings of Norway 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Norway, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Norway, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	14	41.71	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	54	2.261 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	15	96.49 %	2018
Internet users - total	83	5.184 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	136	8.2	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	100	444600	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	112	106.57	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	117	5.776 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	24	199.500 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	21	217.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	8	4.4 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	3	81.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	7	82.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	17	94.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	7	97	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	32	405.695 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	94	35.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	32	24 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	163	44.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	56	33.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	54	24.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	19	4.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	128	2.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	44	33.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	78	64 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	103	21.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	14	3.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	72	1.5 %	2017
Labor force	111	2.699 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	130	2.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	72	19.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	23	78.6 %	2016
Population below poverty line	124	12.7	2018
Public debt	44	36.5 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	52	340.303 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	7	63633 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	9	54.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	66	39.800 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	11	1.383 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	58	36550	2017
Crude oil - production	16	1.517 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	21	6.376 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	30	122.200 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	13	15.530 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	78	3	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	6	93	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	37	4	2017
Electricity - imports	35	5.741 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	31	33.860 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	30	147.700 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	64	4.049 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	4	120.200 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	75	5.663 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	8	123.900 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	20	1.782 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	58	205300	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	21	432800 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	44	135300 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	39	371600 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	61	41.02 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	122	4.81 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	178	7.02 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	183	2.7	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	104	27.8	2018
Land use - other	22	69.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	155	0.5	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	90	0.05 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	28	393.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	94	844.900 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	49	1.071 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	59	775.300 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	96	1.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	36	83.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	71	2.187 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	51	572119 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	26	26.2 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	70	304282 sq km	0
Area - total	69	323802 sq km	0
Area - water	38	1.952 million sq km	0
Coastline	9	25148 km	8133
Elevation - highest point	77	2469 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	75	460 meters	0
Irrigated land	97	900 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	72	2566 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	183	2.7	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	104	27.8	2018
Land use - other	22	69.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	155	0.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	28	393.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	150	12.02 %	0720
Age structure - 25-54 years	94	40.75 %	7357
Age structure - 55-64 years	69	11.84 %	8398
Birth rate	146	12.09 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	15	10.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	75	8.01 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	26	26.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	109	3.7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	95	53.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	128	26.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	5	7.9 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.1	2018
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	87	5800	2018
Hospital bed density	33	3.6 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	203	1.98 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	206	2.68 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	205	2.34 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	22	84.6 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	16	80.21 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	20	82.35 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	113	2	2017
Median age - female	44	40.2 years	2020
Median age - male	35	38.8 years	0
Median age - total	39	39.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	11	29.7	2019
Net migration rate	27	3.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	55	23.1 %	2016
Physicians density	47	2.92 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	115	5.510 million	2021
Population growth rate	100	0.8 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	3	19 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	3	18 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	4	18 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	19	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	24	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	100	1.84 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	103	9.5	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	90	10.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	101	10	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	96	1.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	36	83.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	56	95	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	34	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	25	14	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	25	22	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	33	67	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	18	21	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	52	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	69	28	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	46	22	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	42	125	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	20	8	2020
Railways - total	44	4200 km	2019
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	47	1577 km	2010

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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