Indicators of economy in Norway
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2019 was at about 11.429 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Norway reached 75.420 US dollars per inhabitant, or 403.34 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Norway is therefore currently ranked 30 of the major economies. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Norway is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 9.Inflation in Norway was in 2019 at around 2.17%. For the the EU, the average of the same was year at 1.63%.
Compared to Germany, the prices of daily necessities are approximately 34.38% higher.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 84 and is compared to other countries good.
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Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2020
Economic performance 2019
Norway Total | Norway per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 403.34 bn USD | 75,419.63 USD | 15,626.45 tn USD | 30,381.17 USD |
Gross national product | 441.21 bn USD | 82,501.64 USD | 16,026.52 tn USD | 31,158.99 USD |
Norway ranked 15th in the Bloomberg Innovation Index in 2021. The index is calculated annually and most recently included 60 countries. The front-runner was South Korea. 8 of the 2000 largest listed companies in the world originate from Norway. This is determined annually in the "Forbes Global 2000" list. The 8 largest companies in the country were in 2020:
Rank 165: Equinor (Stavanger)
Rank 333: DNB (Oslo)
Rank 691: Telenor (Fornebu)
Rank 972: Yara International (Oslo)
Rank 1228: Storebrand (Lysaker)
Rank 1459: Norsk Hydro (Oslo)
Rank 1822: Mowi ASA (Bergen)
Rank 1965: Orkla (Oslo)
Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1979 - 2019
Household debt and deficits 2015
Norway Total | Norway per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Gross debt | 114.61 bn USD | 21,431.44 USD | 14,618.72 tn USD | 28,421.93 USD |
Budget deficit | -22.26 bn USD | -4,162.70 USD | 148.52 bn USD | 288.76 USD |
Please note: A negative budget deficit equivalents to a surplus |
Im- and Exports 2019
Norway Total | Norway per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 141.31 bn USD | 26,423.12 USD | 8,073.39 bn USD | 15,696.41 USD |
Exports | 148.44 bn USD | 27,756.52 USD | 8,622.21 bn USD | 16,763.44 USD |
Development of imports and exports in billion US dollars 1979 - 2019
Exports
Imports