Gender in Norway 246 indicators covering gender for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 850.35 2030 down 8.2% 131st Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.9674 % change on previous year 2030 down 34.9% 118th Population 4,879 2030 up 9.6% 115th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 4,879 2030 up 9.6% 115th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.5298 % change on previous year 2030 down 38.8% 135th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 26,013 2025 down 9.8% 131st Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 27,570 2025 down 9.7% 129th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 26,104 2025 down 10.9% 129th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 27,639 2025 down 10.2% 129th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 26,158 2025 down 12.6% 130th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 27,600 2025 down 11.9% 130th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 27,579 2025 down 9.3% 129th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 28,930 2025 down 10.1% 129th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 28,238 2025 down 8.9% 129th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 29,474 2025 down 9.8% 129th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 27,865 2025 down 12.1% 132nd Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 29,194 2025 down 12.5% 131st Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 34.92 2027 up 1.7% 132nd Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.926 2025 down 2.5% 16th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.901 2025 down 6.4% 26th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.909 2025 up 0.6% 8th Women's Political Participation Index 1 2025 unchanged 1st Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.926 2025 down 2.5% 16th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.926 2025 down 2.5% 16th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -0.3229 % change on previous year 2025 down 406.5% 93rd Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.926 2025 down 2.5% 16th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 down 100.0% 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 19.2% 2024 up 19.0% 130th Prevalence of obesity, male 21.1% 2024 up 15.1% 85th Life expectancy at age 60, female 26.52 years 2024 up 2.3% 25th Life expectancy at age 60, male 24.45 years 2024 up 7.2% 7th Share of women who are obese 19.2% 2024 up 19.0% 133rd Share of women who are overweight or obese 50.4% 2024 up 8.0% 117th Share of overweight men vs. women 66.1% 2024 up 2.8% 52nd Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 93.9% 2024 up 1.1% 20th Share of women who are married or in a union 3.0% 2021 down 14.3% 154th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 down 0.0% 168th Population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 11.7% 182nd Population, annual growth rate 0.9544 % change on previous year 2024 down 15.8% 104th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 26.4% 134th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 275.68 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 0.2% 36th Women, Business and the Law Index 96.88 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 21st Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 94th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 11.3% 144th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 15.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% 171st Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 2.7% 33rd Labor force, female 1.46 million 2025 up 8.7% 101st Labor force, female, per capita 0.2598 units per person 2025 up 0.5% 19th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 0.9999 index 2025 up 0.0% 132nd Page 1 of 5 Next →