Public Sector in Norway 234 indicators covering public sector for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions 1.08 trillion 2025 up 114.0% 7th Subnational government expenditure 47.76 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 6.9% 10th Subnational government revenue 60.5 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 14.2% 1st Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level of government's 0.7633 2020 down 7.5% 58th Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of 0.5916 2020 down 20.5% 67th Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.5629 2020 up 27.9% 43rd Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.4811 2020 down 29.4% 77th Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.4963 2020 up 3.5% 48th Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension 11.27 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 13.3% 16th Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's 0.4138 2020 down 1.0% 57th Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of 10.12 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 10.8% 15th Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue 0.9893 2020 down 0.2% 11th Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.9962 2020 up 0.1% 21st Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.9266 2020 up 0.3% 13th Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from 0.1054 2020 down 67.5% 30th Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure 0.8709 2020 up 2.8% 33rd Excises, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item 1 2020 unchanged 1st Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue 1 2020 unchanged 3rd Other taxes, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 1 2020 unchanged 2nd Size of public procurement - government at a glance indicators, 2025 14.93 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 12.6% 13th Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 0.741 2020 up 0.3% 22nd Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this 0.3321 2020 up 13.6% 46th General public services, Ratio of this level of government's 2.01 2020 up 36.5% 13th Economic affairs, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.7671 2020 up 8.1% 37th Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.7999 2020 down 6.7% 15th Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's 0.5336 2020 up 11.6% 30th Public order and safety, Ratio of this level of government's 0.8484 2020 up 1.0% 44th Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's 0.0214 2020 down 34.4% 51st Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 1 2020 unchanged 11th Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's 0.263 2020 down 21.4% 40th Deficit, Percent of own spending -0.0564 2020 down 113.6% 10th Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 878.2 Scientific publications 2024 up 48.3% 30th Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general) 0.6567 2020 up 3.3% 25th Consumption of fixed capital (CFC), Ratio of this level of 0.5938 2020 up 2.3% 21st NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Intermediate consumption by 7.2 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 5.2% 9th NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Other expenditure by general 7.4 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 41.8% 18th Countries with national statistical plans with funding from Government 1 2025 unchanged 1st Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.8077 2020 up 19.2% 32nd Annual government deficit/surplus, revenue, expenditure and main 941,745 Domestic currency (incl. conversion to current currency made using a fixed parit 2025 up 68.7% 12th Size of public procurement - Government at a glance indicators, 2023 12.01 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 0.2% 20th Net official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries, by 4,794 2025 up 2.9% 14th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 43.55 2024 down 63.4% 22nd Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 627.39 2024 down 11.2% 15th Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs from OECD-DAC 1,068 2024 down 8.6% 15th Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's 1 2020 unchanged 2nd Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs as a percentage of 0.2% 2024 down 24.0% 4th Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 0.1% 2024 down 26.3% 4th Number of local governments 402 2019 up 13.9% 16th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 0.0% 2024 down 69.5% 12th Number of local governments that adopt and implement local DRR 394 2019 up 39.7% 10th Official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries on 5,268 2025 up 23.1% 14th Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 1.0% 2025 up 9.6% 1st Proportion of Seats Held By Women in Local Government 40.96 2023 up 7.2% 4th Net official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 1.0% 2017 up 4.3% 4th ← Previous Page 4 of 4