Science & Technology in Norway 121 indicators covering science & technology for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Composition of General Services Support Estimate — Agricultural 61.96 Percentage of general services support estimate 2024 up 9.5% 3rd Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 7,451 2023 up 32.9% 7th Research & development spending as a share of GDP 1.9% 2023 up 12.7% 19th Medical technology availability 28.24 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2025 up 82.5% 15th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 64.05 Number 2012 down 24.9% 15th Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 93.3% 2019 up 23.7% 2nd R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 32,119 Persons 2023 up 70.3% 17th Number of R&D researchers per million people 7,451 per million people 2023 up 32.9% 6th Researchers (HC) - % Female 39.1% 2023 up 5.7% 58th GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 8,044 Million euro 2024 up 24.8% 25th GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 8,044 Million euro 2024 up 24.8% 25th Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 54 Megawatt 2024 down 26.0% 42nd R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 52,434 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 30.1% 27th R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 52,434 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 30.1% 27th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 52.7% 2023 up 13.2% 21st Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 50.8% 2023 up 12.0% 36th Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 2,046 Thousand persons 2025 up 20.1% 22nd Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 23.5% 2023 up 3.5% 63rd Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 488.97 Number 2014 up 23.0% 27th Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 69,866 Head count 2023 up 46.2% 25th Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 69,866 Head count 2023 up 46.2% 25th Individuals - internet use 98.8% 2025 up 2.1% 8th Individuals - frequency of internet use 98.2% 2025 up 2.8% 7th Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 726 Number 2025 up 42.4% 14th Share of female researchers by sector of performance 39.0% 2023 up 5.7% 24th Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies 8 patents 2024 down 27.3% 7th Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies 3 patents 2022 up 200.0% 18th Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 8,061 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 64.3% 10th National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 109.04 Million euro 2025 up 10.4% 13th Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 350.37 Number 2013 up 10.2% 25th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 54.35 Number 2013 down 26.7% 29th Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 99.0% 2025 down 0.2% 24th Proportion of population covered by at least a 5G mobile network 99.7% 2024 — 6th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 60.8 Number 2013 down 18.3% 31st Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 90.4% 2025 up 2.3% 29th Mobile broadband internet traffic 0.728 Exabyte 2022 up 3,540.0% 35th Broadband internet coverage by technology 91.6% 2024 up 1.3% 13th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 89.87 Number 2012 down 73.8% 27th Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 14.86 Number 2012 down 82.5% 30th Medical technology - historical data 162 Number 2021 up 100.0% 20th Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.3% 2025 down 50.0% 38th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 1.5% 2025 down 77.9% 39th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 1.5% 2025 down 77.9% 39th Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 49.02 Number 2013 down 22.3% 28th High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 0.9% 2022 down 55.7% 38th R&D personnel in ICT sector as % of total R&D personnel by NACE Rev. 1.3% 2021 up 25.2% 7th Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications 56.0% 2023 down 13.8% 4th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 1.17 Number 2013 down 87.2% 41st Internet purchases by individuals 80.4% 2025 up 14.8% 5th Financial activities over the internet 31.5% 2025 up 90.6% 6th Internet purchases by individuals 67.1% 2019 up 24.0% 8th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 146.4 Number 2012 down 8.9% 18th Internet purchases - goods or services 55.0% 2024 — 5th Patent applications to the EPO with foreign co-inventors, by priority 68 Number 2013 up 47.8% 10th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year, international patent 36.04 Number 2012 down 5.9% 16th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other 32.71 Number 2012 down 33.8% 15th Going Digital Toolkit - Data for the breakdown visualisations - part 2.25 Annual real value added growth 2017 down 10.4% 10th Individuals - mobile internet access 57.8% 2019 up 156.6% 1st Broadband internet coverage by speed 97.8% 2020 up 1.0% 20th Individuals - internet activities 47.3% 2015 up 54.5% 6th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →