Social Development in Norway 164 indicators covering social development for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 32 2025 up 540.0% 176th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 491.8% 187th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 383.1% 188th Political Rights Score 39 2025 down 2.5% 9th Freedom Score 99 2025 down 1.0% 2nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 6,280 2025 down 75.2% 65th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0011 units per person 2025 down 77.0% 44th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 81.2% 99th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -13.51 % change on previous year 2025 up 86.5% 65th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 6.21 % change on previous year 2025 down 97.6% 58th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.956 2025 down 2.6% 8th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.988 2025 unchanged 3rd Political Corruption Index 0.01 2025 up 66.7% 174th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.01 2025 up 66.7% 174th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.53 2024 down 2.4% 65th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0001 units per square kilometre 2023 up 280.9% 189th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0136 units per square kilometre 2023 down 21.1% 92nd LGBT+ Rights Index 10.88 2019 unchanged 6th Forcibly displaced people 130,286 2025 up 72.2% 73rd Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 up 100.0% 1st Age of electoral democracy 81 years 2025 up 14.1% 9th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 81 2024 down 5.8% 5th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.95 2024 down 0.3% 75th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.34 2024 up 4.8% 61st Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.7137 2024 down 30.8% 82nd Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.1035 2024 up 7.8% 158th Self-reported life satisfaction 7.24 2025 down 3.4% 6th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 7.24 2025 down 3.4% 6th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 41.2% 2024 down 4.6% 85th Homicide rate 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 20.0% 147th Homicides 40 homicides 2023 down 13.0% 120th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 20.0% 147th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 20.0% 146th Age of electoral democracy 80 years 2025 up 14.3% 12th States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 — 1st Citizen support for democracy 2.5 2020 up 8.8% 2nd Homicides 32 deaths 2016 down 28.9% 78th Child homicide rate 0.2378 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 down 58.9% 73rd Citizen satisfaction with democracy 1.97 2020 up 23.8% 5th Homicide rate 0.6111 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 down 36.7% 85th Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.6111 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 down 36.7% 85th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 — 1st Homicides 30.49 deaths 2021 down 74.0% 156th Homicide rate 0.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 76.4% 182nd Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.5643 2021 down 76.2% 175th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 449,000 2030 down 35.6% 113th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 6.92 2030 down 4.9% 70th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →