Expense in Norway
Norway: Expense was 34.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Expense in Norway, 1972–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Norway recorded 34.5% for expense in 2023.
That represents a change of up 22.0% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expense in Norway peaked at 43.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 2022.
Norway ranks 37th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.6% | 28.3% | 33.7% | 8 |
| 1980s | 33.8% | 31.6% | 36.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.6% | 34.7% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.6% | 30.2% | 37.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.4% | 32.9% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.4% | 28.3% | 43.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More economy & growth data for Norway
- DEC alternative conversion factor 10.4 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -56.92 billion current LCU (2022)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -5.92 billion current US$ (2022)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 488.47 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 46.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 167.61 billion current LCU (2022)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 17.43 billion current US$ (2022)
- GNI per capita 1.02 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 97,310 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 5.72 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expense in Norway?
- Expense in Norway was 34.5% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest expense recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 43.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest expense recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 2022.
- How does Norway rank for expense?
- Norway ranks 37th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is expense rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Expense (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.