| Country | Norway |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2020 |
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| Population | Evolution of the population | Total population | | 4 514 | 4 538 | 4 564 | 4 591.91 | 4 623.291 | .. |
| Population growth rates | | 0.5121 | 0.5317 | 0.5729 | 0.6115 | 0.6834 | .. |
| Total fertility rates | | 1.78 | 1.7534 | 1.7975 | 1.8277 | .. | .. |
| Ageing societies | Ratio of population aged 65 and over to the total population | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14.7102 | 18.0033 |
| Ratio of inactive population aged 65 and over to the total labour force | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26.408 | 32.6292 |
| Macroeconomic trends | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | 167.7429 | 166.1662 | 174.6227 | 192.2729 | 218.1899 | .. |
| GDP per capita | | 37 168.8218 | 36 608.5434 | 38 252.5131 | 41 880.4063 | 47 206.815 | .. |
| Volume index of GDP per capita | | 149.0855 | 149.8714 | 150.6992 | 154.4582 | 156.8874 | .. |
| National income per capita | Gross national income per capita | | 36 906.5124 | 36 708.1659 | 38 582.2609 | 42 062.4724 | 47 467.1933 | .. |
| Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 2.7264 | 1.1063 | 1.1283 | 3.0781 | 2.2586 | .. |
| Household saving | Household net saving rates | | 4.1924 | 9.0185 | 10.1143 | .. | .. | .. |
| Investment rates | Gross fixed capital formation | | 18.2762 | 18.0813 | 17.543 | 18.0462 | 18.7165 | .. |
| Gross fixed capital formation: machinery and equipment | | 5.909 | 5.7716 | 5.2835 | 5.3777 | 5.2745 | .. |
| Gross fixed capital formation: housing | | 11.9544 | 12.0489 | 12.0188 | 12.4459 | 13.059 | .. |
| Inflation | GDP deflator | | 1.1335 | -1.5544 | 2.6345 | 5.6393 | 8.437 | .. |
| Labour productivity | GDP per hour worked | | 3.7966 | 2.1872 | 2.7749 | 1.1219 | 1.467 | .. |
| Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 1.8103 | 1.741 | 1.5438 | 1.5491 | 1.5556 | .. |
| Value added in industry, including energy | | 35.6264 | 32.7611 | 33.0151 | 34.8313 | 37.8863 | .. |
| Value added in construction | | 4.1171 | 4.465 | 4.3742 | 4.3997 | 4.3867 | .. |
| Value added in in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 19.4477 | 19.747 | 19.0185 | 18.3364 | 17.1875 | .. |
| Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 18.0733 | 18.9961 | 19.4347 | 18.9684 | 18.3239 | .. |
| Value added in government, health, education and other personal services | | 20.9251 | 22.2898 | 22.6136 | 21.9151 | 20.6601 | .. |
| Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | -3.692 | 7.8773 | 0.717 | 2.4373 | 1.1972 | .. |
| Real value added in industry | | 1.0007 | 0.0547 | -0.0575 | 2.182 | 0.4803 | .. |
| Real value added in services | | 4.1436 | 0.8327 | 1.6013 | 3.3551 | 3.4912 | .. |
| Small and medium-sized enterprises | Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with less than 20 employees | | .. | 16.0781 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 20 or more employees | | .. | 83.9219 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with less than 10 employees | | .. | 8.3966 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 10-19 employees | | .. | 7.6816 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 20-49 employees | | .. | 13.9887 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 50-249 employees | | .. | 28.4181 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 250 or more employees | | .. | 41.5151 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 20 employees | | .. | 78.0626 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20 or more employees | | .. | 21.9374 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 10 employees | | .. | 62.7144 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 10-19 employees | | .. | 15.3481 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20-49 employees | | .. | 12.553 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 50-249 employees | | .. | 7.7598 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 250 or more employees | | .. | 1.6246 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Economic globalisation | Share of trade in GDP | Trade in goods and services | | 37.1539 | 34.2708 | 33.7128 | 35.5883 | 36.6745 | .. |
| Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | 26.016 | 24.6838 | 29.0468 | 33.7545 | 48.271 | .. |
| Imports of goods | | 32.9542 | 34.8897 | 41.21 | 48.4952 | 55.4882 | .. |
| Exports of goods | | 58.9702 | 59.5735 | 70.2568 | 82.2497 | 103.7592 | .. |
| Trade in services | Services trade balance: exports of services minus imports of services | | 2.4968 | 1.8263 | 1.7806 | 2.4952 | -0.251 | .. |
| Imports of services | | 15.1049 | 16.7456 | 19.2023 | 23.0235 | 29.5742 | .. |
| Exports of services | | 17.6017 | 18.5719 | 20.9829 | 25.5187 | 29.3232 | .. |
| Balance of payments | Current account balance of payments | | 15.4058 | 12.7605 | 12.9595 | 13.5743 | 16.6304 | .. |
| FDI flows and stocks | Outward FDI stocks | | 55 403.208 | 72 487.2696 | 82 787.6928 | .. | .. | .. |
| Inward FDI stocks | | 32 589.6 | 42 649.2 | 48 966.87 | .. | .. | .. |
| Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 2 009.3406 | 678.9721 | 3 802.7552 | 2 546.6253 | 14 463.6259 | .. |
| Outflows of foreign direct investment | | -1 322.6954 | 4 200.6862 | 2 139.8799 | 3 526.0167 | 3 413.5436 | .. |
| Activities of multinationals | Employment in affiliates under foreign control, share of employment in manufacturing | | 23.1333 | 22.2478 | 22.3045 | .. | .. | .. |
| Prices | Consumer Price Indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 103.0174 | 104.3444 | 106.9273 | 107.425 | 109.06 | .. |
| CPI: food | | 98.1077 | 96.422 | 99.666 | 101.4789 | 103.085 | .. |
| CPI: energy | | 108.4098 | 105.8595 | 126.7883 | 123.4387 | 126.3404 | .. |
| Producer Price Indices (PPI) | PPI: manufacturing | | 100.5918 | 97.4912 | 99.2165 | 105.4592 | 112.4771 | .. |
| Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 6.2367 | 6.3842 | 5.045 | 4.3683 | 3.7458 | .. |
| Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities | | 9.0986 | 9.1422 | 9.0294 | 8.9297 | 8.7256 | .. |
| Exchange rates | | 8.993 | 7.9856 | 7.0775 | 6.7393 | 6.4414 | .. |
| Indices of price levels | | 112.5906 | 126.6013 | 130.8013 | 129.6365 | 132.9133 | .. |
| Effective exchange rates | Nominal effective exchange rates | | 103.2863 | 112.1031 | 109.6558 | 105.9572 | 110.3358 | .. |
| Relative consumer price indices | | 103.79 | 111.85 | 109.93 | 104.82 | 109.01 | .. |
| Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing | | 102.5756 | 116.5324 | 116.8057 | 114.5328 | 117.8538 | .. |
| Energy | Energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 26.45 | 25.08 | 27.15 | 27.66 | 29.97 | .. |
| Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.158 | 0.148 | 0.159 | 0.157 | 0.166 | .. |
| Energy supply per capita | Total primary energy supply per capita | | 5.861 | 5.525 | 5.947 | 6.025 | 6.502 | .. |
| Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 119.16 | 130.28 | 106.8 | 110.08 | 137.3 | .. |
| Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to energy supply | | 44.1966 | 50.1196 | 38.4899 | 38.7563 | 43.5435 | .. |
| Energy production | Total production of energy | | 226.43 | 235.19 | 235.63 | 238.63 | 233.31 | .. |
| Oil production | Production of crude oil | | 162.54 | 157.7 | 153.62 | 151.78 | 138.77 | .. |
| Oil prices | Crude oil import prices | | 23.43 | 24.46 | 30.41 | 39.2 | 53.08 | .. |
| Labour market | Employment rates by gender | Employment rates: total | | 77.4584 | 77.1055 | 75.7586 | 75.5842 | 75.194 | .. |
| Employment rates: men | | 81.0498 | 80.2302 | 78.6962 | 78.3856 | 78.2711 | .. |
| Employment rates: women | | 73.7509 | 73.8827 | 72.7336 | 72.696 | 72.0275 | .. |
| Employment rates by age group | Employment rates for age group 15-24 | | 56.4948 | 56.8507 | 55.2846 | 54.4 | 52.9384 | .. |
| Employment rates for age group 25-54 | | 85.1316 | 84.4203 | 82.8675 | 83.1432 | 83.1667 | .. |
| Employment rates for age group 55-64 | | 67.382 | 68.4426 | 68.5658 | 68 | 67.6486 | .. |
| Part-time employment | Incidence of part-time employment | | 20.1149 | 20.5649 | 20.9871 | 21.0736 | 20.7592 | .. |
| Self-employment | Self-employment rates: total | | 7.1968 | 7.1176 | 7.3497 | 7.4468 | 7.4597 | .. |
| Self-employment rates: men | | 9.396 | 9.7479 | 10.1019 | 10.3128 | 10.1644 | .. |
| Self-employment rates: women | | 4.7214 | 4.1978 | 4.3112 | 4.291 | 4.4523 | .. |
| Hours worked | Average hours actually worked | | 1 362 | 1 345 | 1 338 | 1 363 | 1 360 | .. |
| Unemployment rates | Unemployment rates: total | | 3.5696 | 3.8605 | 4.4998 | 4.432 | 4.6324 | .. |
| Unemployment rates: men | | 3.6769 | 4.0575 | 4.9252 | 4.8386 | 4.8238 | .. |
| Unemployment rates: women | | 3.4469 | 3.6379 | 4.0197 | 3.9736 | 4.4165 | .. |
| Long-term unemployment | Long-term unemployment | | 5.4584 | 6.3818 | 6.4046 | 9.1563 | 9.5372 | .. |
| Science and technology | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | | 1.6 | 1.67 | 1.73 | 1.61 | .. | .. |
| Researchers | Researchers | | 8.68 | .. | 9.17 | .. | .. | .. |
| Patents | Number of triadic patent families | | 103.7236 | 108.4005 | 112.8151 | .. | .. | .. |
| Size of the ICT sector | Share of ICT manufacturing in total manufacturing value added | | .. | .. | 3.3921 | .. | .. | .. |
| Percentage point change in the share of ICT manufacturing in total manufacturing value added between 1995 and 2003 | | .. | .. | 6.234 | .. | .. | .. |
| Share of telecommunication services in total business services value added | | .. | .. | 1.7237 | .. | .. | .. |
| Share of other ICT services in total business services value added | | .. | .. | 4.5791 | .. | .. | .. |
| Percentage point change in the share of ICT services in total business services value added between 1995 and 2003 | | .. | .. | 0.3303 | .. | .. | .. |
| Investment in ICT | Shares of ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation | | 12.4917 | 12.5881 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Computer and internet access by households | Percnetage of households with access to home computers | | .. | .. | 71.1998 | 71.5426 | 74.2002 | .. |
| Percnetage of households with access to the internet | | .. | .. | 60.4915 | 60.0888 | 64.0064 | .. |
| Exports of information and communications equipment | Exports of ICT equipment | | 1 525.6321 | 1 302.4671 | 1 486.5078 | 1 650.0955 | 1 858.4859 | .. |
| Telephone access | Telephone access | | 153.0527 | 157.4495 | 160.0289 | 168.2135 | .. | .. |
| Environment | Water consumption | Total gross water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 3 391.46 | .. | .. |
| Per capita water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 750 | .. | .. |
| Fisheries | Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | | 2 861.705 | 2 923 | 2 701 | 2 670 | .. | .. |
| Aquaculture | | 510.747 | 553.9327 | 582 | 636 | .. | .. |
| Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from energy use | | 33.79 | 33.09 | 35.74 | 36.31 | .. | .. |
| Municipal waste | Total amount generated of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 3 170 | .. | .. | .. |
| Generation intensities of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 700 | .. | .. | .. |
| Education | International student assessment | Mean scores on the reading scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 499.7402 | .. | .. | .. |
| Standard errors on the reading scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 2.7759 | .. | .. | .. |
| Mean scores on the science scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 484.1812 | .. | .. | .. |
| Standard errors on the science scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 2.8732 | .. | .. | .. |
| Tertiary attainment | Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64 | | 30.1946 | 30.975 | 31.0126 | 31.8333 | .. | .. |
| Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34 | | 37.9347 | 39.7179 | 39.7943 | 39.2267 | .. | .. |
| Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 | | 21.5182 | 21.6629 | 21.7063 | 23.2389 | .. | .. |
| Expenditure on tertiary education | Expenditure in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 111.756 | .. | .. | .. |
| Number of students in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 111.2578 | .. | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 100.4478 | .. | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student in tertiary education: 2003 constant prices | | .. | .. | 13 772.3752 | .. | .. | .. |
| Public and private education expenditure | Public expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 6.4529 | .. | .. | .. |
| Private expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 0.1037 | .. | .. | .. |
| Total expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 6.5565 | .. | .. | .. |
| Public finance | Government deficits | Government net borrowing/net lending | | 13.5505 | 9.2743 | 7.5313 | 11.3905 | 16.1572 | .. |
| Government debt | General government gross financial liabilities | | 33.1717 | 40.5133 | 49.8763 | 53.5799 | 50.644 | .. |
| Social expenditure | Public social expenditure | | 23.1768 | 24.5871 | 25.0738 | .. | .. | .. |
| Law, order and defence expenditure | Law, order and defence expenditure | | 3.227 | 3.554 | 3.4444 | 3.2273 | .. | .. |
| Agricultural support estimates | Producer support estimate by country | | 66.6894 | 74.401 | 71.4669 | 66.6292 | 64.3036 | .. |
| Government support for fishing | Government financial transfers for fishing | | 99 465 | 156 340 | 139 200 | 142 315 | .. | .. |
| Official development assistance | Net official development assistance | | 0.7974 | 0.8884 | 0.9187 | 0.8741 | 0.9379 | .. |
| Total tax revenue | Total tax revenue | | 43.2403 | 43.571 | 42.8821 | 44.0213 | 45.0185 | .. |
| Taxes on income and profits | | 19.3448 | 18.9037 | 18.6357 | 20.3276 | 22.1747 | .. |
| Taxes on goods and services | | 13.6141 | 13.7105 | 13.3429 | 13.0642 | 12.6873 | .. |
| Taxes on the average worker | Taxes on the average worker | | 39.2233 | 38.6451 | 38.088 | 38.1484 | 37.2673 | .. |
| Quality of life | Life expectancy | Life expectancy at birth: total | | 78.9 | 79 | 79.6 | 79.9 | .. | .. |
| Life expectancy at birth: men | | 76.2 | 76.4 | 77.1 | 77.5 | .. | .. |
| Life expectancy at birth: women | | 81.5 | 81.5 | 82 | 82.3 | .. | .. |
| Infant mortality | Infant mortality | | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | .. | .. |
| Obesity | Overweight population aged 15 or more: females | | .. | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Obese population aged 15 or more: females | | .. | 8.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: females | | .. | 35.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Overweight population aged 15 or more: males | | .. | 41.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Obese population aged 15 or more: males | | .. | 8.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: males | | .. | 50.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Overweight population aged 15 or more | | .. | 34.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Obese population aged 15 or more | | .. | 8.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more | | .. | 42.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Public and private health expenditure | Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 3 311 | .. | .. |
| Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 3 966 | .. | .. |
| Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 180 | .. | .. |
| Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 155 | .. | .. |
| Tourism: hotel nights | Arrivals of non-resident tourists in hotels and similar establishments and at borders | | 2 685.519 | 2 560.627 | 2 438.667 | 2 556.431 | 2 655.577 | .. |
| Recreation and culture | Household expenditure on recreation and culture | | 5.3327 | 5.5823 | 5.7035 | .. | .. | .. |
| Government expenditure on recreation and culture | | 1.0684 | 1.1756 | 1.2004 | 1.1663 | .. | .. |
| Household and government expenditure on recreation and culture | | 6.4011 | 6.7579 | 6.9039 | .. | .. | .. |
| Youth inactivity | Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: males | | 3.3396 | 3.6734 | 3.1033 | 4.1522 | .. | .. |
| Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: females | | 2.7351 | 2.7572 | 2.2255 | 2.7985 | .. | .. |
| Prison population | Prison population rate | | 59 | .. | .. | 65 | .. | .. |
| Road network | Length of the motorway network | | 636 | 629 | 664 | 664 | 664 | .. |
| Road motor vehicles and road fatalities | Road motor vehicles | | 516.2431 | 521.2789 | 527.193 | 538.4112 | 545.4211 | .. |
| Road fatalities | | 60.7735 | 68.3572 | 61.4035 | 56.089 | 48.5011 | .. |
| Road fatalities | | 117.7226 | 131.9797 | 117.3045 | 106.9052 | 88.9242 | .. |
| MIGRATION | Trends in inflows of foreign nationals | Inflows of foreign nationals in OECD countries | | 91.4594 | 110.808 | 96.4081 | 100.2843 | .. | .. |
| Inflows of foreign nationals in OECD countries, standardised data | | .. | .. | .. | 25 400 | .. | .. |
| Imimigration by category of entry | Immigration by category of entry: work | | .. | .. | .. | 26.2713 | .. | .. |
| Immigration by category of entry: family reunification or formation | | .. | .. | .. | 45.7125 | .. | .. |
| Immigration by category of entry: humanitarian and accompanying family | | .. | .. | .. | 28.0162 | .. | .. |
| Immigration by category of entry | | .. | .. | .. | 25 400 | .. | .. |
| Inflows of asylum seekers | Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | 136.3402 | 161.2249 | 147.1961 | 73.2798 | 49.8063 | .. |
| Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 400 | .. |
| Trends in migration | Net migration rate | | 1.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | .. |
| Immigrant population | Foreign-born population | | .. | .. | .. | 7.8 | .. | .. |
| Foreign population | | .. | .. | .. | 4.6 | .. | .. |
| Educational outcomes for children of immigrants | PISA results for children of immigrants: second generation | | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| PISA results for children of immigrants: immigrant students | | .. | .. | 3.3594 | .. | .. | .. |
| PISA results for children of immigrants: Mathematics, unadjusted, immigrant students | | .. | .. | 61.038 | .. | .. | .. |
| PISA results for children of immigrants: Mathematics, adjusted, immigrant students | | .. | .. | 39.88 | .. | .. | .. |
| PISA results for children of immigrants: Reading, unadjusted, immigrant students | | .. | .. | 68.39 | .. | .. | .. |
| PISA results for children of immigrants: Reading, adjusted, immigrant students | | .. | .. | 46.02 | .. | .. | .. |
| Employment rates of the foreign- and the native-born | Employment rate of native-born men | | .. | .. | 78.9968 | 78.6007 | .. | .. |
| Employment rate of the foreign-born men | | .. | .. | 73.1 | 70.5899 | .. | .. |
| Employment rate of the native-born women | | .. | .. | 73.3643 | 73.3673 | .. | .. |
| Employment rate of the foreign-born women | | .. | .. | 61.8384 | 62.2328 | .. | .. |
| Unemployment rates of the foreign- and the native-born | Unemployment rate of native-born men | | .. | .. | 4 | 4.2781 | .. | .. |
| Unemployment rate of the foreign-born men | | .. | .. | 11.1 | 8.9107 | .. | .. |
| Unemployment rate of the native-born women | | .. | .. | 3.8 | 3.7254 | .. | .. |
| Unemployment rate of the foreign-born women | | .. | .. | .. | 7.2618 | .. | .. |