NorwayEurope & Central Asia
Norway: 31st largest economy, 29th in military spending
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What Norway's officials said lately
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Jonas Gahr Støre · Prime Minister of Norway · 28 Oct“AI is already transforming lives and bringing opportunities. But there was strong agreement in the meeting that governments cannot look away from the warnings about potential risks that come from across the AI ecosystem,”
Jonas Gahr Støre · Prime Minister of Norway · 27 Oct“The war comes with enormous human and material costs. The suffering and destruction will impact generations. In the call we stressed the importance of de-escalation”
Jonas Gahr Store · Prime Minister, Norway · 27 Octparaphrase The leaders emphasized de-escalation in the call with Putin
Jonas Gahr Store · Prime Minister, Norway · 27 Oct“The war comes with enormous human and material costs. The suffering and destruction will impact generations,”
Jonas Gahr Støre · Prime Minister, Norway · 27 Oct“all our partners and allies were informed in advance”
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5.6M people, 84% in cities
- Population5.6M2025
- Population growth0.7%2025
- Urban population83.6%2025
- Land area364k km²2023
A $531B economy, $94.6k per person
- GDP$531B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$584B2025
- GDP per person$94.6k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$104k2025
- GDP growth1.1%2025
Fuels are 62% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP45.4%2025
- Imports, share of GDP33.7%2025
- Fuels, share of goods exports62.3%2025
- Exports of goods and services$241B2025
- Imports of goods and services$179B2025
Fossil fuel output of 2.1k TWh, more than it uses in oil and gas
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)2.1k TWh2024
- Primary energy consumption556 TWh2024
- Energy use per person99.6 MWh2024
- Electricity generation161 TWh2025
- Electricity from fossil fuels1.0%2025
Spends $10.4B on its military, 2.1% of GDP
- Military spending$10.4B2024
- Military spending, share of GDP2.1%2024
- Armed forces personnel25k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$349M2024
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$710M2024
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Where these numbers come from
- Bank for International Settlements, central bank policy rates ↗ · BIS statistics, free reuse with attribution · 2026
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 1994-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.
