Norway vs Sweden: Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC
Norway
1.0%
in 2025
Sweden
0.8%
in 2025
Norway rank
1st
Sweden rank
3rd
Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 1.0% against 0.8% in Sweden, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2018 it was Sweden ahead.
Norway ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 3rd of 49 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 1.0% against 0.8% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.2%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2025.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac?
- Norway ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 3rd of 49 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC donors' GNI on grant equivalent basis, by donor countries (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.