Italy vs Norway: Social benefits, Transactions
Social benefits, Transactions over time
- Italy
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 895.45 billion against 512.18 billion in Italy, a difference of 383.27 billion.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.7 times Italy's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 12th and Norway ranks 9th of 35 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 290.32 billion | 313.55 billion | 23.23 billion | Norway |
| 2010s | 372.99 billion | 511.94 billion | 138.95 billion | Norway |
| 2020s | 472.67 billion | 765.04 billion | 292.37 billion | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social benefits, transactions, Italy or Norway?
- Norway, at 895.45 billion against 512.18 billion in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in social benefits, transactions between Italy and Norway?
- 383.27 billion, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Norway?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Norway rank globally for social benefits, transactions?
- Italy ranks 12th and Norway ranks 9th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Social benefits, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.