Denmark vs Norway: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions over time
- Denmark
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 1.08 trillion against 943.04 billion in Denmark, a difference of 136.78 billion.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 8th and Norway ranks 7th of 35 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 463.69 billion | 435.02 billion | 28.67 billion | Denmark |
| 2010s | 612.03 billion | 566.93 billion | 45.10 billion | Denmark |
| 2020s | 836.57 billion | 1.05 trillion | 210.68 billion | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions, Denmark or Norway?
- Norway, at 1.08 trillion against 943.04 billion in Denmark as of 2025.
- What is the difference in taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions between Denmark and Norway?
- 136.78 billion, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Norway?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Norway rank globally for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions?
- Denmark ranks 8th and Norway ranks 7th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, 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.