Norway vs United States: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions over time
- Norway
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 3.91 trillion against 1.08 trillion in Norway, a difference of 2.83 trillion.
That makes United States's figure about 3.6 times Norway's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Norway ranks 7th and United States ranks 4th of 35 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 435.02 billion | 1.50 trillion | 1.06 trillion | United States |
| 2010s | 566.93 billion | 2.10 trillion | 1.53 trillion | United States |
| 2020s | 1.05 trillion | 3.41 trillion | 2.36 trillion | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions, Norway or United States?
- United States, at 3.91 trillion against 1.08 trillion in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions between Norway and United States?
- 2.83 trillion, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and United States?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Norway and United States rank globally for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions?
- Norway ranks 7th and United States ranks 4th 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.