Tax revenue in Norway
Norway: Tax revenue was 24.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Norway, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Norway recorded 24.5% for tax revenue in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Norway peaked at 30.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20.4%, in 2020.
Norway ranks 15th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Norway, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 23.1% | — |
| 1973 | 20.8% | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 20.5% | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 20.5% | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 21.6% | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 22.2% | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 21.9% | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 22.3% | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 25.2% | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 26.3% | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 25.4% | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 24.6% | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 24.6% | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 25.7% | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 25.7% | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 23.7% | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 22.2% | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 20.6% | -7.6% |
| 1990 | 21.4% | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 21.7% | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 20.9% | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 20.9% | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 21.9% | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 23.1% | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 24.1% | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 24.1% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 24.2% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 24.4% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 26.8% | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 26.1% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 27.2% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 25.9% | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 27.3% | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 28.1% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 28.6% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 27.7% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 27.3% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 25.3% | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 26.2% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 26.9% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 26.2% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 24.4% | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 22.8% | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 21.4% | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 21.3% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 22.6% | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 22.4% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 20.4% | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 24.6% | +20.4% |
| 2022 | 30.3% | +23.1% |
| 2023 | 26.1% | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 24.5% | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.6% | 20.5% | 23.1% | 8 |
| 1980s | 24.4% | 20.6% | 26.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.7% | 20.9% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.0% | 25.3% | 28.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.6% | 21.3% | 26.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.2% | 20.4% | 30.3% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Norway
- Arms imports 349.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 62.63 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 74.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 349.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,873 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0208 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 18.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 10.44 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 549.04 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Norway?
- Tax revenue in Norway was 24.5% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 30.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.4% in 2020.
- How does Norway rank for tax revenue?
- Norway ranks 15th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.