Norway, year by year

Every index this site holds for Norway, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.845 → 0.966 (+0.121)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth80 → 83.2 (+3.1)

Internet users83 → 99 (+16)

Urban population78 → 84 (+5)

Births per woman1.84 → 1.45 (-0.39)

Renewable share of energy57 → 61 (+5)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality3 → 2 (-1)

CO2 emissions per person9.4 → 7.2 (-2.2)

Forest area33 → 34 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.845	76.5	—	—	1.93	59	100	7	8.6	33.2	—	—
1991	0.853	77.0	1	72	1.92	61	100	6	7.9	33.2	—	—
1992	0.859	77.2	2	73	1.88	61	100	6	8.5	33.2	—	—
1993	0.867	77.2	3	73	1.86	61	100	5	8.9	33.2	—	—
1994	0.883	77.7	4	74	1.87	60	100	5	9.3	33.2	—	—
1995	0.880	77.7	6	74	1.87	60	100	5	9.3	33.2	—	—
1996	0.887	78.2	18	74	1.89	58	100	4	9.3	33.2	—	—
1997	0.893	78.1	20	75	1.86	59	100	4	9.8	33.2	—	—
1998	0.903	78.3	23	75	1.81	60	100	4	10.2	33.2	—	—
1999	0.907	78.3	40	76	1.85	59	100	4	10.5	33.2	—	—
2000	0.914	78.6	52	76	1.85	60	100	4	9.3	33.2	—	—
2001	0.913	78.8	64	76	1.78	60	100	4	9.4	33.2	—	—
2002	0.915	79.0	73	77	1.75	60	100	4	9.2	33.2	—	—
2003	0.923	79.4	78	77	1.80	56	100	4	9.7	33.2	—	—
2004	0.929	79.8	78	78	1.83	57	100	3	9.8	33.1	—	—
2005	0.930	80.0	82	78	1.84	59	100	3	9.4	33.1	—	—
2006	0.934	80.3	83	78	1.90	57	100	3	9.4	33.1	75048	54805
2007	0.936	80.4	87	78	1.90	57	100	3	9.5	33.1	86600	56901
2008	0.935	80.6	91	79	1.96	59	100	3	9.9	33.1	99002	63026
2009	0.935	80.8	92	79	1.98	57	100	3	9.3	33.1	81940	56750
2010	0.938	81.0	93	79	1.95	56	100	3	9.8	33.1	90020	59439
2011	0.940	81.3	93	79	1.88	56	100	3	9.5	33.2	103545	63894
2012	0.941	81.5	95	79	1.85	57	100	3	9.2	33.2	104628	67353
2013	0.945	81.8	95	80	1.78	57	100	2	9.2	33.2	106333	69186
2014	0.949	82.1	96	81	1.75	56	100	2	9.2	33.2	100410	68196
2015	0.952	82.3	97	81	1.72	57	100	2	9.2	33.3	77221	62695
2016	0.956	82.4	97	82	1.71	58	100	2	9.1	33.3	73222	61250
2017	0.959	82.6	96	82	1.62	59	100	2	9.0	33.3	78771	66829
2018	0.960	82.8	96	82	1.56	59	100	2	8.8	33.3	85579	72618
2019	0.961	83.0	98	82	1.53	60	100	2	8.5	33.3	79329	73630
2020	0.963	83.2	95	83	1.48	61	100	2	8.1	33.4	71058	69779
2021	0.964	83.2	99	83	1.55	61	100	2	8.2	33.5	96443	92206
2022	0.966	82.5	99	83	1.41	—	100	2	8.0	33.5	113122	129914
2023	—	83.0	99	83	1.40	—	100	2	7.5	33.5	90984	107768
2024	—	83.2	99	83	1.45	—	100	2	7.2	—	89889	105657
2025	—	—	—	84	—	—	—	—	—	—	94594	104044
Profile shows	0.966	83.2	99	84	1.45	61	—	—	7.2	33.5	94594	104044

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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