Tax revenue in Norway

Central government tax revenue in Norway was equal to 24.5% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Norway, 2024 24.5% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −1.6percentage points 2023: 26.1%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 21.9% Middle value of 35 countries

Tax revenue in Norway over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period NorwayWorld
2024 24.5% 13.9%
2023 26.1% 13.9%
2022 30.3% 14.5%
2021 24.6% 14.3%
2020 20.4% 13.7%
2019 22.4% 13.8%
2018 22.6% 13.9%
2017 21.5% 14.2%
2016 21.3% 13.9%
2015 21.4% 14.0%
2014 22.8% 14.0%
2013 24.4% 14.0%
2012 26.2% 13.8%
2011 26.9% 13.7%
2010 26.2% 13.3%
2009 25.3% 13.1%
2008 27.3% 14.3%
2007 27.7% 14.8%
2006 28.6% 14.5%
2005 28.1% 14.1%
2004 27.3% 14.5%
2003 25.9% 14.4%
2002 27.2% 14.6%
2001 26.1% –
2000 26.8% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 26.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.8%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1972 to 2024 for Norway
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics