Norway’s coastline is 10 times as long as South Korea’s

Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Norway’s highest peak towers 519 m above South Korea’s

Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 16% of South Korea, versus 2.7% of Norway

Norway: 2.7% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 9.2 times as many people as Norway

Norway: 5.61 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 34 times as densely populated as Norway

Norway: 15 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 4.9 years older than in Norway

Norway: 39.5 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Norway have 0.7 more children on average than in South Korea

Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 19% in Norway

Norway: 19.1% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Norway hosts 259 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Norway: 23.2 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Norway has 3 official languages, South Korea 1

Norway: 3 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Norway’s

Norway: $531 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

Norway produces 65% more per person than South Korea

Norway: Int$104,044 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Korea than in Norway (Gini 6.4 points higher)

Norway: 26.5 (2023) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Norway and South Korea are practically level

Norway: 0.2% (2023) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Norway, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Norway: 4.6% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

Norway spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, South Korea 2.6%

Norway: 3.3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Norway: 24.5% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× South Korea’s

Norway: 91% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

Norway spends 2.6 times as much on health per person as South Korea

Norway: $8,296 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in South Korea is 15% more likely to die before turning one than in Norway

Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Norway has 91% more doctors per person than South Korea

Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 3.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Norway

Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2 times that in Norway

Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Norway are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Norway: 20.7% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 13% in Norway

Norway: 12.9% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Norway rate their lives 1.20 points higher than in South Korea

Norway: 7.24 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 19% more alcohol than in Norway

Norway: 7 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 19% more meat per person than Norway

Norway: 70.4 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Norway has 45 kcal more food per person per day than South Korea

Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 498 more hours a year than in Norway

Norway: 1,412 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in Norway went to school 0.4 years longer than in South Korea

Norway: 13.1 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Norway welcomed 2.9 times as many tourists per resident as South Korea (2019)

Norway: 0.91 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

South Korea has 9 more World Heritage sites than Norway (17 against 8)

Norway: 8 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, South Korea 409

Norway: 616 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 98% in South Korea

Norway: 99% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 30% faster than in Norway

Norway: 228 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Norway and South Korea are practically level

Norway: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Norway: 84% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Norway: 109 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 11% longer than Norway’s

Norway: 3,885 km (2021) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Norway: no data · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 33% of Norway

Norway: 33.2% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 69% more CO₂ than someone in Norway

Norway: 6.7 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Norway: 99% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 3.1 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 52% more likely to be murdered in Norway than in South Korea

Norway: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in South Korea are 3 times as deadly as in Norway

Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

South Korea is on average 11.5 °C warmer than Norway

Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea and Norway are nearly identical here

Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)