2nd highest nobel laureates per 10 million people23.2 · #2 of 160 · 2025
3rd lowest road deaths1.5 per 100k · #3 of 193 · 2021
4th highest health spending per person$8,296 · #4 of 193 · 2023
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COUNTRYDUEL EUROPE
Surprising facts about Norway
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Norway’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Norway among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Norway sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Norway across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Norway
vs Finland 
vs Sweden 
vs Russia