In 2021, Norway registered its biggest trade surplus of all time
Norway exported a record high of NOK 1,377.8 billion in 2021, which contributed to the current trade surplus of NOK 531 billion. According to Statistics…
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Statistics Norway: Construction costs for homes rose by 13.2% in the last year
Construction costs for homes increased by 13.2% from December 2020 to December 2021. Material costs increased by 26.3% in the same period. The costs for…
SSB: Sporty Christmas gifts are popular among Norwegian shoppers this year
Imports of goods in the months before Christmas usually provide insight into popular Christmas presents for the year. According to Statistics Norway (SSB), skiing and…
SSB: Young workers in Norway have been hit the hardest by infection control measures
The infection control measures, which were introduced in March, particularly affected industries with many young workers, according to a new Statistics Norway (SSB) report. The…
Statistics Norway: There is a large difference in education levels between immigrants and other Norwegians
The younger immigrants when they arrive in Norway, the better they do in the educational process. However, the difference in education levels is still large…
SSB: Norwegians’ attitudes towards immigration are becoming increasingly positive
Norwegians’ attitudes towards immigration are becoming increasingly positive. According to Statistics Norway (SSB), the proportion of Norwegians who believe it should be easier to stay…
Statistics Norway: Adults in low-income families with children in Norway rarely have a job
Adults in low-income families with children in Norway rarely have jobs, and when they do, they are often short-term jobs with low wages and short…
Norway’s population is increasing, SSB reports
The number of deaths increased in the third quarter of this year – but not as much as the number of births. The Norwegian population…
SSB: Prices in Norway continue to increase
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.5% from October last year to October this year. The most important reason for the increase is the spike…
Norwegians have become less satisfied with life during the pandemic, SSB survey shows
One year after the pandemic broke out in Norway, almost one in three respondents in a Statistics Norway survey answered that they were unhappy with…
Statistics Norway: Unemployment continues to fall
There were 115,000 unemployed people in Norway in August, figures from Statistics Norway (SSB) show. That is 29,000 fewer than in May. Unemployment is now…
Statistics Norway: More than half of financial social assistance is going to people with an immigrant background
Just over half of the financial social assistance in Norway is going to people with an immigrant background, according to figures from Statistics Norway (SSB)….
SSB: The Norwegian economy is improving, but the crisis is not over
The reopening of society is well underway, and the upswing in the Norwegian economy continues. The COVID-19 pandemic will nevertheless continue to impact the economy…
The birth rate in Norway increased by more than 4% in the second quarter of this year
A total of 14,578 children were born between April and June this year. That is 575 more than at the same time last year, new…
SSB: Norway’s population is increasing – but not in the big cities
People are moving out of the cities, new statistics from Statistics Norway (SSB) show. Oslo has the largest population decline. Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, and…
SSB: 937 Norwegian companies entered bankruptcy proceedings in Q2 of 2021
A total of 937 bankruptcies were initiated during the second quarter of the year, compared with 839 in the first quarter, according to Statistics Norway…
SSB: The number of IT employees in Norway increased by 21.1% from 2015 to 2020
While the total number of employees increased by 4% from 2015 to 2020, the increase in IT occupations was as much as 21.1%, according to…
SSB: Non-Western immigrants in Norway felt strong concern when the pandemic began
Almost one in three non-Western immigrants felt strong concern in the period after Norway closed down in 2020. Others were considerably calmer, according to the…
More than 1 million Norwegians live alone
Currently, 1,005,600 people live alone in Norway. That corresponds to 18.8% of the population. The share increased by 0.5% from last year, according to Statistics…
Number of train trips in Norway almost halved in 2020
A total of 43 million passengers traveled by train in Norway in 2020, a decline of almost half compared to the year before. The decline…
