Statistical information Norway 1992
Norway in the World
Norway - Introduction 1992
top of pageBackground: Norway gained its independence from Sweden in 1905. As a separate realm, Norway stayed free of World War I but suffered German occupation in World War II. Discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s gave a strong boost to Norway's economic fortunes. Norway is planning for the time when its oil and gas reserves are depleted and is focusing on containing spending on its extensive welfare system. It has decided at this time not to join the European Union and the new euro currency regime.
Norway - Geography 1992
top of pageLocation
Geographic coordinates
Map reference
Area
Total: 324,220 km²
Land: 307,860 km²
Comparative: slightly larger than New Mexico
Land boundaries: 2,515 km total; Finland 729 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 167 km
Coastline: 21,925 km; includes mainland 3,419 km, large islands 2,413 km, long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 16,093 km
Maritime claims
Contiguous zone: 10 nm
Continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 4 nm
Disputes: territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land); Denmark has challenged Norway's maritime claims between Greenland and Jan Mayen; maritime boundary dispute with Russia over portion of Barents Sea
Climate: temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior; rainy year-round on west coast
Terrain: glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north
Elevation
Natural resources: crude oil, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower
Land use
Land use:
arable land: 3%; permanent crops: 0%; meadows and pastures
NEGL%; forest and woodland 27%; other 70%; includes irrigated NEGL%
NEGL%; forest and woodland 27%; other 70%; includes irrigated NEGL%
Irrigated land
Major rivers
Major watersheds area km²
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources
Natural hazards
Geography
Norway - People 1992
top of pagePopulation: 4,294,876 (July 1992), growth rate 0.5% (1992)
Nationality: noun - Norwegian(s; adjective - Norwegian
Ethnic groups: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic) and racial-cultural minority of 20,000 Lapps
Languages: Norwegian (official; small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran (state church) 87.8%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980)
Demographic profile
Age structure
Age structure
Dependency ratios
Median age
Population growth rate
Birth rate: 14 births/1000 population (1992)
Death rate: 10 deaths/1000 population (1992)
Net migration rate: 2 migrants/1000 population (1992)
Population distribution
Urbanization
Major urban areas
Environment
Current issues: air and water pollution; acid rain; note - strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of most rugged and longest coastlines in world; Norway and Turkey only NATO members having a land boundary with Russia
Air pollutants
Sex ratio
Mothers mean age at first birth
Maternal mortality ratio
Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 81 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1992)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
Drinking water source
Current health expenditure
Physicians density
Hospital bed density
Sanitation facility access
Hiv/Aids
Major infectious diseases
Obesity adult prevalence rate
Alcohol consumption
Tobacco use
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
Education expenditures
Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Youth unemployment
Norway - Government 1992
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: Kingdom of Norway
Government type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Oslo
Administrative divisions:
19 provinces (fylker, singular - fylke);
Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud, Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, Mre og
Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trndelag, Oppland, Oslo, Cstfold, Rogaland, Sogn og
Fjordane, Sr-Trndelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud, Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, Mre og
Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trndelag, Oppland, Oslo, Cstfold, Rogaland, Sogn og
Fjordane, Sr-Trndelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
Dependent areas: (3) Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
Independence: 26 October 1905 (from Sweden)
National holiday: Constitution Day, 17 May (1814)
Constitution: 17 May 1814, modified in 1884
Legal system: mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common law traditions; Supreme Court renders advisory opinions to legislature when asked; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
International law organization participation
Citizenship
Suffrage: universal at age 18
Storting:
last held on 11 September 1989 (next to be held 6 September 1993); results - Labor 34.3%, Conservative 22.2%, Progress 13.0%, Socialist
Left 10.1%, Christian People's 8.5%, Center Party 6.6%, Finnmark List 0.3%, other 5%; seats - (165 total) Labor 63, Conservative 37, Progress 22,
Socialist Left 17, Christian People's 14, Center Party 11, Finnmark List 1
Left 10.1%, Christian People's 8.5%, Center Party 6.6%, Finnmark List 0.3%, other 5%; seats - (165 total) Labor 63, Conservative 37, Progress 22,
Socialist Left 17, Christian People's 14, Center Party 11, Finnmark List 1
Communists:
15,500 est.), 5,500 Norwegian Communist Party (NKP); 10,000
Workers Communist Party Marxist-Leninist (AKP-ML, pro-Chinese)
Workers Communist Party Marxist-Leninist (AKP-ML, pro-Chinese)
Executive branch: monarch, prime minister, State Council (cabinet)
Legislative branch:
unicameral Parliament (Storting) with an Upper
Chamber (Lagting) and a Lower Chamber (Odelsting)
Chamber (Lagting) and a Lower Chamber (Odelsting)
Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Hoiesterett)
Political parties and leaders
International organization participation:
AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, COCOM, CSCE,
EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA,
IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO,
ITU, LORCS, MTCR, NACC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OECD, PCA, UN, UNAVEM,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIIMOG, UNMOGIP, UNTSO, UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, ZC
EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA,
IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO,
ITU, LORCS, MTCR, NACC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OECD, PCA, UN, UNAVEM,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIIMOG, UNMOGIP, UNTSO, UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, ZC
Diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Kjeld VIBE; Chancery at 2,720 34th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20,008; telephone (202) 333-6,000; there are
Norwegian Consulates General in Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and San Francisco, and Consulates in Miami and New Orleans
Street NW, Washington, DC 20,008; telephone (202) 333-6,000; there are
Norwegian Consulates General in Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and San Francisco, and Consulates in Miami and New Orleans
US:
Ambassador Loret Miller RUPPE; Embassy at Drammensveien 18, 0244
Oslo 2 (mailing address is APO AE 9,707); telephone 47 (2) 44-85-50; FAX 47 (2) 43-07-77
Oslo 2 (mailing address is APO AE 9,707); telephone 47 (2) 44-85-50; FAX 47 (2) 43-07-77
Diplomatic representation
Flag description: red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the
National symbols
National anthem
National heritage
Norway - Economy 1992
top of pageEconomy overview:
Norway has a mixed economy involving a combination of free market activity and government intervention. The government controls key areas, such as the vital petroleum sector, through large-scale state enterprises and extensively subsidizes agricultural, fishing, and other sectors. Norway also maintains an extensive welfare system that helps propel public-sector expenditures to slightly more than 50% of the GDP and results in one of the highest average tax burdens in the world (54%). A small country with a high dependence on international trade, Norway is basically an exporter of raw materials and semiprocessed goods, with an abundance of small- and medium-sized firms, and is ranked among the major shipping nations. The country is richly endowed with natural resources - petroleum, hydropower, fish, forests, and minerals - and is highly dependent on its oil sector to keep its economy afloat. Although one of the government's main priorities is to reduce this dependency, this situation is not likely to improve for years to come. The government also hopes to reduce unemployment and strengthen and diversify the economy through tax reform and an expansionary 1992 budget. Forecasters predict that economic growth will rise slightly in 1992 because of public-sector expansion and moderate improvements in private investment and demand. Inflation will remain about 3%, while unemployment continues at record levels of over 5% because of the weakness of the economy outside the oil sector. Oslo, a member of the
European Free Trade Area, is continuing to deregulate and harmonize with EC regulations to prepare for the European Economic Area (EEA) - which creates a EC/EFTA market with free movement of capital, goods, services, and labor - which takes effect in 1993.
European Free Trade Area, is continuing to deregulate and harmonize with EC regulations to prepare for the European Economic Area (EEA) - which creates a EC/EFTA market with free movement of capital, goods, services, and labor - which takes effect in 1993.
GDP: purchasing power equivalent - $72.9 billion, per capita $17,100; real growth rate 4.1% (1991 est.)
Real gdp purchasing power parity
Real gdp growth rate
Real gdp per capita
Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Gdp composition by end use
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture products: accounts for 2.8% of GDP and 6.4% of labor force; among world's top 10 fishing nations; livestock output exceeds value of crops; over half of food needs imported; fish catch of 1.76 million metric tons in 1989
Industries: petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing
Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 4.7% (1991)
Labor force: 2,167,000 (September 1990); services 34.7%, commerce 18%, mining and manufacturing 16.6%, banking and financial services 7.5%, transportation and communications 7.2%, construction 7.2%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6.4% (1989)
Organized labor: 66% of labor force (1985)
Labor force
Unemployment rate: 5.4% (1991, excluding people in job-training programs)
Youth unemployment
Population below poverty line
Gini index
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Distribution of family income gini index
Budget: revenues $47.9 billion; expenditures $52.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1991)
Taxes and other revenues
Public debt
Revenue
Fiscal year: calendar year
Inflation rate consumer prices
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Stock of narrow money
Stock of broad money
Stock of domestic credit
Market value of publicly traded shares
Current account balance
Exports: $34.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991)
Commodoties: petroleum and petroleum products 36.5%, natural gas 7.5%, fish 7%, aluminum 6%, ships 6.2%, pulp and paper
Partners:
EC 66.5%, Nordic countries 19.5%, developing countries 7.8%,
US 4.6%, Japan 1.9% (1991)
US 4.6%, Japan 1.9% (1991)
Imports: $25.1 billion (c.i.f., 1991)
Commodoties: machinery, fuels and lubricants, transportation equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, clothing, ships
Partners:
EC 46.8%, Nordic countries 26.1%, developing countries 12.3%,
US 7.8%, Japan 4.7% (1991)
US 7.8%, Japan 4.7% (1991)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Debt external
Stock of direct foreign investment at home
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad
Exchange rates: Norwegian kroner (NKr) per US$1 - 6.1956 (January 1992), 6.4829 (1991), 6.2597 (1990), 6.9045 (1989), 6.5170 (1988), 6.7375 (1987)
Norway - Energy 1992
top of pageElectricity
Production: 26,735,000 kW capacity; 121,685 million kWh produced, 28,950 kWh per capita (1991)
Coal
Petroleum
Crude oil
Refined petroleum
Natural gas
Carbon dioxide emissions
Energy consumption per capita
Norway - Communication 1992
top of pageTelephones
Telephone system
Broadcast media
Internet
Broadband fixed subscriptions
Norway - Military 1992
top of pageMilitary expenditures
Percent of gdp:
exchange rate conversion - $3.8 billion, 3.8% of
GDP (1991)
GDP (1991)
Military and security forces
Military service age and obligation
Space program
Terrorist groups
Norway - Transportation 1992
top of pageNational air transport system
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
Airports:
103 total, 102 usable; 64 with permanent-surface runways; none
with runways over 3,659 m; 12
with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16
with runways 1,220-2,439 m
with runways over 3,659 m; 12
with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16
with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Heliports
Pipelines: refined products 53 km
Railways
Roadways
Waterways: 1,577 km along west coast; 2.4 m draft vessels maximum
Merchant marine:
864 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,978,202
GRT/40,128,177 DWT; includes 12 passenger, 20 short-sea passenger, 118 cargo, 2 passenger-cargo, 19 refrigerated cargo, 16 container, 49 roll-on/roll-off, 22 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 180 oil tanker, 93 chemical tanker, 83 liquefied gas, 28 combination ore/oil, 211 bulk, 10 combination bulk; note - the government has created a captive register, the
Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians; the majority of ships (777) under the Norwegian flag are now registered with the NIS
GRT/40,128,177 DWT; includes 12 passenger, 20 short-sea passenger, 118 cargo, 2 passenger-cargo, 19 refrigerated cargo, 16 container, 49 roll-on/roll-off, 22 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 180 oil tanker, 93 chemical tanker, 83 liquefied gas, 28 combination ore/oil, 211 bulk, 10 combination bulk; note - the government has created a captive register, the
Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians; the majority of ships (777) under the Norwegian flag are now registered with the NIS
Civil air: 76 major transport aircraft
Ports and terminals
Norway - Transnational issues 1992
top of pageDisputes international
Refugees and internally displaced persons
Illicit drugs
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