Japan vs Norway: Reserve assets (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per capita
Japan
11,081 US dollar per person
in 2025
Norway
15,245 US dollar per person
in 2025
Japan rank
11th
Norway rank
8th
Reserve assets (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per capita over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 15,245 US dollar per person against 11,081 US dollar per person in Japan, a difference of 4,164 US dollar per person.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.
Across all 28 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 11th and Norway ranks 8th of 169 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,987 US dollar per person | 4,510 US dollar per person | 2,524 US dollar per person | Norway |
| 2000s | 5,889 US dollar per person | 9,435 US dollar per person | 3,546 US dollar per person | Norway |
| 2010s | 9,805 US dollar per person | 11,606 US dollar per person | 1,800 US dollar per person | Norway |
| 2020s | 10,585 US dollar per person | 14,542 US dollar per person | 3,956 US dollar per person | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserve assets (assets, positions, us dollar), per capita, Japan or Norway?
- Norway, at 15,245 US dollar per person against 11,081 US dollar per person in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserve assets (assets, positions, us dollar), per capita between Japan and Norway?
- 4,164 US dollar per person, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for reserve assets (assets, positions, us dollar), per capita?
- Japan ranks 11th and Norway ranks 8th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Reserve assets (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserve assets (Assets, Positions, US dollar) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.