Liquid liabilities to GDP in Norway
Norway: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 68.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Norway, 1960–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, liquid liabilities to gdp in Norway stood at 68.3%.
The figure is down 9.1% on the previous year and up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Norway peaked at 75.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 47.6%, in 2001.
Norway ranks 88th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49.3% | 47.8% | 51.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 50.6% | 47.8% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.8% | 47.7% | 57.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.2% | 49.7% | 59.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.8% | 47.6% | 55.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.9% | 52.9% | 64.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.7% | 68.3% | 75.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 86 Micronesia (country) 69.9% compare
- 87 Tunisia 69.8% compare
- 89 Turkey 66.2% compare
- 90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 65.7% compare
- 91 Myanmar 64.9% compare
More financial sector data for Norway
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 105.9% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 4.37 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 6.02 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets -717.63 billion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 106.0% (2024)
- Broad money 59.3% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. -15.0% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 124.4% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 10.4 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 29,798 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Norway?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Norway was 68.3% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 75.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.6% in 2001.
- How does Norway rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Norway ranks 88th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.