Norway: Remittances, percent of GDP

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 Norway

Remittances as percent of GDP

 Latest value 0.20
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1975 - 2024
 Average 0.15
 Min - Max 0.02 - 0.20
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 0.2 percent, unchanged from 0.2 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 4.65 percent, based on data from 150 countries. Historically, the average for Norway from 1975 to 2024 is 0.15 percent. The minimum value, 0.02 percent, was reached in 1975 while the maximum of 0.2 percent was recorded in 1981. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Norway: Remittances, percent of GDP
 2024 0.20
 2023 0.20
 2022 0.17
 2021 0.13
 2020 0.16
 2019 0.15
 2018 0.15
 2017 0.15




Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.

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