Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Norway instead of Spain, you would:
Economy
make 75.7% more money
Spain has a GDP per capita of $36,200 as of 2020, while in Norway, the GDP per capita is $63,600 as of 2020.
be 73.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Spain, 14.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Norway, that number is 3.7% as of 2019.
be 38.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Spain, 20.7% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Norway, however, that number is 12.7% as of 2018.
pay a 14.4% lower top tax rate
Spain has a top tax rate of 45.0% as of 2016. In Norway, the top tax rate is 38.5% as of 2017.
Life
be 50.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Spain, approximately 4.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Norway, 2.0 women do as of 2017.
have 71.1% more children
In Spain, there are approximately 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Norway, there are 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 81.0% more on education
Spain spends 4.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Norway spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 15.4% more on healthcare
Spain spends 9.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Norway, that number is 10.5% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 5.1 times more coastline
Spain has a total of 4,964 km of coastline. In Norway, that number is 25,148 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Norwegian Tax Administration, Agencia Tributaria, Spain.
Norway: At a glance
How big is Norway compared to Spain? See an in-depth size comparison.