Malta vs Norway: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports)
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) over time
- Malta
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 7.5% against 6.7% in Malta, a difference of 0.8%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 52nd and Norway ranks 49th of 190 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 4 and Norway in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.5% | 0.4% | 4.1% | Malta |
| 1980s | 4.1% | 0.4% | 3.6% | Malta |
| 1990s | 2.7% | 3.3% | 0.6% | Norway |
| 2000s | 24.8% | 4.3% | 20.5% | Malta |
| 2010s | 17.7% | 7.6% | 10.1% | Malta |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 8.8% | 3.7% | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher insurance and financial services, Malta or Norway?
- Norway, at 7.5% against 6.7% in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in insurance and financial services between Malta and Norway?
- 0.8%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Norway?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Norway rank globally for insurance and financial services?
- Malta ranks 52nd and Norway ranks 49th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.