Norway vs Upper middle income: Manufactures imports
Manufactures imports over time
- Norway
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Norway currently reports 73.4% against 59.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 13.9%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Norway ranks 27th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 196 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 77.0% | 61.8% | 15.2% | Norway |
| 1990s | 80.9% | 77.5% | 3.4% | Norway |
| 2000s | 78.8% | 71.8% | 7.1% | Norway |
| 2010s | 76.6% | 64.8% | 11.9% | Norway |
| 2020s | 73.4% | 61.6% | 11.8% | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures imports, Norway or Upper middle income?
- Norway, at 73.4% against 59.5% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures imports between Norway and Upper middle income?
- 13.9%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
- How do Norway and Upper middle income rank globally for manufactures imports?
- Norway ranks 27th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.