International tourism, expenditures in Norway
Norway: International tourism, expenditures was 3.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Norway, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Norway recorded 3.5% for international tourism, expenditures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 72.4% on the previous year and down 71.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Norway peaked at 13.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2020.
Norway ranks 96th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Norway, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 9.6% | — |
| 1996 | 9.4% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 9.2% | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 9.4% | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 10.2% | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 9.9% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 9.7% | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 10.5% | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 11.6% | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 12.1% | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 12.4% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 11.8% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 11.1% | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 12.2% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 12.9% | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 13.6% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 13.3% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 13.4% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 12.6% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 3.5% | -72.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.6% | 9.2% | 10.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 11.3% | 9.7% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.0% | 12.2% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More private sector data for Norway
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 11.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 73.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 107.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 17.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 170.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 30,399 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3214 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Norway?
- International tourism, expenditures in Norway was 3.5% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 13.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2020.
- How does Norway rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Norway ranks 96th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.