Number of female directors in Norway
Norway: Number of female directors was 3,693 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female directors in Norway, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
In 2024, number of female directors in Norway stood at 3,693.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female directors in Norway peaked at 4,191 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,679, in 2014.
That places Norway 31st out of 71 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female directors in Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2,679 | — |
| 2015 | 2,974 | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 3,026 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 3,338 | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 3,521 | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 3,688 | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 4,021 | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 4,191 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 3,665 | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 3,849 | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 3,693 | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,204 | 2,679 | 3,688 | 6 |
| 2020s | 3,884 | 3,665 | 4,191 | 5 |
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 number of female directors in Norway?
- Number of female directors in Norway was 3,693 in 2024, according to World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
- What is the highest number of female directors recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 4,191 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female directors recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,679 in 2014.
- How does Norway rank for number of female directors?
- Norway ranks 31st out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female directors rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026, published as part of Number of female directors. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of female directors is the number of female individuals who conduct the affairs of newly registered limited liability companies in the calendar year.