Share of female directors in Norway
Norway: Share of female directors was 20.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share 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. Measured in % of total directors.
Analysis
Norway recorded 20.6% for share of female directors in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female directors in Norway peaked at 20.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.8%, in 2016.
Norway ranks 47th of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female directors in Norway, year by year
| Year | % of total directors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 18.1% | — |
| 2015 | 18.1% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 17.8% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 17.9% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 18.4% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 18.8% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 19.3% | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 19.3% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 20.1% | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 20.6% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.1% | 17.8% | 18.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 19.6% | 18.8% | 20.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 44 Guatemala 21.7% compare
- 45 Togo 21.5% compare
- 46 Burkina Faso 20.8% compare
- 48 Netherlands 20.6% compare
- 49 Albania 20.1% compare
- 50 Uzbekistan 19.2% compare
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 share of female directors in Norway?
- Share of female directors in Norway was 20.6% 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 share of female directors recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 20.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of female directors recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.8% in 2016.
- How does Norway rank for share of female directors?
- Norway ranks 47th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female directors rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. 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 Share of female directors (% of total directors). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of female directors is the proportion of female directors of newly registered limited liability companies out of the total number of directors of newly registered limited liability companies in the economy in the calendar year. A director is defined as an individual who conducts the affairs of newly registered limited liability companies in the calendar year.