Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway
Norway: Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 4.3% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Norway, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: minimum capital in Norway stood at 4.3%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 77.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Norway peaked at 29.8% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2019.
That places Norway 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 29.8% | — |
| 2004 | 28.9% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 27.0% | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 25.1% | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 23.4% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 21.0% | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 19.4% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | -72.2% |
| 2013 | 5.1% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 4.7% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | -6.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -72.2% | 19.4% | 5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.8% | 18.7% | 29.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 7.8% | 4.3% | 20.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More private sector data for Norway
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 73.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 107.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 74.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 17.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 170.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 64.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 30,399 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: minimum capital in Norway?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Norway was 4.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 29.8% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2019.
- How does Norway rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Norway ranks 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: minimum capital rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.