Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway
Norway: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 98.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Norway recorded 98.9% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway peaked at 98.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 92.6%, in 2003.
Norway ranks 151st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 92.6% | — |
| 2004 | 92.8% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 93.3% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 93.7% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 94.1% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 94.7% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 95.3% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 95.0% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 95.1% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 98.7% | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 98.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 98.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 98.8% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 98.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.8% | 92.6% | 95.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 98.0% | 95.0% | 98.9% | 10 |
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 starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Norway was 98.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 98.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.6% in 2003.
- How does Norway rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Norway ranks 151st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.