Singapore vs Norway

Singapore
East Asia & Pacific
High income
Capital: Singapore
Population
6M
GDP
$572.9B
Norway
Europe & Central Asia
High income
Capital: Oslo
Population
5.6M
GDP
$500.9B

POP 1.1x GDP 1.1x LE 0.2 yrs same-band HIC

Widest indicator spreads · Singapore vs Norway

Population Density99.8%Renewable Energy Consump…98.2%Freshwater Withdrawal97.9%Foreign Direct Investment91%Maternal Mortality Ratio83.3%Trade (% of GDP)74.6%GDP Growth Rate73.4%Intentional Homicides65.6%
TIGHT pair: headers nearly match, so the chart is Population Density rather than GDP scale.

Demographics: Population Density (Singapore, 100% spread)

Indicator Singapore Norway Year
Population Density 8241.8 15.2 2023
Population Ages 0-14 11.7% 16.2% 2024
Population Ages 65+ 13.7% 18.8% 2024
Urban Population 100.0% 83.3% 2024

1 closer demographics rows sit on the Singapore and Norway profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: Foreign Direct Investment (Singapore, 91% spread)

Indicator Singapore Norway Year
Foreign Direct Investment $135.1B $12.1B 2024
Trade (% of GDP) 313.3% 79.6% 2024
GDP Growth Rate 5.3% 1.4% 2024
Unemployment Rate 2.7% 4.0% 2024

4 closer economy rows sit on the Singapore and Norway profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Maternal Mortality Ratio (Norway, 83% spread)

Indicator Singapore Norway Year
Maternal Mortality Ratio 6 1 2023
Health Expenditure (% of GDP) 4.5% 9.4% 2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2.8 5.0 2022

4 closer health rows sit on the Singapore and Norway profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: Education Expenditure (% of GDP) (Norway, 60% spread)

Indicator Singapore Norway Year
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 2.2% 5.4% 2024

5 closer education rows sit on the Singapore and Norway profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Renewable Energy Consumption (Norway, 98% spread)

Indicator Singapore Norway Year
Renewable Energy Consumption 1.1% 61.4% 2021
Freshwater Withdrawal 33.3% 0.7% 2022
Electric Power Consumption 9,750 23,673 2023
Forest Area 20.9% 33.5% 2023

1 closer environment rows sit on the Singapore and Norway profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Mobile Subscriptions (Singapore, 36% spread)

Indicator Singapore Norway Year
Mobile Subscriptions 170.8 109.3 2024
Access to Sanitation 100.0% 77.9% 2024

3 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Singapore and Norway profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Intentional Homicides (Norway, 66% spread)

Indicator Singapore Norway Year
Intentional Homicides 0.1 0.7 2023
Net Migration 20K 44.4K 2024

4 closer social rows sit on the Singapore and Norway profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Singapore vs Norway comparison

Singapore vs Norway is a TIGHT pair on population/GDP scale (same-band HIC: HIC/HIC). Look past the near-parity headers to Population Density (~100% spread); 42 WDI/WHO/ILO figures across 7 topics. Shared income tier makes small rate gaps more informative than totals. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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Singapore vs Norway figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band HIC · TIGHT scale band.