Norway
Kingdom of Norway
- Capital
- Oslo
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population, 2025
- 5.6 million
- Currency
- NOK
- Area
- 323,802 km²
Across Norway's 48 priced cities, one person needs about $2,949 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $4,660.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
67out of 100
- Purchasing power25%73
- Safety20%66
- Health care15%75
- Climate10%71
- Air quality10%94
- Connectivity10%66
- Cost10%11
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #28
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
91.5
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
31.0
New York = 100
Purchasing power
157.2
New York = 100
One person
$2,949
A month, rent included
Net salary
$4,660
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$1,505
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$94,594
2025
Growth
+1.1%
2025
Unemployment
4.6%
2025
Inflation
3.1%
2025
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2024
Internet users
99%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 39.8%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 22%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 37.8%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 7.6%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 14.1%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 66.4
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 33.6
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 0.7
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #52 worldwide
- 157
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #22 worldwide
- 145
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +3%
Cities in Norway
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Bergen | 68 | 96.2 | $1,505 | $4,719 | 182.9 | 294K | High confidence, 53 contributors |
| 2Trondheim | 68 | 92.9 | $1,505 | $4,284 | 168.8 | 216.5K | High confidence, 47 contributors |
| 3Stavanger | 67 | 94.3 | $1,702 | $5,002 | 183.4 | 151.7K | High confidence, 42 contributors |
| 4Kristiansand | 64 | 88.6 | $1,200 | $4,191 | 189.3 | 117.2K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 5Sandvika | 63 | 88.9 | $1,062 | $5,493 | 262.0 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 6Oslo | 62 | 91.5 | $2,052 | $4,660 | 155.5 | 1.1M | High confidence, 137 contributors |
| 7Elverum | 62 | 90.5 | $849 | $4,247 | 219.8 | 12.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 8Drobak | 62 | 90.1 | — | $5,481 | 245.0 | 11.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 9Askim | 62 | 90.4 | $967 | $4,267 | 209.8 | 12.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 10Agotnes | 62 | 95.9 | — | $5,487 | 237.2 | — | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 11Skien | 61 | 83.2 | $1,080 | $4,247 | 208.5 | 50.6K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 12Alesund | 61 | 83.8 | $1,097 | $4,273 | 207.4 | 52.6K | High confidence, 27 contributors |
| 13Moss | 61 | 81.4 | $1,221 | $4,418 | 206.7 | 49.7K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 14Halden | 61 | 82.9 | $956 | $3,504 | 182.0 | 22K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 15Mandal | 60 | 92.4 | — | $4,423 | 195.1 | 11.1K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 16Hamar | 60 | 88.6 | $1,248 | $4,324 | 191.7 | 29.5K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 17Sandefjord | 60 | 85.2 | $1,221 | $4,035 | 184.4 | 64.3K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 18Kongsberg | 60 | 84.2 | $1,075 | $3,600 | 175.9 | 17.7K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 19Narvik | 60 | 95.9 | $938 | $3,610 | 173.5 | 14.1K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 20Egersund | 60 | 92.0 | — | $4,194 | 185.4 | 11.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 21Drammen | 59 | 89.9 | $1,345 | $3,663 | 155.4 | 106K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 22Tromso | 59 | 100.3 | $1,540 | $4,236 | 158.9 | 41.9K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 23Baerum | 59 | 88.9 | $1,752 | $5,415 | 200.6 | — | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 24Molde | 59 | 94.9 | $1,257 | $4,283 | 182.5 | 22.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 25Arendal | 59 | 85.0 | $1,141 | $4,191 | 198.1 | 30.9K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 26Lillestrom | 59 | — | $1,289 | $3,851 | — | 89.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 27Sarpsborg | 59 | — | $855 | $2,672 | — | 59K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 28Tonsberg | 59 | — | $1,274 | $4,566 | — | 55.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 29Kristiansund | 59 | — | $796 | $3,823 | — | 24K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 30Alta | 59 | — | — | $5,315 | — | 15.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 31Stokmarknes | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32Kirkenes | 59 | — | — | $5,369 | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 33Storslett | 59 | — | — | $4,295 | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 34Stokke | 58 | 87.8 | — | $3,547 | 160.7 | 11.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 35Asker | 58 | 78.3 | $1,513 | $3,942 | 167.6 | 61.9K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 36Jessheim | 58 | 86.3 | $1,380 | $3,858 | 164.8 | 12.4K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 37Farsund | 58 | 94.5 | — | $3,654 | 159.2 | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 38Sandnes | 58 | 90.3 | $1,345 | $3,717 | 157.2 | 85.4K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 39Bodo | 58 | 94.6 | $1,203 | $3,504 | 152.6 | 34.1K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 40Larvik | 58 | 84.5 | $1,274 | $3,292 | 148.0 | 23.1K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 41Haugesund | 58 | 86.1 | $1,578 | $4,067 | 161.9 | 40.3K | High confidence, 29 contributors |
| 42Harstad | 57 | 87.6 | $1,397 | $3,553 | 149.7 | 21K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 43Ski | 57 | 84.6 | $1,646 | $3,929 | 154.0 | 12.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 44Gjovik | 57 | 86.0 | $1,646 | $3,823 | 148.7 | 17.6K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 45Fredrikstad | 56 | 94.1 | $1,354 | $3,398 | 140.4 | 83.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 46Longyearbyen | 55 | 108.5 | $1,133 | $2,931 | 121.3 | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 47Lillehammer | 55 | 84.4 | $1,062 | $2,092 | 102.7 | 29K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 48Porsgrunn | 54 | 86.2 | $839 | — | — | 34.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 49Mo i Rana | 54 | 80.6 | $956 | — | — | 18.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 50Steinkjer | 53 | 85.9 | $1,062 | — | — | 13.1K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 51Horten | 53 | 87.4 | $1,115 | — | — | 27.2K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 52Notodden | 53 | 83.6 | — | — | — | 12.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 53Honefoss | 52 | 90.8 | — | — | — | 13.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 54Holmestrand | 52 | 90.8 | — | — | — | 6.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 55Lalm | 52 | 90.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 56Geilo | 52 | 95.9 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |