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Norway: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

13.55percent · 2024+49.3% since 2014

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Norway from 1972 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202413.553
202316.68
202225.479
20219.543
2020-1.832
20197.231
20188.1
20175.143
20164.31
20156.11
20149.076
201311.085
201213.907
201113.652
201011.461
200910.966
200819.266
200717.259
200617.797
200514.67
200411.404
20038.196
20028.998
200113.912
200015.459
19996.653
19984.574
19977.632
19966.364
19953.204
1994-0.854
1993-2.348
1992-2.402
19910.373
19901.839
19891.525
19883.086
19874.192
19867.038
19857.202
19845.334
19835.138
19823.893
19814.861
19803.075
1979-0.179
1978-0.879
19770.228
19761.119
19752.116
19742.986
19733.493
19722.844

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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