# Government balance in Norway

Government balance in Norway was 10.5% of GDP in 2025. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

- Indicator id: `government_deficit`
- Place id: `no`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: General government net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) as a percentage of GDP.
- Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD National Accounts at a Glance: net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) of general government, percentage of GDP (DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_VI, B9S13) (https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_NAAG_VI%40DF_NAAG_VI&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.NAD)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/oecd
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: OECD. OECD National Accounts at a Glance: net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) of general government, percentage of GDP (DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_VI, B9S13). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_NAAG_VI%40DF_NAAG_VI&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.NAD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/government-balance/norway
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=government_deficit&place=no

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 10.5 |
| 2024 | 12.7 |
| 2023 | 15.9 |
| 2022 | 24.6 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2020 | -2.6 |
| 2019 | 6.3 |
| 2018 | 7.5 |
| 2017 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 3.9 |
| 2015 | 5.8 |
| 2014 | 8.3 |
| 2013 | 10.3 |
| 2012 | 13.4 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2010 | 10.6 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2008 | 18.3 |
| 2007 | 16.8 |
| 2006 | 17.7 |
| 2005 | 14.7 |
| 2004 | 10.8 |
| 2003 | 7.2 |
| 2002 | 9.1 |
| 2001 | 13.2 |
| 2000 | 15.1 |
| 1999 | 5.8 |
| 1998 | 3.2 |
| 1997 | 7.5 |
| 1996 | 6.2 |
| 1995 | 3.2 |