Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Norway: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

At MYRIAD, we examine the statistics of human lives to understand the material reality of our shared history. For Norway, income per person (gdp per capita, ppp) is measured in average yearly economic output per person, adjusted for purchasing power (2017 international dollars). Every value tells a story about the lives actually lived there across three centuries. In the 2020s, income per person (gdp per capita, ppp) in Norway stands at 63,600 intl-$ — ranking #5 of 157 countries.

The long arc of Norwegian economic history reveals a steady, compounding transformation from the early nineteenth century onward. In the 1800s estimate, income per person (gdp per capita, ppp) was 2,472 intl-$, rising gradually through the decades. By 1900 it was 5,955 intl-$, a baseline that preceded decades of accelerated growth. Through the mid-century decades and into the 2000s estimate of 41,239 intl-$, the trajectory climbed ever higher toward today's figures.

If you were born in Norway across these changing eras, your economic world differed vastly by decade. An ancestor living through the 1800s estimate navigated a vastly different material reality than someone experiencing the 2010s at 52,419 intl-$ or looking ahead to the 2030s projection of 73,140 intl-$, the 2060s projection of 111,237 intl-$, and the eventual 2100s projection of 150,000 intl-$. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →