Summary
This PESTLE country analysis report on Norway provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
Synopsis
- Understand the political system in Norway through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in Norway through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in Norway through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in Norway through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
- Understand the legal landscape in Norway through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
- Understand the environmental landscape in Norway through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators
Scope
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Norway, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Norway 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
Reasons to Buy
- What is the outlook in Norway in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does Norway perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does Norway perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does Norway perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
                     
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Table of Contents
OVERVIEW	
Summary	
Key findings	
PESTLE highlights	
Key fundamentals	
Recovery of the economy from the COVID-19 crisis	
Snapshot	
Vaccination	
Government measures	
Lockdown measures	
Travel restrictions	
Impact on the economy	
KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION	
Key facts	
Geographical location	
PESTLE ANALYSIS	
Summary	
Political analysis	
Overview	
Current strengths	
Current challenges	
Future prospects	
Future risks	
Economic analysis	
Overview	
Current strengths	
Current challenges	
Future prospects	
Future risks	
Social analysis	
Overview	
Current strengths	
Current challenges	
Future prospects	
Future risks	
Technological analysis	
Overview	
Current strengths	
Current challenges	
Future prospects	
Future risks	
Legal Analysis	
Overview	
Current strengths	
Current challenges	
Future prospects	
Future risks	
Environmental analysis	
Overview	
Current strengths	
Current challenges	
Future prospects	
Future risks	
Political Landscape	
Summary	
Evolution	
Structure and policies	
Key political figures	
Structure of government	
Key political parties and alliances	
Composition of the government	
Key policies	
Social	
Foreign	
Defense	
Performance	
Governance indicators	
Outlook	
ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE	
Summary	
Evolution	
Structure and policies	
Financial authorities and regulators	
Performance	
GDP and growth rate: overview	
GDP composition by sector	
Fiscal situation	
External situation	
International investment position	
Key monetary indicators	
Outlook	
SOCIAL LANDSCAPE	
Summary	
Evolution	
Structure and policies	
Demographic composition	
Education	
Healthcare	
Performance	
Healthcare	
Income distribution	
Education	
Outlook	
TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE	
Summary	
Evolution	
Structure and policies	
Intellectual property	
Science, technology, and innovation	
Performance	
Intellectual property	
Telecommunications, broadband, and the internet	
R&D expenditure	
Outlook	
LEGAL LANDSCAPE	
Summary	
Evolution	
Structure and policies	
Judicial system	
Tax regulations	
Trade regulations	
Performance	
Effectiveness of the legal system	
Outlook	
ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE	
Summary	
Evolution	
Structure and policies	
Environmental regulations	
Performance	
Environmental impact	
Outlook	
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List of Tables
Table 1: Norway - Key fundamentals, 2019-26f	
Table 2: Norway - Key facts, 2022	
Table 3: Analysis of Norway's political landscape	
Table 4: Analysis of Norway's economic landscape	
Table 5: Analysis of Norway's social landscape	
Table 6: Analysis of Norway's technological landscape	
Table 7: Analysis of Norway's legal landscape	
Table 8: Analysis of Norway's environmental landscape	
Table 9: Norway - Mid-year population by age (as a percentage of the total population), 2021
Table 10: Patents granted by the USPTO, 2016-21
List of Figures
Figure 1: Map of Norway, 2022	
Figure 2: Norway - Female representatives in parliament (%), 2007-21	
Figure 3: Norway - Total immigrants, including Norwegian-born to immigrant parents (% of total population), 2010-22	
Figure 4: General government financial wealth (% of GDP), 2021	
Figure 5: Norway - Key macroeconomic indicators, January 2021 - September 2022	
Figure 6: Household debt (% of net disposable income), 2017-21	
Figure 7: Employment rate of people with upper secondary and tertiary education (%), 2021	
Figure 8: Labor force participation rate of women (%), 2021	
Figure 9: Norway - Old-age dependency ratio (%), 2010-50f	
Figure 10: Total researchers per 1,000 total employment, 2020	
Figure 11: Total expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP, 2021	
Figure 12: Product market competitiveness, 2018	
Figure 13: FDI restrictiveness index comparison, 2020	
Figure 14: Tax wedge (% of labor cost), 2021	
Figure 15: Getting credit score comparison, 2020	
Figure 16: Norway - Key political events	
Figure 17: Norway - Key political figures	
Figure 18: Norway - Distribution of seats by political party, 2021	
Figure 19: Norway - Historic GDP growth (%), 2011-21	
Figure 20: Norway - GDP and GDP growth rate ($ billion/%), 2017-26f	
Figure 21: Norway - GDP composition by sector (%), 2021	
Figure 22: Norway - Agricultural output (NOK billion/%), 2017-22f	
Figure 23: Norway - Industrial output (NOK billion/%), 2017-22f	
Figure 24: Norway - Services output (NOK trillion/%), 2017-22f	
Figure 25: Norway - External trade (%), 2017-26f	
Figure 26: Norway - Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation, 2017-26f	
Figure 27: Norway - Unemployment rate (thousands/%), 2017-26f	
Figure 28: Norway - Major religions (%), 2021	
Figure 29: Norway - Total expenditure on healthcare in Norway ($ billion/% of GDP), 2011-22f	
Figure 30: Norway - Total expenditure on education in Norway ($ billion/% of GDP), 2011-21	
Figure 31: Norway - Internet users and penetration (millions/%), 2017-22f	
Figure 32: Norway - CO2 emissions (million tonnes/%), 2011-21