Norway Government Budget Balance (% of GDP)
The yearly gap between government spending and revenue across all levels of government, as a share of GDP.
15.0%
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Q1 2002 to Q2 2026
Source: Eurostat gov_10q_ggnfa · general government, % of GDP, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted.
Norway Government Budget Balance (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Norway, the government budget balance rose by 2.0pp over the year to Q2 2026, from 13.0% in Q2 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 2.7% in Q4 2025 to 30.2% in Q3 2022.
Its average since Q1 2002 is 10.9%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- Eurostat
- Series
- gov_10q_ggnfa
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Q2 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Negative means a deficit. Same EEA/EFTA sourcing note as government debt above.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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