ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway

Norway: ex - expectation of life at age x was 82.88 in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
82.88
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
6th
of 184 countries
All-time high
82.88
in 2021
All-time low
78.54
in 2000
Years of data
22
2000–2021

ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway, 2000–2021

0204060802000201020212000: 78.52001: 78.72002: 78.92003: 79.42004: 79.82005: 80.12006: 80.32007: 80.42008: 80.52009: 80.72010: 80.92011: 812012: 81.22013: 81.42014: 81.82015: 822016: 82.12017: 82.32018: 82.42019: 82.72020: 82.82021: 82.9

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.

Analysis

In 2021, ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway stood at 82.88. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway peaked at 82.88 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 78.54, in 2000.

Norway ranks 6th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway, year by year

Annual values for ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway, 2000 to 2021.
Year Value Change
2000 78.54
2001 78.75 +0.3%
2002 78.86 +0.1%
2003 79.4 +0.7%
2004 79.82 +0.5%
2005 80.05 +0.3%
2006 80.28 +0.3%
2007 80.35 +0.1%
2008 80.49 +0.2%
2009 80.75 +0.3%
2010 80.87 +0.1%
2011 80.97 +0.1%
2012 81.23 +0.3%
2013 81.43 +0.2%
2014 81.83 +0.5%
2015 81.99 +0.2%
2016 82.11 +0.1%
2017 82.33 +0.3%
2018 82.44 +0.1%
2019 82.66 +0.3%
2020 82.84 +0.2%
2021 82.88 +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 79.73 78.54 80.75 10
2010s 81.79 80.87 82.66 10
2020s 82.86 82.84 82.88 2

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 3 South Korea 83.8 compare
  2. 4 Switzerland 83.33 compare
  3. 5 Australia 83.1 compare
  4. 7 Luxembourg 82.78 compare
  5. 8 Sweden 82.66 compare
  6. 9 Spain 82.66 compare

See the full ranking of 196 places →

More health data for Norway

All data for Norway →

Frequently asked questions

What is ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway?
Ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway was 82.88 in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
What is the highest ex - expectation of life at age x recorded in Norway?
The highest recorded value was 82.88 in 2021.
What is the lowest ex - expectation of life at age x recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 78.54 in 2000.
How does Norway rank for ex - expectation of life at age x?
Norway ranks 6th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
Is ex - expectation of life at age x rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Norway data come from?
The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of ex - expectation of life at age x. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/ex-expectation-of-life-at-age-x/norway/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/stat/ex-expectation-of-life-at-age-x/norway/">ex - expectation of life at age x in Norway</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
ex - expectation of life at age x
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
196 places, 4,312 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed