Luxembourg vs Norway

Luxembourg and Norway compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Norway has about 8.2 times as many people as Luxembourg: 5.6 million against 686,970 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Luxembourg ($147,252) is 56% higher than in Norway ($94,594) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Norway (1.1%) than in Luxembourg (0.6%), a difference of 0.5 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Norway (3%) than in Luxembourg (2.3%), a difference of 0.7 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Luxembourg (6.3%) than in Norway (4.6%), a difference of 1.7 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Luxembourg (83.2 years) and Norway (83.2 years) in 2024.
• The population of Norway is older: half of its people are over 39.5 years, against 38.9 years in Luxembourg in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Luxembourg (99.1% in 2025) than in Norway (99% in 2024), a difference of 0.1 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Luxembourg (10.6 tonnes) are 47% higher than in Norway (7.2 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Luxembourg (34.5%) than in Norway (33.2%), a difference of 1.3 percentage points in 2024.