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Norway vs Russia

125 shared metrics.

NorwayLeads in 61

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RussiaLeads in 64

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Norway

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Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Norway.

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Norway's coastline is about 100,915 km when fjords and islands are included.

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Russia

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Identity

Formal name: Russian Federation.

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Russia is the world's largest country and spans 11 time zones.

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Analysis

Russia leads in 64 of 125 shared metrics, while Norway leads in 61.

Norway's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 46.8x that of Russia (51 per 100k people vs 1.1 per 100k people).

Norway's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 28.2x that of Russia (11.43 per 1M people vs 0.39 per 1M people).

Norway's Wind Electricity Share is 26.2x that of Russia (8.4% vs 0.31%).

Norway's Renewable Energy (%) is 16.5x that of Russia (61.4% vs 3.5%).

Norway's Liberal Democracy Index is 14.1x that of Russia (0.85 vs 0.06).

Key Comparisons

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Norway leads

Norway

51 per 100k people

Russia

1.1 per 100k people

McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Norway leads

Norway

11.43 per 1M people

Russia

0.39 per 1M people

Wind Electricity ShareNorway leads

Norway

8.4%

Russia

0.31%

Renewable Energy (%)Norway leads

Norway

61.4%

Russia

3.5%

Liberal Democracy IndexNorway leads

Norway

0.85

Russia

0.06

Norway

66.74% of adults

Russia

25.08% of adults

166% higher

Comparison of Norway and Russia across 125 metrics
				Winner
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	51 per 100k people	1.1 per 100k people	4684% higher	Norway
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	11.43 per 1M people	0.39 per 1M people	2817% higher	Norway
Wind Electricity Share	8.4%	0.31%	2619% higher	Norway
Renewable Energy (%)	61.4%	3.5%	1654% higher	Norway
Liberal Democracy Index	0.85	0.06	1412% higher	Norway
Renewable Energy (%)	71.81%	6.0%	1097% higher	Norway
Freedom of Expression Index	0.95	0.08	1091% higher	Norway
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	1.8 per 1M people	0.19 per 1M people	876% higher	Norway
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	14.1% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	781% higher	Norway
Health Spending Per Capita	$8,692.58	$1,078.23	706% higher	Norway
GNI Per Capita	$98,170	$15,320	541% higher	Norway
Electoral Democracy Index	0.89	0.17	424% higher	Norway
Official Languages Count	4.0	1.0	300% higher	Norway
Corruption Perceptions Index	81 pts	22 pts	268% higher	Norway
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	23.5K kWh/person	7.2K kWh/person	227% higher	Norway
Nurses & Midwives	18.89 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	203% higher	Norway
Food Waste per Person	165 kg/person/yr	55.52 kg/person/yr	197% higher	Norway
Researchers	7.4K per 1M	2.7K per 1M	176% higher	Norway
Women in Parliament (%)	44.38%	16.44%	170% higher	Norway
Credit Card Ownership	66.74% of adults	25.08% of adults	166% higher	Norway
High-Tech Exports (%)	25.41%	9.7%	161% higher	Norway
Seafood Consumption per Person	50.57 kg/person/yr	21.76 kg/person/yr	132% higher	Norway
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	27.05% of GDP	12.07% of GDP	124% higher	Norway
Exports (% GDP)	47.49% of GDP	21.92% of GDP	117% higher	Norway
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$101,031.46	$47,404.96	113% higher	Norway
Vehicles per 1,000 People	758.35 per 1k people	372.47 per 1k people	104% higher	Norway
Political Corruption Index	0.01	0.78	99% lower	Russia
Forest Area	122.0K km²	8.15M km²	99% lower	Russia
Irrigated Land	337 km²	43.0K km²	99% lower	Russia
Land Area	364.3K km²	16.38M km²	98% lower	Russia
Armed Forces Personnel	25.0K	1.45M	98% lower	Russia
Total CO2 Emissions	40 Mt CO2e	2.0K Mt CO2e	98% lower	Russia
Government Debt (% GDP)	36.5% of GDP	18.5% of GDP	97% higher	Norway
Insufficient Physical Activity	34.83% of adults	17.66% of adults	97% higher	Norway
Population	5.51M	140.13M	96% lower	Russia
Water Withdrawal	2.7 B m³	64.82 B m³	96% lower	Russia
Railway Length	3.8K km	85.5K km	95% lower	Russia
Domestic Patents	946	19.6K	95% lower	Russia
Railway Network	3.9K km	85.5K km	95% lower	Russia
Foreign Patents	634	11.4K	94% lower	Russia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	28.11 gCO2/kWh	449.73 gCO2/kWh	94% lower	Russia
Imports (% GDP)	33.87% of GDP	17.59% of GDP	93% higher	Norway
Teen Birth Rate	1.4 per 1k	12.97 per 1k	89% lower	Russia
Homicide Rate	0.72 per 100k	6.8 per 100k	89% lower	Russia
Land Border Length	2.6K km	22.4K km	89% lower	Russia
Informal Employment Share	2.0% of employed people	19.23% of employed people	89% lower	Russia
Electricity Generation	156.12 TWh	1.2K TWh	87% lower	Russia
Road Traffic Death Rate	1.5 per 100k	10.6 per 100k	86% lower	Russia
Electric Generating Capacity	41.10M kW	301.93M kW	86% lower	Russia
Capital Elevation	23 m	156 m	85% lower	Russia
Airports	147	938	84% lower	Russia
Scientific Publications	14.1K	84.3K	83% lower	Russia
Agricultural Land (%)	2.7%	13.17%	80% lower	Russia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	25.32 per 100k	121.42 per 100k	79% lower	Russia
Border Neighbors	3.0	14	79% lower	Russia
Tourist Arrivals	1.40M	6.36M	78% lower	Russia
GDP (Nominal)	$483,592,648,313.3	$2,173,835,806,671.66	78% lower	Russia
Shipping Traffic	933.3K	3.91M	76% lower	Russia
Broadband Access (%)	45.44 per 100 people	25.82 per 100 people	76% higher	Norway
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.42% of youth labor force	7.6% of youth labor force	76% higher	Norway
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	8.0 sites	34 sites	76% lower	Russia
Population Density	15.15 /km²	8.8 /km²	73% higher	Norway
Women's Political Empowerment	0.93	0.55	70% higher	Norway
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	7.1% of GDP	70% lower	Russia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	1.6% of GDP	0.93% of GDP	68% higher	Norway
Inflation Rate	3.1%	8.4%	63% lower	Russia
Spirits Consumption	1.2 L/person/yr	3.2 L/person/yr	61% lower	Russia
Milk Consumption per Person	261.34 kg/person/yr	163.57 kg/person/yr	60% higher	Norway
University Enrollment Rate	95.06%	60.39%	57% higher	Norway
Unemployment Rate	4.0%	2.5%	57% higher	Norway
Tourism Revenue	$2,196,000,000	$4,961,000,000	56% lower	Russia
Highest Elevation	2.5K m	5.6K m	56% lower	Russia
Protected Land (%)	17.8%	11.5%	55% higher	Norway
Tobacco Use Prevalence	12.3% of adults	26.5% of adults	54% lower	Russia
Water Stress (%)	0.70%	1.5%	53% lower	Russia
GDP Growth Rate	2.1%	4.3%	52% lower	Russia
Smoking Rate	14.2%	29.2%	51% lower	Russia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.4 per 1k	7.0 per 1k	51% lower	Russia
Infant Mortality	1.9 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	49% lower	Russia
Child Mortality	2.4 per 1k births	4.5 per 1k births	47% lower	Russia
CO2 Per Capita	6.7 t/person/yr	12.29 t/person/yr	46% lower	Russia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	6.1 µg/m³	11.27 µg/m³	46% lower	Russia
Merchant Fleet Size	1.7K	2.9K	41% lower	Russia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	111 per 100 people	186 per 100 people	40% lower	Russia
Solar Electricity Share	0.33%	0.24%	38% higher	Norway
Suicide Rate	13.19 per 100k	21.37 per 100k	38% lower	Russia
Death Rate	8.6 per 1k	13.93 per 1k	38% lower	Russia
Coastline Length	25.1K km	37.7K km	33% lower	Russia
Forest Coverage (%)	33.5%	49.78%	33% lower	Russia
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.5% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	31% higher	Norway
Obesity Rate	19.77%	28.05%	30% lower	Russia
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.06%	76.26%	30% higher	Norway
Alcohol Consumption	7.4 L/adult/yr	10.53 L/adult/yr	30% lower	Russia
Women in Senior Management	30.77% of managers	41.72% of managers	26% lower	Russia
Birth Rate	10.35 per 1k	8.3 per 1k	25% higher	Norway
Life Evaluation Score	7.2 pts	5.8 pts	24% higher	Norway
Meat Consumption per Person	67.47 kg/person/yr	87.81 kg/person/yr	23% lower	Russia
Inequality (Gini)	26.5	33	20% lower	Russia
Hypertension Prevalence	35.5% of adults	44.3% of adults	20% lower	Russia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	231 gold medals	192 gold medals	20% higher	Norway
Human Development Index	0.97	0.83	17% higher	Norway
Average Weekly Work Hours	32.7 hrs/week	38.99 hrs/week	16% lower	Russia
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.9% of GDP	6.9% of GDP	15% higher	Norway
Digital Payments Used	99.48% of adults	87.42% of adults	14% higher	Norway
All-Time Olympic Medals	618 medals	540 medals	14% higher	Norway
Life Expectancy	83.1 years	73.3 years	13% higher	Norway
Energy Use (Per Capita)	4.9K kg oil eq/person	5.6K kg oil eq/person	13% lower	Russia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	28 days/yr	11% lower	Russia
Urban Population (%)	83.33%	75.11%	11% higher	Norway
Elderly Population (%)	18.79%	17.18%	9% higher	Norway
Beer Consumption	2.8 L/person/yr	3.1 L/person/yr	8% lower	Russia
Sanitation Access (%)	98.05%	92.22%	6% higher	Norway
Youth Population (%)	16.19%	17.28%	6% lower	Russia
Internet Users (%)	99%	94.36%	5% higher	Norway
Fertility Rate	1.6 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	4% higher	Norway
Can Raise Emergency Money	99.14% of adults	95.61% of adults	4% higher	Norway
Doctors (per 1,000)	5.0 per 1k	5.1 per 1k	3% lower	Russia
Dependency Ratio	53.78% of working-age pop.	52.57% of working-age pop.	2% higher	Norway
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Norway
Coal Electricity Share	0%	18.4%	ranked lower	Russia
Median Age	39.5 years	39.5 years	equal	Norway
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Norway
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	99.2%	99.6%	equal	Russia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	-28 m	ranked higher	Norway
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.4% of GDP	-0.44% of GDP	ranked higher	Norway

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Analysis

Russia leads in 64 of 125 shared metrics, while Norway leads in 61.

Norway's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 46.8x that of Russia (51 per 100k people vs 1.1 per 100k people).

Norway's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 28.2x that of Russia (11.43 per 1M people vs 0.39 per 1M people).

Norway's Wind Electricity Share is 26.2x that of Russia (8.4% vs 0.31%).

Norway's Renewable Energy (%) is 16.5x that of Russia (61.4% vs 3.5%).

Norway's Liberal Democracy Index is 14.1x that of Russia (0.85 vs 0.06).

Key Comparisons

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Norway leads

Norway

51 per 100k people

Russia

1.1 per 100k people

Norway

11.43 per 1M people

Russia

0.39 per 1M people

Wind Electricity ShareNorway leads

Norway

8.4%

Russia

0.31%

Renewable Energy (%)Norway leads

Norway

61.4%

Russia

3.5%

Liberal Democracy IndexNorway leads

Norway

0.85

Russia

0.06

Renewable Energy (%)Norway leads

Norway

71.81%

Russia

6.0%

51 per 100k people

1.1 per 100k people

11.43 per 1M people

0.39 per 1M people

Wind Electricity Share

8.4%

0.31%

Renewable Energy (%)

61.4%

3.5%

Liberal Democracy Index

0.85

0.06

Renewable Energy (%)

71.81%

6.0%

Freedom of Expression Index

0.95

0.08

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

1.8 per 1M people

0.19 per 1M people

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

14.1% of GDP

1.6% of GDP

Health Spending Per Capita

$8,692.58

$1,078.23

GNI Per Capita

$98,170

$15,320

Electoral Democracy Index

0.89

0.17

Official Languages Count

4.0

1.0

Corruption Perceptions Index

81 pts

22 pts

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

23.5K kWh/person

7.2K kWh/person

Nurses & Midwives

18.89 per 1k

6.2 per 1k

Food Waste per Person

165 kg/person/yr

55.52 kg/person/yr

Researchers

7.4K per 1M

2.7K per 1M

Women in Parliament (%)

44.38%

16.44%

Credit Card Ownership

66.74% of adults

25.08% of adults

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Wind Electricity Share

Renewable Energy (%)

Liberal Democracy Index

Renewable Energy (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Health Spending Per Capita

GNI Per Capita

Electoral Democracy Index

Official Languages Count

Corruption Perceptions Index

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Nurses & Midwives

Food Waste per Person

Researchers

Women in Parliament (%)

Credit Card Ownership

High-Tech Exports (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Political Corruption Index

Forest Area

Irrigated Land

Land Area

Armed Forces Personnel

Total CO2 Emissions

Government Debt (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Population

Water Withdrawal

Railway Length

Domestic Patents

Railway Network

Foreign Patents

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Imports (% GDP)

Teen Birth Rate

Homicide Rate

Land Border Length

Informal Employment Share

Electricity Generation

Road Traffic Death Rate

Electric Generating Capacity

Capital Elevation

Airports

Scientific Publications

Agricultural Land (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Border Neighbors

Tourist Arrivals

GDP (Nominal)

Shipping Traffic

Broadband Access (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Population Density

Women's Political Empowerment

Military Spending

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Spirits Consumption

Milk Consumption per Person

University Enrollment Rate

Unemployment Rate

Tourism Revenue

Highest Elevation