Norway vs Sweden: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 10.4 National currency per US dollar against 9.82 National currency per US dollar in Sweden, a difference of 0.58 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 21st and Sweden ranks 22nd of 53 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.14 National currency per US dollar | 5.17 National currency per US dollar | 1.97 National currency per US dollar | Norway |
| 1960s | 7.14 National currency per US dollar | 5.17 National currency per US dollar | 1.97 National currency per US dollar | Norway |
| 1970s | 5.84 National currency per US dollar | 4.57 National currency per US dollar | 1.27 National currency per US dollar | Norway |
| 1980s | 6.87 National currency per US dollar | 6.62 National currency per US dollar | 0.2585 National currency per US dollar | Norway |
| 1990s | 6.83 National currency per US dollar | 7.1 National currency per US dollar | 0.2664 National currency per US dollar | Sweden |
| 2000s | 7.02 National currency per US dollar | 8.05 National currency per US dollar | 1.03 National currency per US dollar | Sweden |
| 2010s | 7.13 National currency per US dollar | 7.75 National currency per US dollar | 0.6236 National currency per US dollar | Sweden |
| 2020s | 9.89 National currency per US dollar | 9.82 National currency per US dollar | 0.0709 National currency per US dollar | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 10.4 National currency per US dollar against 9.82 National currency per US dollar in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.58 National currency per US dollar, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- Norway ranks 21st and Sweden ranks 22nd of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates, average. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org