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Trade between Norway and Sweden

In 2024, Norway exported $14.1 billion to Sweden and imported $11.1 billion. Norway ran a surplus of $3 billion with Sweden, compared with a deficit of $511 million in 2019. Sweden was Norway’s 3rd largest trading partner (9% of its trade), and Norway was Sweden’s 4th (7%).

Summary

Norway → Sweden
$14.1billion
Sweden → Norway
$11.1billion
Norway’s balance
$3billion

Balance

Norway’s trade balance with Sweden

Trade between Norway and Sweden grew 2.6-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Norway’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 14.1
  • Imports 11.1
  • Balance +3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4.6 billion$5.1 billion-$546 million
1996$5.1 billion$5.9 billion-$864 million
1997$4.8 billion$5.7 billion-$844 million
1998$4.9 billion$5.7 billion-$772 million
1999$4.9 billion$5.3 billion-$322 million
2000$6 billion$5.2 billion$755 million
2001$5.5 billion$5.2 billion$277 million
2002$5.6 billion$5.7 billion-$105 million
2003$6.5 billion$6.7 billion-$174 million
2004$7.6 billion$7.8 billion-$249 million
2005$9 billion$8.3 billion$715 million
2006$10.7 billion$9.8 billion$962 million
2007$12.8 billion$11.9 billion$865 million
2008$14.5 billion$12.9 billion$1.6 billion
2009$10.6 billion$9.7 billion$929 million
2010$11.3 billion$11.1 billion$202 million
2011$12.9 billion$12.5 billion$479 million
2012$12.4 billion$12.1 billion$276 million
2013$11 billion$12.3 billion-$1.3 billion
2014$10 billion$11.3 billion-$1.2 billion
2015$8.3 billion$9.2 billion-$924 million
2016$7.8 billion$9 billion-$1.2 billion
2017$8.9 billion$10.1 billion-$1.2 billion
2018$10.7 billion$10.9 billion-$191 million
2019$10.1 billion$10.6 billion-$511 million
2020$10.6 billion$9.1 billion$1.4 billion
2021$15.7 billion$11.6 billion$4.1 billion
2022$19.7 billion$13.6 billion$6.1 billion
2023$15.9 billion$10.9 billion$4.9 billion
2024$14.1 billion$11.1 billion$3 billion

What they sell each other

What Norway sells to Sweden

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Crude petroleum$5.6 billion · 39.6%
    8.6 million tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  2. Fish fillets$1.1 billion · 8%
    93 thousand tonnes
  3. Refined petroleum$415 million · 3%
    547 thousand tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  4. Natural gas and LPG$415 million · 3%
    698 thousand tonnes
  5. Unwrought aluminum$389 million · 2.8%
    134 thousand tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  6. Fresh fish$337 million · 2.4%
    47 thousand tonnes
  7. Logs$314 million · 2.2%
    3.4 million tonnes
  8. Electricity$193 million · 1.4%
    Norway’s destinations
  9. Dried, salted and smoked fish$189 million · 1.3%
    17 thousand tonnes
  10. Aluminum sheet$185 million · 1.3%
    36 thousand tonnes

What Sweden sells to Norway

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$1.5 billion · 13.5%
    1.9 million tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  2. Trucks$393 million · 3.6%
    27 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  3. Electricity$304 million · 2.7%
    Sweden’s destinations
  4. Other processed tobacco$264 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Sawn wood$226 million · 2%
    349 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  6. Furniture$206 million · 1.9%
    46 thousand tonnes
  7. Toilet paper and tissues$202 million · 1.8%
    75 thousand tonnes
  8. Turbojets and gas turbines$197 million · 1.8%
    135 tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  9. Tractors$175 million · 1.6%
    11 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  10. Cargo and cruise ships$151 million · 1.4%
    139 tonnes · Norway’s sources

How it travels

Norway and Sweden traded $25.1 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 81% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$4.8 billion · 19.3%
  2. Land$20.3 billion · 80.7%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Sweden was Norway’s 3rd largest trading partner (9% of its trade), and Norway was Sweden’s 4th (7%).

Sweden in Norway’s trade
9.2%
Sweden’s rank among Norway’s partners
3rd
Norway in Sweden’s trade
7%
Norway’s rank among Sweden’s partners
4th

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Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.