Norway Q3 Current Account Surplus Smallest in 4 Years

2025-12-10 07:39 By Joshua Ferrer 1 min. read

Norway recorded a current account surplus of NOK 174.5 billion in the third quarter of 2025, narrowing from NOK 192.7 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year.

This marked the smallest surplus since the third quarter of 2021, mainly due to a decrease in the goods account surplus, which fell to NOK 157.3 billion from NOK 160.3 billion a year ago, as well as the surplus in the compensation of employees and investment income (primary income), which contracted to NOK 51.9 billion from 63.7 billion.

Additionally, the deficit in current transfers (secondary income) widened to NOK 16 billion from NOK 12 billion.

On the other hand, the services account shortfall declined to NOK 18.8 billion from NOK 19.3 billion a year earlier.



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Norway Q3 Current Account Surplus Smallest in 4 Years
Norway recorded a current account surplus of NOK 174.5 billion in the third quarter of 2025, narrowing from NOK 192.7 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. This marked the smallest surplus since the third quarter of 2021, mainly due to a decrease in the goods account surplus, which fell to NOK 157.3 billion from NOK 160.3 billion a year ago, as well as the surplus in the compensation of employees and investment income (primary income), which contracted to NOK 51.9 billion from 63.7 billion. Additionally, the deficit in current transfers (secondary income) widened to NOK 16 billion from NOK 12 billion. On the other hand, the services account shortfall declined to NOK 18.8 billion from NOK 19.3 billion a year earlier.
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