ditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
44.8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
barley, wheat, potatoes; pork, beef, veal, milk; fish

Industries:
petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper
products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing

Industrial production growth rate:
1.8% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
108.9 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 0.4%
hydro: 99.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.4% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
112.8 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
3.8 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
15.3 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
3.22 million bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
244,300 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
3.466 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
88,870 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
9.859 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
83.49 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
8.09 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
75.4 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
2.085 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$63.33 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$122.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment, metals,
chemicals, ships, fish

Exports - partners:
UK 25.5%, Germany 12.6%, Netherlands 9.9%, France 9.1%, US 6.7%,
Sweden 6.5% (2005)

Imports:
$59.9 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Sweden 14.6%, Germany 13.6%, Denmark 7.3%, UK 6.8%, China 5.5%, US
5%, France 4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$49.62 billion (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$350.3 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June
2006)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $1.4 billion (1998)

Currency (code):
Norwegian krone (NOK)

Currency code:
NOK

Exchange rates:
Norwegian kroner per US dollar - 6.41332 (2006), 6.4425 (2005),
6.7408 (2004), 7.0802 (2003), 7.9838 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Norway

Telephones - main lines in use:
2.129 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.755 million (2005)

Telephone system: