Norway

Overview

Norway lands at #72 of 72 on the Cooked Index — 1st Least Cooked. The clearest fault line runs through healthcare financing: catastrophic health spending (7% face catastrophic health bills) is worse than 47% of countries tracked. Housing policy isn't far behind — housing cost burden trails 10% of the field. And economic policy rounds out the picture: income inequality (Gini 27.7) sits worse than 10% of countries. Same scoreboard, different departments.

Overall score: 10/100 — 17 points below the global median of 27 (higher = more cooked). Where the system is holding up: homicide rate (Homicide 0.5/100k) — better than 92% of countries tracked. The story here isn't the country — it's the healthcare financing stack behind these numbers.

Sources: WHO / World Bank SDG 3.8.2 (2024) · OECD Affordable Housing Database (HC1.2) (2024) · World Bank — Gini Index (SI.POV.GINI) (2018–2022)