{"id": 1293104, "name": "Annual share of Norway's population emigrating outside Europe", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2026-07-23T12:46:47.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-23T13:11:41.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1821-1950", "datasetId": 8075, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "overseas_emigration_share", "catalogPath": "grapher/migration/2026-07-23/norway_emigration/norway_emigration#overseas_emigration_share", "descriptionShort": "Only emigration to overseas destinations outside Europe is counted \u2014 mostly to North America. People moving to other European countries are not included.", "descriptionProcessing": "We calculated this indicator by dividing the number of emigrations by the population of Norway at the start of the same year, reported in the same source table.", "type": "float", "dataChecksum": "16671440769928958154", "metadataChecksum": "-7180384071828724061", "datasetName": "Historical statistics of Norway", "updatePeriodDays": 0, "datasetVersion": "2026-07-23", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "numDecimalPlaces": 1}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "minor", "presentation": {}, "descriptionKey": "This data counts people who left Norway for overseas countries outside Europe \u2014 [overwhelmingly North America](https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_vii_025.pdf).\n\nFrom 1867, they were registered by the police when departing on emigrant ships from Norwegian ports; earlier figures were compiled from reports by parish priests. People moving to other European countries were not recorded, and some overseas emigrants were also missed, for example those who traveled via ports in other countries.\n\nThere is no data for most years before 1836, when records were sparse, and none for 1941\u20131945, during the German occupation of Norway.\n\nThe series ends in 1950, because from 1951 onward Statistics Norway counted all emigration rather than only emigration to overseas countries.", "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1821}, {"id": 1825}, {"id": 1836}, {"id": 1837}, {"id": 1838}, {"id": 1839}, {"id": 1840}, {"id": 1841}, {"id": 1842}, {"id": 1843}, {"id": 1844}, {"id": 1845}, {"id": 1846}, {"id": 1847}, {"id": 1848}, {"id": 1849}, {"id": 1850}, {"id": 1851}, {"id": 1852}, {"id": 1853}, {"id": 1854}, {"id": 1855}, {"id": 1856}, {"id": 1857}, {"id": 1858}, {"id": 1859}, {"id": 1860}, {"id": 1861}, {"id": 1862}, {"id": 1863}, {"id": 1864}, {"id": 1865}, {"id": 1866}, {"id": 1867}, {"id": 1868}, {"id": 1869}, {"id": 1870}, {"id": 1871}, {"id": 1872}, {"id": 1873}, {"id": 1874}, {"id": 1875}, {"id": 1876}, {"id": 1877}, {"id": 1878}, {"id": 1879}, {"id": 1880}, {"id": 1881}, {"id": 1882}, {"id": 1883}, {"id": 1884}, {"id": 1885}, {"id": 1886}, {"id": 1887}, {"id": 1888}, {"id": 1889}, {"id": 1890}, {"id": 1891}, {"id": 1892}, {"id": 1893}, {"id": 1894}, {"id": 1895}, {"id": 1896}, {"id": 1897}, {"id": 1898}, {"id": 1899}, {"id": 1900}, {"id": 1901}, {"id": 1902}, {"id": 1903}, {"id": 1904}, {"id": 1905}, {"id": 1906}, {"id": 1907}, {"id": 1908}, {"id": 1909}, {"id": 1910}, {"id": 1911}, {"id": 1912}, {"id": 1913}, {"id": 1914}, {"id": 1915}, {"id": 1916}, {"id": 1917}, {"id": 1918}, {"id": 1919}, {"id": 1920}, {"id": 1921}, {"id": 1922}, {"id": 1923}, {"id": 1924}, {"id": 1925}, {"id": 1926}, {"id": 1927}, {"id": 1928}, {"id": 1929}, {"id": 1930}, {"id": 1931}, {"id": 1932}, {"id": 1933}, {"id": 1934}, {"id": 1935}, {"id": 1936}, {"id": 1937}, {"id": 1938}, {"id": 1939}, {"id": 1940}, {"id": 1946}, {"id": 1947}, {"id": 1948}, {"id": 1949}, {"id": 1950}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 102, "name": "Norway", "code": "NOR"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 18860, "titleSnapshot": "Historical statistics of Norway - Population, births, deaths, marriages, migration and population increase", "title": "Historical statistics of Norway", "descriptionSnapshot": "Table 3.13 of the collection, which gives the population and the yearly numbers of births, deaths, marriages, immigrations, and emigrations in Norway from 1735 to 2015. Emigration figures start in 1821 and only count emigration to overseas countries before 1951; immigration figures start in 1951.", "description": "A collection of long-run statistical tables for Norway, published online by Statistics Norway as a continuation of its book Historical Statistics 1994. The tables cover population, industry, and society, with some series reaching back to the 17th century.", "producer": "Statistics Norway", "citationFull": "Statistics Norway. Historical statistics, table 3.13: Population, births, deaths, marriages, migration and population increase, 1735-2015.", "attributionShort": "SSB", "urlMain": "https://www.ssb.no/a/en/histstat/", "urlDownload": "https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/tabeller/3-13-en.html", "dateAccessed": "2026-07-23", "datePublished": "2016", "license": {"url": "https://www.ssb.no/en/diverse/lisens", "name": "CC BY 4.0"}}]}