Relationship dossier
Australia
Norway
Relationship assessment
Australia and Norway cooperate through practical bilateral agreements on social security and taxation.
Australia toward Norway
+30Australia has entered into reciprocal social security and tax arrangements with Norway, providing for coordination of benefits and taxation affecting people and businesses connected with both countries.
Norway toward Australia
+30Norway has entered into reciprocal social security and tax arrangements with Australia, providing for coordination of benefits and taxation affecting people and businesses connected with both countries.
Overall relationship
+30Reciprocal social security and tax arrangements give Australia–Norway relations a practical cooperative foundation. These agreements support cross-border coordination, though the breadth of other sustained bilateral initiatives is less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Australia and Norway have maintained substantive bilateral cooperation, including reciprocal arrangements on social security and taxation. These provide practical cooperation for people and businesses operating across the two countries. The relationship appears cooperative, though the scope and intensity of other bilateral government initiatives are less clear.
Key developments
Australia and Norway concluded a bilateral social security agreement providing for coordination of social security entitlements.
Australia and Norway concluded a bilateral agreement on taxation, including provisions to address double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond social security and taxation arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of sustained cooperation in areas such as defence, science and trade is uncertain.