Ah Norway, home of the Teslas. I remember the tax lists were always public in Norway, however before the Internet became commonplace actual physical effort was

Ah Norway, home of the Teslas. I remember the tax lists were always public in Norway, however before the Internet became commonplace actual physical effort was required - you had to go to the city council to look through the books. The change to publish the lists online was creepy. I'm glad I left before my own numbers were made public (IIRC). In Australia the difference between the rich and the poor feels a lot less pronounced. It helps not to actually know your mates might earn 3x what you do. This is just this Norwegian expat's personal experience; YMMV. (Edit: I see from other comments here that the information has been ID-locked. That's a good thing, if but a bit late - after at least a decade fully open).