Statistics Norway

Local government accounts, municipalities

3 Financial key figures. Municipalities. Audited figures for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Financial key figures 2005 2006 2007 2008
Financial key figures as a percentage of operating revenues        
Gross operating surplus of total gross operating revenue 2.0 4.4 1.5 0.4
Net interest and instalments as a percentage of gross operating revenues 2.0 1.9 2.8 3.8
Net operating surplus as a percentage of total gross operating revenue 3.5 5.8 2.3 0.0
Surplus before loan and allocations as a percentage of gross operating revenues -1.7 1.4 -3.8 -7.7
Long-term debt as a percentage of gross operating revenues  163.1  161.5  168.3  170.3
- of this pension obligations as a percentage of gross operating revenues 91.8 91.9 95.3 96.5
Working capital as a percentage of total gross operating revenue 21.7 25.0 25.6 21.9
Gross operating surplus1 4 218 10 097 3 745 1 001
Net interest and instalment1 4 123 4 425 6 737 10 084
Net operating surplus1 7 461 13 341 5 527 -73
Surplus before loan and allocations1 -3 492 3 203 -9 273 -20 297
Long-term debt1  343 676  372 149  406 933  447 149
-of this pension obligations1  193 460  211 880  230 507  253 200
Working capital1 45 753 57 692 61 991 57 451
         
Gross operating revenues divided on source of income        
Government subsidy as a percentage of gross operating revenues 17.2 17.7 18.0 17.8
Other earmarked grants as a percentage of total gross operating revenue 6.1 6.7 7.5 8.1
Income and capital taxes as a percentage of total gross operating revenue 41.7 42.7 41.3 40.3
Revenues from sales and hiring as a percentage of gross operating revenues 14.4 13.4 13.5 13.2
Reimbursement of value added tax (VAT) as a percentage of total gross operating revenue 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.5
Government subsidy1 36 318 40 833 43 452 46 657
Other earmarked grants1 12 910 15 444 18 021 21 265
Income and capital taxes1 87 973 98 334 99 890  105 762
Revenues from sales and hiring1 30 394 30 795 32 645 34 732
Reimbursement of value added tax (VAT)1 6 803 7 473 8 568 9 102
         
Gross capital expenditures        
Transfer from operational accounts as a percentage of gross capital expenditures 5.0 9.9 12.6 7.5
Contribution, reimbursement and property sale revenues as a percentage of gross capital expenditures 26.3 32.6 26.9 18.9
Various internal financing as a percentage of gross capital expenditures -2.6 1.6 0.4 15.7
Applied loans as a percentage of gross capital expenditures 71.1 55.8 60.0 57.8
Transfer from operational accounts1 1 158 2 439 3 777 2 559
Contribution, reimbursement and property sale revenues1 6 089 8 067 8 069 6 456
Various internal financing1 -600  403  111 5 360
Applied loans1 16 491 13 810 18 000 19 691
         
Key figures per capita        
Gross operating revenue per capita 45 542 49 797 51 043 54 696
Unrestricted revenues per capita 26 858 30 073 30 259 31 759
Gross operating expenditure per capita 44 631 47 615 51 043 54 487
Net operating expenditure per capita 29 579 31 514 33 201 35 507
Gross capital expenditure per capita 5 011 5 349 6 331 7 103
Net loan debt per capita 19 529 21 227 23 554 26 856
Gross operating revenue1  210 756  230 444  241 798  262 498
Unrestricted revenues1  124 291  139 167  143 341  152 419
Gross operating expenditure1  206 539  220 347  238 054  261 497
Net operating expenditure1  136 881  145 835  157 279  170 406
Gross capital expenditure1 23 190 24 753 29 992 34 091
Net loan debt1 90 376 98 230  111 578  128 888
1  Figures in NOK million.

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