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Statistics about
Portfolio investment abroad
The statistics provide an overview of Norway’s holdings of portfolio investment assets abroad and show sectoral and geographical breakdown of Equity and investment fund shares, as well as Debt securities, where the ownership share is less than 20 per cent.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Norway's Portfolio Investment abroad, by type of sector and financial instrument per 31 December. NOK billionDownload table as ...Norway's Portfolio Investment abroad, by type of sector and financial instrument per 31 December. NOK billion
2020 2021 2022 2023 Portfolio investment, total1 13 404 15 405 15 570 19 236 Sector Central Government 10 900 12 372 12 508 15 716 Banks 323 333 400 476 Insurance and pension funds 848 997 978 1 095 Unit trusts 756 951 874 1 084 Other financial corporations 256 279 288 300 Non-financial corporations, households etc. 321 474 521 564 Object Equities, for all sectors 9 328 10 659 10 237 13 103 Debt securities, for all sectors 4 076 4 747 5 333 6 132 1Portfolio Investments in total and sum of sector and object may deviate due to rounding. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Norway's Portfolio Investment abroad, by financial instrument and selected countries. End of year (NOK billion)Download table as ...Norway's Portfolio Investment abroad, by financial instrument and selected countries. End of year (NOK billion)
2022 2023 Equites Debt securities Equites Debt securities United States 4 087 1 564 5 713 2 043 Japan 666 480 831 383 United Kingdom 631 258 718 333 Germany 351 375 426 419 France 443 278 498 309 Sweden 302 285 404 325 Switzerland 425 40 514 58 Canada 206 223 245 289 Netherlands 242 140 309 178 Cayman Islands 224 5 236 3 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 12 April 2024.
Portfolio investment
Financial investment where the investors have no intention to establish a long-term financial link. In practice, an investment is classed as portfolio investment when the ownership interest is less than 20 per cent.
Financial instruments
A financial instrument is a document representing a financial value or a monetary claim. The statistics cover financial instruments such as equity shares, investment fund shares, long-term and short-term debt securities. Financial derivatives are not covered in the statistics.
Market value
The market value represents the price at which a financial instrument is traded in a market, agreed upon by the parties involved.
The classification of financial instruments and sector breakdown is described in the manuals System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA2008) (un.org - PDF) and European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA2010) (europa.eu - PDF).
The classification of portfolio investments in Norway adheres to the guidelines outlined in the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) Balance of Payments Manual, sixth edition (BPM6) (imf.org - PDF) and IMF's CPIS Guide (Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey) (elibrary.imf.org - PDF). In Norway, portfolio investments are defined as holdings in financial instruments where ownership shares are below 20 percent, in accordance with the Norwegian Accounting Act § 1-4 (lovdata.no). This differs from the international standard, where ownership shares below 10 percent are classified as portfolio investments.
The country code classification follows the international standard ISO-3166 (ssb.no).
Sectoral breakdowns follow the Classification of Institutional sector Classification of Institutional sector - Statistics Norway (ssb.no).
The Norwegian economy is split into sectors on the basis of groups of homogeneous institutional units. An entity must possess decision-making authority and be capable of producing a complete set of accounts to be classified within a specific sector. Typically, these entities are either legal entities or individuals.
The statistics on Portfolio investments abroad are published for the following sectors: Central Government, Banks, Insurance and pension funds, Unit trusts, Other financial corporations and Non-financial corporations, households etc. Moreover, the statistics are published on the following objects: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt securities.