Statistics Norway

23.4 General government1. Current expenditure by functions. NOK million
  1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Current expenditure, total  130 008  149 660  168 790  188 132  203 392  223 347  250 427  283 549  310 417  331 094  357 867  383 641  405 056
General public services 6 503 7 430 8 851 10 027 10 822 12 177 13 798 15 467 17 806 18 580 20 065 21 300 22 577
Defence affairs and services 8 326 10 722 11 769 13 196 13 677 15 215 16 433 19 044 19 124 21 423 23 792 23 979 24 141
03. Politi, rettsvesen mv. Public order and safety affairs 2 269 2 687 3 020 3 302 3 587 3 913 4 394 5 245 5 568 5 968 6 384 6 914 7 486
Education affairs and services 15 512 17 557 20 080 22 215 24 348 26 389 28 697 32 264 34 877 38 586 41 549 44 793 48 202
Health affairs and services 17 443 20 055 22 779 25 992 27 999 30 449 33 923 39 001 41 912 43 561 46 860 53 085 56 217
Social security and welfare affairs and services 39 317 46 274 53 275 60 347 66 145 72 489 80 579 91 429  104 970  117 993  127 979  138 517  148 813
Housing and community amenity affairs and services 3 079 3 223 3 183 3 036 2 922 3 338 4 208 4 851 5 336 5 865 5 889 7 956 8 533
Recreational, cultural and religious affairs and services 3 094 3 575 4 222 4 645 5 109 5 498 5 981 6 832 7 320 7 578 8 022 9 419 10 817
Fuel and energy affairs and services 1 015  624  829  749  845 1 497 2 157 5 407 8 486 1 836 2 578 2 489 1 159
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting affairs and services 8 084 9 619 10 849 11 310 11 784 12 538 12 593 13 645 14 369 15 577 16 496 16 252 16 535
Mining, manufacturing and construction affairs and services 1 238 2 036 2 268 2 038 2 114 1 973 3 367 2 690 3 056 2 550 3 652 3 186 3 473
Transportation and communication affairs and services 8 033 9 067 10 061 11 209 11 876 12 585 14 153 15 690 16 666 17 194 17 912 18 290 19 219
Other economic services 6 112 5 661 5 773 6 007 6 342 6 941 7 043 7 032 7 344 8 765 9 350 11 799 11 343
Other functions 9 983 11 130 11 831 13 792 15 476 17 900 23 101 24 952 23 583 25 618 27 339 25 662 26 541
1  Newer numbers: www.ssb.no/english/table/03668/ and www.ssb.no/english/table/07488/
Source: NOS Public Sector Finances.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/offinnut_en/ 

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