KOSTRA (Municipality-State-Reporting): Municipality activities, 2010, edited figures.

Key figures ready for municipal activities

The key figures in KOSTRA (Municipality-State-Reporting) provide information on most of the municipal and county municipal activities, including economy, schools, health, culture, the environment, social services, public housing, technical services and transport and communication.

The figures focus on the priorities, productivity and the coverage of needs, using a vast range of key indicators.

Steady data entry

All of the municipalities and county municipalities have reported their data, and there are very few shortages in the total material. The account figures are based on file extracts from all county municipalities and the municipalities, except for four. Reporting from the own units with separate accounts and the municipal inter-authority companies has increased. The response rate is approximately 93 per cent for municipal and 95 per cent for the county municipal companies. With regard to the reports from the service areas, the response rate varies from 94 per cent to 100 per cent. In addition to figures from Statistics Norway, data have been collected from several sources outside Statistics Norway, for instance from directorates who also collect data from the municipalities.

The reported data have been subjected to several controls, both locally and in Statistics Norway. In some areas the data can be regarded as the final figures, whereas in other areas changes may occur after this publication. The data material for the reporting year 2010 will be updated with any corrections and forms received late, together with the publication of unrevised figures for 2011 on 15 March 2012.

New this year

Two fact sheets with consolidated accounts show key figures and basic data for the county administrational companies’ purchase of services.

Four fact sheets with consolidated accounts show key figures and basic data for the municipal companies’ use of resources and services for the purposes of child welfare and their purchase of services.

Several services have fact sheets with key figures both for the municipality and the municipality as a corporation. While the sheets for the municipality will have economic figures containing only the municipal accounts, the sheets for the corporation will have figures including municipal accounts, municipal companies and the municipality’s part in inter-municipal companies.

The consolidated figures therefore include the service, whether it is run by the municipality or county municipality itself, or by an own unit with separate accounts. When possible, the key figures with consolidated accounts should be used to ensure comparability.

KOSTRA (Municipality-State-Reporting) is a national information system that provides information on municipal and county municipal activities.