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Central government revenue and expenditure
The central government’s fiscal account shows its total revenue and expenditure. The revenues include tax revenues, contributions to the National Insurance Scheme and petroleum-related revenues. The expenditure consists mainly of transfers, fixed capital formation and operating costs.
Selected figures from these statistics
- Central government fiscal account. Quarterly figures. NOK million.Download table as ...Central government fiscal account. Quarterly figures. NOK million.
1st quarter 2025 1st quarter 2026 Change in per cent A. Total income 595 616 3.6 Operating surplus extraction of petroleum 76 59 -22.0 Tax revenue 298 333 11.7 Members' and employers' contribution to the National Insurance Scheme 145 159 9.3 Interest and dividends 27 18 -32.7 Other revenue 48 47 -3.7 B. Total expenditure 521 589 12.9 Operating costs 65 71 8.6 Total fixed capital formation 15 22 47.5 Total transfers 442 496 12.4 C. Surplus before net transfers to The Government Pension Fund – Global 73 27 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Central government fiscal account. Revenue and expenditure by type. Quarterly figures. NOK Billion.Download table as ...Central government fiscal account. Revenue and expenditure by type. Quarterly figures. NOK Billion.1
1st quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2025 3rd quarter 2025 4th quarter 2025 1st quarter 2026 A. Total revenue 595 644 495 556 616 Sales revenue 6 6 6 13 6 Operating surplus extraction of petroleum 76 56 54 45 59 Depreciation etc. extraction of petroleum 8 10 10 10 11 Depreciation etc. other central government enterprises 0 0 0 1 1 Other revenue from fixed capital formation 1 1 1 2 6 Total transfers 504 571 423 484 534 Tax revenue 298 435 242 353 333 Members' contributions National Insurance Scheme 56 43 58 40 70 Employers' contributions National Insurance Scheme 90 46 91 47 89 Interest and dividends 27 43 29 28 18 Transfers from other state accounts 0 0 0 3 1 Transfers from municipalities and county authorities 1 1 1 1 1 Transfers from the central bank 30 0 0 0 20 Other transfers 3 3 2 13 3 B. Total expenses 521 531 469 579 589 Operating costs 65 68 61 84 71 Wages and salaries 33 37 31 32 35 Goods and services 19 20 19 32 18 Other operating expenses 13 12 11 19 17 Operating deficit central government enterprises 0 0 0 0 0 Total fixed capital formation 15 22 25 51 22 Construction etc. extraction of petroleum 3 8 8 9 8 Construction etc. other central government enterprises 2 2 1 2 2 Other fixed capital formation 9 12 15 40 12 Total transfers 442 441 383 444 496 Transfers to other state accounts 32 16 18 6 32 Transfers to municipalities and county authorities 86 110 73 80 98 Pensions benefits etc. National Insurance Scheme 162 180 176 186 172 Interest expenditure 4 6 5 3 3 Other transfers 158 128 112 168 191 C. Surplus before net transfers to The Government Pension Fund – Global including debt instalments 73 113 26 -24 27 D. Net transfers to The Government Pension Fund – Global 78 88 83 -66 15 E=C-D Surplus before financial transactions -5 25 -57 42 12 F. Lending minus repayments 13 -54 -32 142 5 G. Debt instalments 62 7 6 2 47 H=F+G-E Total financing including debt instalments 80 -72 31 102 41 1The quarterly figures are subjected to chance variations and are not revised. They should be interpreted with caution. Figures for 2024 Q4 were corrected on March 18 2025. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Central government fiscal account. Revenue and expenditure by type. Annual figures. NOK Billion.Download table as ...Central government fiscal account. Revenue and expenditure by type. Annual figures. NOK Billion.
Account Budget 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 A. Total 2 494 2 324 2 290 2 250 2 275 Sales revenue 31 40 31 29 28 Operating surplus extraction of petroleum 277 234 232 219 185 Depreciation etc. extraction of petroleum 27 30 38 32 39 Depreciation etc. other central government enterprises 2 2 2 2 2 Other revenue from fixed capital formation 2 4 5 2 5 Total transfers 2 155 2 014 1 982 1 966 2 015 Tax revenue 1 547 1 364 1 328 1 345 1 349 Members' contributions National Insurance Scheme 181 186 197 197 231 Employers' contributions National Insurance Scheme 248 269 274 269 283 Interest and dividends 159 150 127 121 115 Transfers from other state accounts 1 18 3 1 3 Transfers from municipalities and county authorities 2 3 3 3 3 Other transfers 9 8 20 10 11 B. Total expenses 1 807 1 953 2 102 2 053 2 210 Operating costs 237 249 278 275 317 Wages and salaries 113 116 133 129 137 Goods and services 75 79 91 90 93 Other operating expenses 50 53 55 56 88 Operating deficit central government enterprises 0 0 0 0 0 Total fixed capital formation 87 117 113 104 108 Construction etc. extraction of petroleum 30 49 29 30 36 Construction etc. other central government enterprises 9 9 7 8 6 Other fixed capital formation 48 60 77 66 66 Total transfers 1 483 1 588 1 711 1 674 1 786 Transfers to other state accounts 78 84 74 73 73 Transfers to municipalities and county authorities 303 332 349 351 363 Pensions benefits etc. National Insurance Scheme 612 664 703 702 744 Interest expenditure 11 14 18 16 20 Other transfers 479 495 566 532 585 C. Surplus before net transfers to the Government pension fund - global 688 370 188 197 65 D. Surplus before net transfers to the Government pension fund - global 692 356 184 197 65 E=C-D Surplus before financial transactions -4 15 4 0 0 F. Lending minus repayments -82 58 69 113 35 G. Debt instalments 100 65 78 64 61 H=F+G-E Total financing including debt instalments 22 108 142 176 96 Accounting figures for 2024 were corrected on March 18, 2025. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Net government cash flow from petroleum activities. Quarterly figures. NOK billionDownload table as ...Net government cash flow from petroleum activities. Quarterly figures. NOK billion
1st quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2025 3rd quarter 2025 4th quarter 2025 1st quarter 2026 Taxes on the extraction of petroleum 68 140 68 98 71 Environmental taxes and area fees 0 4 0 6 0 Net cash flow from SDFI 82 59 58 48 63 Equinor dividend 0 22 6 6 6 Total 150 224 132 158 139 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Net government cash flow from petroleum activities. Annual figures. NOK billionDownload table as ...Net government cash flow from petroleum activities. Annual figures. NOK billion
2022 2023 2024 2025 Taxes on the extraction of petroleum 714 614 411 374 Environmental taxes and area fees 7 9 9 9 Net cash flow from SDFI 529 277 219 246 Equinor dividend 35 78 63 35 Total 1 285 978 702 664 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 8 December 2023.
Total revenue: Total gross revenue before transfers to the Government Pension Fund - Global.
Total expenditure: Total gross expenditure before transfers to the Government Pension Fund - Global.
Surplus before net transfers to the Government Pension Fund - Global: Total revenue minus total expenditure.
Surplus before financial transactions: Surplus after net transfers to the Government Pension Fund - Global.
Gross financing including debt instalments: Deficit before financial transactions plus lending minus repayments and debt instalments.
Financing: Use of capital to cover deficits before net transfers to the Government Pension Fund - Global is financed, distributed by main groups of financial instruments.
Financial instrument: Financial asset or liability with similar characteristics. Deposits, loans and securities are examples of financial objects.
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Name: Central government's fiscal account
Topic: Public sector
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Monthly figures for revenue and expeniture are only published in StatBank. They are updated on the last workday of the following month and this update is not included in the overview of planned releases and events.
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Budget figures are updated in the StatBank when figures for the 3rd and 4th quarter are published.
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The purpose is to provide the public access long time series to the central government's fiscal account, including the National Insurance Scheme. In addition, according to agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Norway is obliged to publish such accounting statistics.
Annual and quarterly figures are available from 1985 while monthly figures are available from 2003. Figures of some principle revenue items are available from 1980.
The general public, media and IMF are important users of the statistics. The figures in the central government’s fiscal accounts is also a central source of the statistics regarding the national accounts and public finances.
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The statistics are not based on international standards. The figures for the central government's fiscal accounts are in principle final at the time of publishing. Figures from the statistics are included in processed form in the statistics General government revenue and expenditure and the National Accounts.
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
The statistics are part of the national program for official statistics 2021-2023, main area Public finances.
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The population comprises all administrative bodies that report to the central government's fiscal account. Non-corporate state enterprises and state lending institutions are partially included (most of them on a net basis), but not public corporations.
The statistics are based on data from The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ), which is responsible for preparing the national accounts. The central government's fiscal account is an administrative register that contains cash-based transactions for gross budgeting state administrative bodies, the state's business operations and the state lending institutions.
The figures that make up the state accounts are obtained electronically from DFØ.
The statistics are not subject to editing. Some simple calculations are made based on the classifications of the data from DFØ.
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Major breaks in the time series do not occur. Certain minor breaches may occur since the state accounts' chart of accounts is continuously adjusted by decision in the Parlament, but presumably such adjustments have not had a significant impact on comparability over time.
The data is considered to be of high quality as there are extensive regulations and controls linked to the preparation of these accounts. Furthermore, it is not hard for Statistics Norway to carry out checks of the finished figures in the statistics against the source data. The uncertainty of the figures in the statistics is therefore considered low.
Published figures are considered final - and are seldom revised.