Close window

300 Balance of payments. Current account. NOK million
  1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2012*
Exports, total 33 387  136 078  295 592  689 316 1 029 969 1 182 974
Goods 17 593 92 732  212 667  529 472  779 027  923 640
Services 15 794 43 346 82 925  159 843  250 942  259 334
             
Imports, total 33 957  116 903  248 729  435 894  726 317  798 785
Goods 27 470 88 638  177 098  297 242  477 213  526 041
Services 6 487 28 265 71 631  138 654  249 104  272 744
             
Balance of goods and services -570 19 175 46 863  253 422  303 652  384 189
             
Income and current transfers from abroad 1 823 5 939 27 395 81 250  232 322  293 144
Compensation of employees  200  500 1 168 2 376 4 107 4 458
Interest received  915 4 573 22 830 47 378 94 213  104 621
Dividends etc.  282  238 1 380 5 618 88 400  157 688
Reinvested earnings 0 -  659 11 292 25 332 3 676
Current transfers  426  628 1 358 14 586 20 270 22 701
             
Income and current transfers to abroad 3 115 17 830 55 837  112 293  232 796  265 327
Compensation of employees  770  653 2 634 9 335 24 872 28 246
Interest paid 1 259 11 802 34 882 46 832 74 354 91 815
Dividends etc.  569 2 304 5 543 24 478 64 182 71 333
Reinvested earnings 0 - 3 957 6 000 18 688 21 656
Current public transfers  299 2 199 6 385 9 648 29 830 27 846
Current transfers  218  872 2 436 16 000 20 870 24 431
             
Balance of income and current transfers -1 292 -11 891 -28 442 -31 043 -474 27 817
             
Current account balance -1 862 7 284 18 421  222 378  303 178  412 006
             
Capital transfers from abroad, net .. -96 1 423 1 683 1 268 1 279
Aquisition of patents, licenses etc., net .. - - -818  293  280
             
Net lending .. 7 380 16 998  221 513  301 617  410 447
Source: Balance of payment, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/ur 

Explanation of symbols