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Municipal accounts, 2012

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Audited figures for the Norwegian municipalities show an improvement in 2012 compared to 2011. Net operating surplus for the municipalities was 2.7 per cent of the gross operating revenues in 2012 compared to 2 per cent in 2011.

National figures, municipal accountsPublished 17 June 2013
Amount (mill. NOK)Per cent changePer cent change
20122011 - 20122006 - 2012
Main financial figures
Gross operating revenue343 9207.349.6
Gross operating expenditure337 0666.953.0
Net operating surplus9 373....
Gross investment expenditure36 8792.249.0
 
201220112006
National key figures
Gross operating surplus as a percentage of total gross operating revenue2.01.74.2
Net operating surplus as a percentage of total gross operating revenue2.72.05.6
Unrestricted revenues per capita (NOK)68.367.660.5
Gross operating expenditure, administration, management and joint expenditure, as a percentage of gross operating expenditure6.56.77.0
Gross operating expenditure, kindergarten, as a percentage of gross operating expenditure12.212.09.7
Gross operating expenditure, primary and lower secondary education, as a percentage of gross operating expenditure20.921.323.1
Brutto driftsutgifter, helse og omsorg i prosent av brutto driftsutgifter 2)33.331.133.3

Source: Statistics Norway

Audited figures for 2012 show that gross operating surplus was about NOK 6.8 billion for all the municipalities combined. The municipalities’ gross operating revenue was approximately NOK 344 billion in 2012, while the gross operating expenditure was about NOK 337 billion. The gross surplus ended at 2 per cent of the gross revenues in 2012 compared to 1.7 per cent the previous year.

The net operating surplus for the Norwegian municipalities had a substantial increase from NOK 6.3 billion in 2011 to about NOK 9.3 billion in 2012.

Continuous investments in Norwegian municipalities

The figures for gross investment expenditures for 2012 combined show that the municipalities invested NOK 37 billion, compared to NOK 36 billion in 2011. The audited figures show that the deficit before loans and allocations decreased by approximately NOK 1.3 billion from 2011 to NOK 9.3 billion in 2012.

The figures also show that the municipalities’ investments have been financed by the use of applied loans, which have also decreased by NOK 1.5 billion. Financing of investments by applied loans as a percentage of the gross capital expenditure was approximately 54.8 per cent in 2012, compared with about 60 per cent in 2011. The municipalities allocated NOK 0.9 billion of existing funds in 2012.

Expenditure to health and care services increases as a result of health care reform

The newly-formed health and care services were introduced in 2012. Health services and social care services, as they were known until 2011, have now been merged to form the health and care services. Health and care services’ expenditures increased by about NOK 11.2 billion from 2011 to 2012. The increase is a result of the new health and care reform.

The municipalities’ expenditure for administration was NOK 20.8 billion in 2012, while expenditure for kindergartens, primary schools and care services amounted to a total of NOK 36.3, with NOK 61 and NOK 90.8 billion respectively.

Slight adjustment in the production of services

The percentage of 1-5 year-olds in kindergarten was 90.1 in 2012, compared to 89.6 per cent the previous year. The figures for 2012 indicate that the number of children with special educational needs and children with additional Norwegian language needs has increased. There is also a slight increase in the number of children under the protection of child welfare services, whereas the number of social assistance recipients has been reduced from 2011 to 2012.