Central government debt, Q1 2013

National level only

Quarterly

Not relevant

The data are also stored in a Fame database.

The purpose is to offer the public access to time series for the central government debt. Annual figures are available from 1965 and quarterly figures from the 4th quarter 1996.

From the first quarter of 2018, these figures are not published independently, but table 05830 in StatBank is updated with the publication of General government financial assets and liabilities.

On an annual basis - in a processed form - the data are included in the statistics General government financial assets and liabilities, which again are included in the statistics Financial accounts and in the National Accounts. Other important users are the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Norway and mass media.

No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar.

See also the Principles for equal treatment of users in releasing statistics and analyses.

The statistics are not based on international standards. In principle the quarterly figures are final at the time of publishing with the exception of the 4th quarter, which may be revised when the central government's fiscal account is presented in the Storting's white paper no. 3. In processed form annual figures are included in the statistics General government financial assets and liabilities, the Financial accounts and the National Accounts.

The Statistics Act, § 2-2

Not relevant

The population comprises all central government debt as managed by the Ministry of Finance.

Ministry of Finance
Norges Bank: Key government debt indicators

No checks are undertaken.

The figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Not relevant

Breaks rarely occur in the time series.