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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 2024 1st quarter 2025 Change in per cent A. Total income 567 595 5.0 Operating surplus extraction of petroleum 59 76 27.7 Tax revenue 304 298 -1.9 Members' and employers' contribution to the National Insurance Scheme 142 145 2.3 Interest and dividends 27 27 0.8 Other revenue 34 48 41.7 B. Total expenditure 513 521 1.7 Operating costs 54 65 19.9 Total fixed capital formation 19 15 -22.3 Total transfers 440 442 0.5 C. Surplus before net transfers to The Government Pension Fund – Global 54 73 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 2024 2nd quarter 2024 3rd quarter 2024 4th quarter 2024 1st quarter 2025 A. Total revenue 567 661 511 585 595 Sales revenue 5 7 12 17 6 Operating surplus extraction of petroleum 59 53 59 63 76 Depreciation etc. extraction of petroleum 7 8 7 8 8 Depreciation etc. other central government enterprises 0 0 1 1 0 Other revenue from fixed capital formation 1 2 0 2 1 Total transfers 494 592 433 495 504 Tax revenue 304 457 239 364 298 Members' contributions National Insurance Scheme 54 40 57 35 56 Employers' contributions National Insurance Scheme 88 44 88 48 90 Interest and dividends 27 47 38 37 27 Transfers from other state accounts 0 0 9 8 0 Transfers from municipalities and county authorities 1 1 1 1 1 Transfers from the central bank 18 0 0 0 30 Other transfers 3 2 1 2 3 B. Total expenses 513 477 442 522 521 Operating costs 54 62 58 75 65 Wages and salaries 29 33 28 27 33 Goods and services 16 18 19 26 19 Other operating expenses 9 11 12 21 13 Operating deficit central government enterprises 0 0 0 0 0 Total fixed capital formation 19 20 27 51 15 Construction etc. extraction of petroleum 8 8 7 26 3 Construction etc. other central government enterprises 2 2 2 2 2 Other fixed capital formation 10 10 18 23 9 Total transfers 440 395 358 395 442 Transfers to other state accounts 36 17 23 8 32 Transfers to municipalities and county authorities 79 105 61 86 86 Pensions benefits etc. National Insurance Scheme 154 170 166 174 162 Interest expenditure 4 3 4 2 4 Other transfers 166 100 103 125 158 C. Surplus before net transfers to The Government Pension Fund – Global including debt instalments 54 185 68 64 73 D. Net transfers to The Government Pension Fund – Global 96 92 99 69 78 E=C-D Surplus before financial transactions -42 93 -31 -5 -5 F. Lending minus repayments 22 3 -17 50 13 G. Debt instalments 63 0 0 2 62 H=F+G-E Total financing including debt instalments 127 -90 14 57 80 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 2022 2023 2024 2024 2025 A. Total 2 668 2 494 2 324 2 389 2 250 Sales revenue 34 31 40 26 29 Operating surplus extraction of petroleum 529 277 234 296 219 Depreciation etc. extraction of petroleum 26 27 30 29 32 Depreciation etc. other central government enterprises 2 2 2 2 2 Other revenue from fixed capital formation 3 2 4 2 2 Total transfers 2 075 2 155 2 014 2 033 1 966 Tax revenue 1 566 1 547 1 364 1 418 1 345 Members' contributions National Insurance Scheme 170 181 186 191 197 Employers' contributions National Insurance Scheme 226 248 269 265 269 Interest and dividends 89 159 150 116 121 Transfers from other state accounts 1 1 18 9 1 Transfers from municipalities and county authorities 2 2 3 3 3 Other transfers 10 9 8 8 10 B. Total expenses 1 666 1 807 1 953 1 893 2 053 Operating costs 223 237 249 246 275 Wages and salaries 107 113 116 115 129 Goods and services 70 75 79 81 90 Other operating expenses 47 50 53 50 56 Operating deficit central government enterprises -1 0 0 0 0 Total fixed capital formation 80 87 117 88 104 Construction etc. extraction of petroleum 28 30 49 26 30 Construction etc. other central government enterprises 6 9 9 8 8 Other fixed capital formation 46 48 60 54 66 Total transfers 1 363 1 483 1 588 1 559 1 674 Transfers to other state accounts 75 78 84 83 73 Transfers to municipalities and county authorities 266 303 332 326 351 Pensions benefits etc. National Insurance Scheme 564 612 664 651 702 Interest expenditure 8 11 14 12 16 Other transfers 450 479 495 486 532 C. Surplus before net transfers to the Government pension fund - global 1 002 688 370 496 197 D. Surplus before net transfers to the Government pension fund - global 975 692 356 496 197 E=C-D Surplus before financial transactions 27 -4 15 0 0 F. Lending minus repayments 92 -82 58 34 113 G. Debt instalments 10 100 65 68 64 H=F+G-E Total financing including debt instalments 74 22 108 102 176 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 2024 2nd quarter 2024 3rd quarter 2024 4th quarter 2024 1st quarter 2025 Taxes on the extraction of petroleum 78 155 59 120 68 Environmental taxes and area fees 0 3 0 5 0 Net cash flow from SDFI 59 54 60 46 82 Equinor dividend 19 15 14 15 0 Total 157 227 132 186 150 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
2021 2022 2023 2024 Taxes on the extraction of petroleum 86 714 614 411 Environmental taxes and area fees 6 7 9 9 Net cash flow from SDFI 185 529 277 219 Equinor dividend 10 35 78 63 Total 288 1 285 978 702 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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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.