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Accounting statistics, non-financial enterprises foreign financing
The statistics gives an overview over Norwegian non-financial enterprises’ assets, liabilities, ownership, financial income and financial expenses abroad.
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- Assets and liabilities in foreign countries. NOK million. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Assets and liabilities in foreign countries. NOK million. Preliminary figures
2nd quarter 2025 Change in per cent 1st quarter 2025 - 2nd quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2024 - 2nd quarter 2025 Total assets 2 458 436 -2.5 2.3 Fixed assets 1 595 773 -0.5 -2.9 Current assets 862 663 -6.0 13.3 Total liabilities 1 591 898 1.1 0.3 Long-term liabilities 1 057 208 2.0 0.5 Short-term liabilities 534 691 -0.8 -0.2 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, yearly figures by category. NOK millionDownload table as ...Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, yearly figures by category. NOK million1
2021 2022 2023 2024 Total assets 2 335 843 2 669 493 2 732 262 2 637 005 Fixed assets 1 474 811 1 628 373 1 753 289 1 719 668 Intangible fixed assets abroad 367 203 242 226 Tangible fixed assets abroad 32 537 35 376 40 636 26 824 Financial fixed assets abroad 1 441 908 1 592 794 1 712 411 1 692 618 Investment in subsidiaries, other group companies or associated companies abroad 1 014 658 1 158 720 1 218 305 1 283 351 Loans to group companies 396 600 401 105 446 548 360 608 Current assets 861 031 1 041 120 978 972 917 337 Debitors abroad 599 133 693 916 600 926 652 620 Investments abroad 239 155 304 817 322 843 203 965 Bank deposits abroad 22 744 42 387 55 203 60 752 Total liabilities 1 636 005 1 743 346 1 794 000 1 839 077 Long term liabilities 1 010 890 1 069 468 1 102 499 1 183 294 Bond loans abroad 418 094 509 510 531 193 588 281 Liabilities to foreign financial institutions 182 275 157 837 157 739 175 583 Long-term liabilities to group companies abroad 357 068 353 617 358 544 370 048 Short-term liabilities 625 114 673 878 691 501 655 782 Short-term liabilities to group companies abroad 361 735 421 307 428 812 381 601 1Figures from last year are preliminary. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, by continent. NOK million. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, by continent. NOK million. Preliminary figures
2024 Total assets Fixed assets Current assets Total liabilities Long-term liabilities Short-term liabilities Total 2 637 005 1 719 668 917 337 1 839 077 1 183 294 655 782 Europe except Nordic countries 1 708 855 1 046 231 662 624 1 115 453 726 246 389 207 Of which Belgium 18 017 9 266 8 751 114 743 .. .. Sweden 347 449 250 686 96 763 162 890 107 920 54 970 United Kingdom 277 728 162 594 115 135 240 625 145 935 94 690 Germany 95 843 62 733 33 111 67 272 40 853 26 419 Netherlands 246 301 207 764 38 537 109 301 55 180 54 121 Denmark 149 432 99 266 50 166 63 331 27 828 35 503 Russia 484 279 205 89 .. .. France 165 258 25 614 139 644 29 396 21 690 7 705 Switzerland 38 639 10 385 28 254 28 102 14 741 13 361 Finland 86 308 55 208 31 100 52 114 28 454 23 661 Ireland 66 399 20 944 45 455 55 092 41 724 13 367 Cyprus 8 109 5 853 2 256 5 679 .. .. Luxembourg 46 471 21 473 24 998 138 968 118 757 20 211 Iceland 10 012 8 933 1 078 1 217 .. .. Northern, Central America and the Caribbean 364 948 266 932 98 016 410 524 301 736 108 788 Of which United States 313 334 237 806 75 527 378 346 281 527 96 819 Bermuda 10 860 7 806 3 055 5 544 3 740 1 805 Canada 27 310 17 634 9 676 20 520 14 151 6 369 Asia 214 364 159 765 54 599 73 436 34 740 38 696 Of which Singapore 121 270 107 354 13 916 15 077 2 909 12 169 South Korea 17 992 12 770 5 222 1 293 .. .. China 16 306 11 952 4 354 21 123 19 294 1 829 Africa 16 815 10 349 6 466 18 301 1 216 17 084 Of which Angola 1 920 1 152 768 13 763 0 13 763 Algeria 3 305 .. .. .. 0 .. South America 192 210 183 901 8 309 2 470 422 2 048 Of which Brazil 168 587 163 590 4 996 1 692 422 1 270 Oceania 23 754 6 346 17 409 7 094 2 475 4 619 Of which Australia 20 848 5 093 15 755 6 016 2 447 3 570 Unknown 116 059 46 145 69 915 211 800 116 459 95 340 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, quarterly figures by category. NOK millionDownload table as ...Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, quarterly figures by category. NOK million
Total assets Fixed assets Current assets Total liabilities Long-term liabilities Short-term liabilities 2nd quarter 20241 2 404 338 1 642 961 761 377 1 587 501 1 051 500 536 001 3rd quarter 20241 2 349 841 1 616 864 732 978 1 575 428 1 037 736 537 692 4th quarter 20241 2 423 906 1 615 847 808 059 1 686 778 1 100 121 586 657 1st quarter 20251 2 521 293 1 603 908 917 384 1 575 288 1 036 060 539 227 2nd quarter 20251 2 458 436 1 595 773 862 663 1 591 898 1 057 208 534 691 1The figures are preliminary. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 23 April 2021.
The units below are regarded as Norwegian in the statistics:
Legal persons registered as Norwegian, excluding their affiliates abroad. The definition is valid regardless of the owner’s nationality. Hence, foreign-owned companies registered as Norwegian are regarded as Norwegian units.
Affiliates in Norway of foreign registered legal persons. Physical persons permanently residing in Norway, regardless of citizenship. The following units are regarded as foreign in the statistics:
Legal persons registered abroad, including Norwegian-owned companies that are registered abroad.
Norwegian companies’ affiliates abroad.
Physical persons permanently residing abroad, regardless of citizenship.
Fixed assets in foreign countries cover assets that are mainly included in the company’s long-term creation of value and are intended for permanent ownership or use. They also include receivables and securities scheduled for repayment later than one year after the time of the settlement. They include tangible fixed assets, long-term receivables and investments. Investments include securities, shares and loans to other companies within the same group.
Current assets are assets relating to the company’s sales of goods and services (stocks of goods are not included, but assets and liabilities concerning sales of goods are), and assets which are expected to have a functional period of less than one year in production. This includes cash and short-term capital in foreign countries, foreign receivables and inventories.
The data are based on accounting legislation, and the values do not necessarily give a good picture of the real or the market value of the assets.
Liabilities cover all obligations that may limit the company’s future use of its resources. They are divided into short-term and long-term liabilities to foreign countries. Long-term liabilities are legal or financial obligations not meant to be redeemed during the coming accounting period. They are not related to the company’s short-term sales of goods and services. Short-term liabilities are liabilities that fall due for payment within one year from the time of settlement. Liabilities which are directly related to the company’s short-term sales of goods and services also fall in this category.
Companies applying the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) classify proposed dividends as a part of the equity, and not as a short-term liability.
In the statistics, assets and liabilities are grouped into assets and liabilities in companies within own group and assets and liabilities in companies that are not in own group.
The annual statistics are broken-down by groups of countries.
Groups of countries are based on the ISO standard 3166.
Name: Accounting statistics, non-financial enterprises foreign financing
Topic: Establishments, enterprises and accounts
Division for Business Dynamics Statistics
The annual statistics are divided into countries or groups of countries.
Annually and quarterly statistics on non-financial companies’ foreign financial income, foreign financial expenses and foreign balance sheet items. The quarterly statistics are published 10 weeks after the quarter’s end, while the annual statistics are published within one year after the fiscal year.
The statistics are part of the basis for the Balance of Payment of non-financial companies, and partly the basis for reporting of Foreign Direct Investment to international organizations as IMF, OECD and Eurostat.
Statistical files are stored.
The purpose of the statistics is to give an overview over Norwegian non-financial companies’ foreign economy (assets, liabilities, ownership, financial income and financial expenses).
Parts of the earlier basis for the Balance of Payments statistics were closed, and this statistics was established to replace parts of the basis. The statistics also gives information on non-financial companies’ foreign assets and liabilities was previously collected as a part of the Financial Census.
The Accounting Statistics, non-financial companies foreign financing, are a part of the Balance of Payment.
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Accounting statistics, non-financial companies' foreign financing, is part of the basis of the Balance of Payment. The statistics is also part of the international reporting of assets and liabilities to foreign countries. The data collection is partly joint with the statistics on import and export of services.
The quarterly statistics cover the sample, and do not give figures for the entire population. The statistics is not directly comparable with the Balance of Payment.
Statistics Act Sections 10 and 20.
Council Regulation (EF) 184/2005.
The statistics are based on a survey of the 600 largest non-financial companies. The size of the company is measured by assets and liabilities in foreign countries, foreign shares and foreign ownership.
The population is based on the Financial Census of 2003 and taxation data.
Data are collected from non-financial companies, and are matched with information from the accounting statistics, stock statistics and the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises.
The data are collected quarterly from the about 600 largest companies quarterly. The annual statistics cover approximately 3000 companies, where the 600 largest are included.
The data are collected by electronic questionnaires. The respondents must report within 30 days after the quarter, but have longer time to report the annual data.
The data are checked when reported to Statistics Norway, and for some types of errors, the respondent is contacted to get the errors corrected. The data are also verified by comparing them with data from other sources, like previous reports and accounting data.
Figures are not published in a way which makes it possible to identify particular units in the statistics.
Revisions in the accounting legislation may cause less comparability over time.
The reported data are based on the tax questionnaire on accounting. The interpretation of figures concerning Norwegian amounts and amounts toward foreign countries may vary from company to company, and cause missing values. There may also be errors in reporting. One of the most common errors stem from differences between variables as defined by Statistics Norway and as they are in the company’s accounting system or general ledger. The separation of the figures into Norwegian and foreign may also cause errors.
Non-response weakens the quality of the statistics. To minimize non-response, missing data are imputed electronically.
To secure high relevance at low cost, ensuring that the largest companies are in the sample is emphasised. There is no complete register covering all units in the population. Due to this, it might be units in the population not covered by the sample.