Norway Yearbook - 1996

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General government. Summary figures. Million kroner and per cent of gross
domestic product (GDP)
19911992 1993 1994* 1995*
Million kroner
Final consumption expenditure 161 378 172 974 179 599 185 202 191 964
Central government 65772 71 017 74111 74910 76852
Local government 95606 101 957 105488 110292 115112
Gross fixed capital formation 28 883 29 998 27369 28263 29 161
Central government 15002 16204 13939 13923 13487
Localgovernment 13881 13794 13430 14340 15674
Transfers to the private sector 170035 180 294 187 330 190 528 195 265
Subsidies 34176 34914 36322 36771 34983
Transfers to households. . 124965 133887 139455 141 953 148 610
Transfers to public enterprises 10854 11 312 11 386 11 544 11 622
Otherdomestictransfers 40 181 167 260 50
Taxes, total 317701 326905 339076 365993 390605
Petroleum taxes 28302 27 522 26 155 27 343 27795
Niet taxes (taxes - transfers to the private sector) . . 147 666 146 611 151 746 175 465 195 340
Netlending 1028 -13604 -11364 3300 28455
Surplus before financial transactions -2863 -18 753 -25 4.44 -12 639 17472
Per cent of gross domestic product (GDP)
Final consumption expenditure 212 22.1 21.8 21.1 20.7
Central government 8.6 9.1 9.0 8.5 8.3
Local government 12.5 13.0 12.8 12.6 12.4
Gross fixed capital formation 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.2
Central government 2.0 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.5
Localgovernment 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7
Transfers to the private sector 22.3 23.0 22.8 21.7 21.1
Subsidies 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 3.8
Transfers to households 16.4 17.1 16.9 16.2 16.0
Transfers to public enterprises. 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Other domestic transfers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taxes, total 41.7 41.7 41.2 41.7 42.2
Petroleum taxes 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.0
Net taxes (taxes - transfers to the private sector) . . . 19.4 18.7 18.4 20.0 21.1
Netlending 0.1 -1.7 -1.4 0.4 3.1
Surplus before financial transactions -0.4 -2.4 -3.1 -1.4 1.9
Source: Weekly Bulletin of Statistim no.18/96. More information: Division for Public Finance and Credit Market Statistics.
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