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Lower expenditures and increased tax revenues resulted in improved results
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The consolidated county authorities’ total gross revenues amounted to almost NOK 72.6 billion in 2015.

County authority accounts, 2015

The figures contain 18 county authorities’ accounts, and accounts for 16 of 21 units with separate accounts and municipal inter-authority. The figures for Oslo is presented with the municipality consolidated accounts.

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Lower expenditures and increased tax revenues resulted in improved results

In 2015, the consolidated county authorities’ operating revenues increased significantly compared to the operating expenses. This was a result of increased revenues from collected taxes. The gross operating revenues increased by 4.6 per cent.

National figures. County authority consolidated accounts. NOK millions.Published 15 June 2016
Amount (mill. NOK)Per cent change
20152014 - 20152010 - 2015
Main financial figures
Gross operating revenues72 6535.624.6
Gross operating expenditure70 5083.929.6
Net operating surplus3 355....
Gross investment expenditure13 991-4.224.1
 
201520142010
Financial figures
Gross operating surplus of total gross operating revenues3.01.46.7
Net operating surplus as a percentage of total gross operating revenue4.63.18.7
Unrestricted revenues per capita (NOK)76.776.275.8
Gross operating expenditure, administration and management expenditure, as a percentage of gross operating expenditure4.64.95.3
Gross operating expenditures, upper secondary education, as a % of gross operating expenditures45.345.648.5
Gross operating expenditures, dental health care, as a % of gross operating expenditures4.44.64.5
Net operating expenditures, transport and communication, as a % of total net operating expenditures33.132.630.3

Source: Statistics Norway

Figur 1. Brutto driftsutgifter 2015 fordelt på utgiftsområder

The consolidated county authorities’ total gross revenues amounted to almost NOK 72.6 billion in 2015, compared to NOK 68.8 billion in 2014. Total gross expenditures amounted to NOK 70.5 billion in 2015, compared to almost NOK 67.8 billion the year before.

The gross operating surplus as a percentage of the total gross revenues increased from 1.4 per cent in 2014 to 3.0 per cent in 2015. This resulted in a net operating surplus of over NOK 3.3 billion, compared to NOK 2.1 billion in 2014.

A decrease in pension contributions resulted in a moderate increase in operating expenses from 2014 to 2015. Increase in government subsidies and improved tax revenues resulted in an increase in county authority revenues. Tax revenues and government subsidies are important contributors, which together contribute to the positive development in the county groups' finances.

Liabilities continue to increase despite lower investments

Gross capital expenditure declined from NOK 14.6 billion in 2014 to just under NOK 14 billion in 2015. This corresponds to a fall of 4.2 per cent. After relatively high investment costs from 2013 to 2014, we are thus experiencing a decline in investment in 2015. It is here, however, we notice considerable differences from county to county. The decline affects many sectors, but the decline in investments in transport affairs is considerable.

Long-term debts or liabilities (excluding pension liabilities) increased by 7.6 per cent from 2014 to 2015. This was a slight increase compared to 2013 to 2014, when liabilities rose by almost 10 per cent. In 2015, the liabilities amounted to NOK 53.4 billion, compared to NOK 49.5 billion in 2014.

Deficit before loans and allocations for the consolidated county authorities decreased from 2014 to 2015. In 2014, the deficit before loans and allocations amounted to just over NOK 3.8 billion, compared to over NOK 2.2 billion in 2015. Used loans fell from NOK 6.3 billion in 2014 to NOK 5.5 billion in 2015.

Transport affairs only sector to increase share of operating expenses

The transport affairs sector increased its share of net expenditure by 0.4 percentage points, from 29.8 per cent in 2014 to 30.2 per cent in 2015. This was the largest increase of all sectors in the county.

Increase in unrestricted revenues

Government subsidies and income taxes are revenues that the consolidated county authorities can use freely, under certain restrictions in laws and regulations. In 2015, these revenues amounted to NOK 55.7 billion; an increase of NOK 3.3 billion from the previous year.

The consolidated county authorities’ largest source of revenue is from government grants or subsidies. In 2015, the grants constituted 42.8 per cent of total gross operating revenues, equivalent to over NOK 31 billion. The increase in grant revenues was just over NOK 2 billion from the previous year, pushing up the grant revenues’ share of total gross revenues by 0.6 percentage points.

Income tax revenues increased from 2014 to 2015 by about NOK 1.2 billion. The tax revenues were approximately NOK 24.7 billion in 2015, corresponding to 34 per cent of total gross revenues. The other income sources only had minor changes compared to the previous year.