Hagskýrslur um sveitarsjóðareikninga - 01.11.1998, Qupperneq 8

Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................... 3
Introduction .................................................................................................... 7
1. The development of local govemment finances in 1997.................................................... 7
2. Local govemment chart of accounts, processing of data and explanatory notes to the tables.............. 26
Summary 1. Local govemments 1996-1997. Annual accounts retumed................................................... 7
Summary2. Local govemment fmances 1996-1997 ..................................................................... 8
Summary 3. Local govemment revenue and expenditure 1996-1997 .................................................... 9
Summary 4. Local govemment revenue 1996-1997 ................................................................... 10
Summary 5. Local govemment service revenue and capital transfers received 1996-1997 ............................ 11
Summary 6. Local govemment expenditure 1996-1997................................................................ 12
Summary 7. Local govemment expenditure on social security and welfare and education 1996-1997 .................. 13
Summary 8. Local govemment assets and liabilities 1996-1997..................................................... 14
Summary 9. Local govemment long-term claims and debt 1996-1997.................................................. 15
Summary 10. Local govemment fmances per inhabitant by size of municipalities 1996-1997.......................... 16
Summary 11. Local govemment revenue per inhabitant by size of municipalities 1996-1997 ......................... 17
Summary 12. Comparison of local govemment revenue per inhabitant by size of municipalities 1996-1997............ 18
Summary 13. Local govemment expenditure per inhabitant by size of municipalities 1996-1997 ..................... 19
Summary 14. Comparison of local govemment expenditure per inhabitant by size of municipalities 1996-1997 .. 20
Summary 15. Local govemment assets and liabilities per inhabitant 1996-1997 .................................... 21
Summary 16. Revenue and expenditure, assets and liabilities per inhabitants of local govemment
by constituency 1997.............................................................................. 22
Summary 17. Indicators on local govemment fmances 1996-1997..................................................... 24
Summary 18. Indicators on local govemment finances by constituency 1996-1997 ................................... 25
Main tables .................................................................................................... 30
Table 1 Revenue and expenditure, assets and liabilities of local govemments 1997 ............................... 30
Table 2 Revenue and expenditure, assets and liabilities per inhabitant of municipalities 1997................... 62
Table 3 Local govemment fmances 1997 ........................................................................... 94
Table 4 Revenue and expenditure, assets and liabilities of local govemment enterprises in 1997 ................ 116
Previous publications on local govemment finances.............................................................. 126
The series Statistics of Iceland............................................................................... 126