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Municipality card for Alta (Finnmark · 22,074 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 9). Median household income after tax: 722,600 kr; Change in jobs 2018–2022: +5.6%; Life expectancy at birth: 81.6 years; Net debt, share of operating revenue: 73.6%; Largest industry: Undervisning: 9.5%. Lower life expectancy than all 26 other municipalities in the KOSTRA group.
Data as of 4 November 2026.

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Finnmark · 22,074 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 9

Lower life expectancy than all 26 other municipalities in the KOSTRA group.

Median household income after tax
722,600 kr Source: SSB, table 06944, 2024 · higher than 7 in 10 in the KOSTRA group (27 municipalities)
Change in jobs 2018–2022
+5.6% Source: SSB, table 07984, 2022 · higher than 7 in 10 in the KOSTRA group (27 municipalities)
Life expectancy at birth
81.6 years Source: FHI, table 508, 2025 · lower than all 26 others in the KOSTRA group
Net debt, share of operating revenue
73.6% Source: SSB (KOSTRA), table 12143, 2025 · higher than 1 in 10 in the KOSTRA group (27 municipalities)
Largest industry: Undervisning
9.5% Source: SSB, table 13470, 2025

“Comparable municipalities” is the municipality's KOSTRA group at Statistics Norway. The sentence is chosen by fixed rules: the figure where the municipality is furthest from the middle of its group. No judgement of what is good or bad.

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