Sør-Varanger in figures

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Municipality card for Sør-Varanger (Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku · 9,947 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 8). Median household income after tax: 657,700 kr; Change in jobs 2018–2022: −0.1%; Life expectancy at birth: 82.0 years; Net debt, share of operating revenue: 97.0%; Largest industry: Offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning: 18.3%. Lower life expectancy than 8 in 10 comparable municipalities.
Data as of 27 October 2026.

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Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku · 9,947 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 8

Lower life expectancy than 8 in 10 comparable municipalities.

Median household income after tax
657,700 kr Source: SSB, table 06944, 2024 · higher than 4 in 10 in the KOSTRA group (13 municipalities)
Change in jobs 2018–2022
−0.1% Source: SSB, table 07984, 2022 · higher than 3 in 10 in the KOSTRA group (13 municipalities)
Life expectancy at birth
82.0 years Source: FHI, table 508, 2025 · higher than 2 in 10 in the KOSTRA group (13 municipalities)
Net debt, share of operating revenue
97.0% Source: SSB (KOSTRA), table 12143, 2025 · higher than 6 in 10 in the KOSTRA group (13 municipalities)
Largest industry: Offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning
18.3% 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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