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SSB KOSTRA

Name: SSB KOSTRA
License: CC-BY-4.0

Detailed key figures for municipal service production: schools, health, child welfare, technical services, culture, planning and building. Used for benchmarking, municipality analysis and political decision support.

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Data volume

Quarterly

Updates

MCP tools

Example response — /kostra/indicators

{
  "data": "..."
}

MCP integration

Available MCP tools

ssb.kostra.arbeidsledighet

ssb.kostra.befolkning

ssb.kostra.benchmark

ssb.kostra.indikatorer

ssb.kostra.kategorier

ssb.kostra.kommune

ssb.kostra.landsgjennomsnitt

Configuration for Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssb-kostra": {
      "url": "https://data.ketl.no/mcp/ssb-kostra",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $KETL_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Analysis apps that use this source

Ready-made tools built on SSB KOSTRA data. Use them directly in the browser, or wire the same data into your own analysis via the API below.

Municipality profile

A complete profile for a single Norwegian municipality — key figures, population trends and business activity gathered from SSB, Brreg and KOSTRA. To compare several municipalities side by side, use Kommune-sammenligning or Kommuneøkonomi.

Municipality comparison

Side-by-side comparison of 2–3 Norwegian municipalities on population, area, employment, median income and unrestricted revenues. Direct deep links to the SSB tables per indicator.

Labour market

Live labour-market dashboard: LFS unemployment, absolute number of unemployed, monthly earnings and Nordic comparison from Eurostat — with Swedish labour demand from Arbetsförmedlingen. Built on the SSB indicator aliases and open Nordic APIs.

SSB KOSTRA

Municipal key figures from SSB KOSTRA — kindergarten, primary school, health and care, technical services and municipality finances for all Norwegian municipalities.

Municipality finances

Compare all KOSTRA key figures across up to 5 Norwegian municipalities and against the national average — net operating result, long-term debt, unrestricted revenues, school, kindergarten, care services, health, water and waste, culture and transport. Choose a year (2022 to latest). Live data from SSB, CSV export. For demographics and area in the comparison, use Municipality comparison; for all KOSTRA topics for a single municipality, use SSB KOSTRA.

Municipality database

Thematic search in municipal key figures — kindergarten, primary school, care, economy and more — across all municipalities over time, via SSB KOSTRA.

API endpoints

GET

/kostra/indicators

Hent nøkkeltall

q optional: Fritekstfilter på nøkkeltall-navn/kode
query optional: Alias for q
limit optional: Maks antall treff (1–100). limit=20

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/indicators
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/indicators"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}

Nøkkeltall per kommune

year optional: Årgang. Utelatt gir siste publiserte årgang. year=2024

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}/category/{category}

Nøkkeltall per kommune filtrert til én kategori

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}/category/{category}
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}/category/{category}"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/kostra/benchmark/{tableId}

Sammenlign kommuner for én tabell (nationalAverage + percentilrang)

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/benchmark/{tableId}
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/benchmark/{tableId}"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/kostra/categories

Tilgjengelige KOSTRA-kategorier

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/categories
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/categories"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/kostra/national-averages

Nasjonale gjennomsnitt per nøkkeltall

year optional: Filtrer til ett årstall (4 siffer)

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/national-averages
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/kostra/national-averages"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/municipality/{kommunenummer}/befolkning

Befolkningstall per kommune fra SSB 07459 (folkemengde 1. januar)

years optional: Antall år bakover å hente. Klemmes til intervallet. years=10

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}/befolkning
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}/befolkning"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/municipality/{kommunenummer}/arbeidsledighet

Registrerte arbeidsledige (NAV) som andel av arbeidsstyrken 15–74 år, per kommune og år, fra SSB 13563. NB: ikke AKU-ledighet — svaret bærer `definition`.

years optional: Antall år bakover å hente. Klemmes til intervallet. years=5

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}/arbeidsledighet
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ssb-kostra/municipality/{kommunenummer}/arbeidsledighet"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

Access and pricing

SSB KOSTRA is openly available — create an account to get started.

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