Meld. St. 26 (2016–2017)

The Management of the Government Pension Fund in 2016 — Meld. St. 26 (2016–2017) Report to the Storting (white paper)

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2 Historical tables

Table 2.1 Return on the GPFG in 2016, in the last 3, 5, and 10 years, as well as over the period 1998–2016, measured in Norwegian kroner. Annual geometric average. Percent

2016

Last 3 years

Last 5 years

Last 10 years

1998–2016

GPFG incl. real estate

Actual portfolio

1.95

13.53

14.33

7.39

6.69

Norwegian inflation1

3.60

2.61

2.12

2.10

2.09

Asset management costs

0.05

0.06

0.06

0.08

0.09

Return net of costs and inflation

-1.64

10.59

11.90

5.11

4.42

GPFG excl. real estate

Actual portfolio

2.14

13.51

14.33

7.39

6.69

Benchmark index

2.00

13.56

14.12

7.33

6.43

Excess return (percentage points)

0.14

-0.05

0.21

0.06

0.26

Equity portfolio

Actual portfolio

3.67

14.69

17.95

6.92

6.67

Benchmark index

3.53

14.62

17.56

6.68

6.20

Excess return (percentage points)

0.14

0.07

0.39

0.25

0.46

Fixed-income portfolio

Actual portfolio

-0.53

11.47

8.47

6.50

5.82

Benchmark index

-0.68

11.75

8.64

6.47

5.68

Excess return (percentage points)

0.15

-0.28

-0.17

0.03

0.14

Real estate portfolio2

Actual portfolio

-3.91

14.87

12.71

10.81

1 Inflation figures in the table are not based on inflation measured in the currency basket of the Fund, but on Norwegian CPI data.

2 The first real estate investment was made in the first quarter of 2011. Return reported in the column «Last 10 years» is the annualised return since 1 April 2011.

Source Norges Bank, Macrobond and Ministry of Finance.

Table 2.2 Nominal return on the GPFG and inflation1 in selected currencies and measured in the currency basket of the Fund. Annual geometric average. Percent

Year

Currency basket of the Fund

NOK

USD

EUR

GBP

Return

Inflation

Return

Inflation

Return

Inflation

Return

Inflation

Return

Inflation

1997

9.07

1.75

10.83

2.62

-4.01

2.29

11.87

1.53

-0.16

1.89

1998

9.26

0.92

19.75

2.25

15.87

1.56

7.63

1.10

14.59

1.57

1999

12.44

1.28

13.84

2.30

7.92

2.21

26.43

1.08

11.40

1.26

2000

2.49

2.02

6.53

3.13

-2.91

3.36

3.66

2.14

4.75

0.83

2001

-2.47

1.17

-5.34

3.03

-6.93

2.85

-1.87

2.36

-4.48

1.24

2002

-4.74

1.91

-19.09

1.29

4.76

1.58

-11.11

2.18

-5.30

1.22

2003

12.59

1.57

19.96

2.45

24.92

2.28

3.92

2.13

12.34

1.34

2004

8.94

2.37

3.93

0.44

14.16

2.66

5.94

2.09

6.45

1.32

2005

11.09

2.33

14.28

1.59

2.22

3.39

17.80

2.17

14.32

2.09

2006

7.92

2.13

5.89

2.26

15.16

3.23

3.01

2.24

1.01

2.30

2007

4.26

3.12

-3.90

0.76

10.20

2.83

-0.61

2.07

8.35

2.38

2008

-23.31

1.42

-6.66

3.79

-27.62

3.86

-23.87

3.27

0.21

3.55

2009

25.62

1.82

7.88

2.11

30.77

-0.37

26.69

0.33

16.42

2.24

2010

9.62

1.98

9.49

2.47

8.82

1.68

16.38

1.63

12.24

3.23

2011

-2.54

2.84

-1.39

1.24

-3.96

3.12

-0.75

2.68

-3.25

4.47

2012

13.42

1.98

6.70

0.77

14.42

2.09

12.66

2.51

9.39

2.78

2013

15.95

1.41

25.11

2.13

14.77

1.48

9.81

1.32

12.63

2.60

2014

7.58

0.91

24.23

2.01

0.52

1.59

14.47

0.50

6.78

1.52

2015

2.74

0.86

15.54

2.12

-2.13

0.13

9.02

0.00

3.54

0.00

2016

6.92

1.52

1.95

3.60

4.83

1.27

7.97

0.20

25.05

0.70

1998–2016

5.70

1.76

6.69

2.09

5.83

2.14

6.01

1.68

7.43

1.92

1997–2016

5.87

1.76

6.90

2.11

5.31

2.15

6.30

1.67

7.04

1.92

1 Inflation figures in individual currencies presented in the table are not based on inflation measured in the currency basket of the Fund, but on CPI data for each country/currency area.

Source Norges Bank, Macrobond, Thomson Reuters Datastream and Ministry of Finance.

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