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Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing

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Livestock husbandry

Updated

23 April 2021

Next update

13 May 2024

2.6 %

increase in number of dairy cows

Livestock husbandry, as of 1 MarchPublished 23 April 2021
	2021	Per cent change	Per cent change
	2021	2020 - 2021	2012 - 2021
Holdings keeping domestic animals	26 087	-0.4	-14.2
Number
Dairy cows	213 190	2.6	-10.3
Beef cows	104 831	6.7	59.7
Sheep	948 175	0.1	-8.9
Dairy goat	35 972	0.7	5.4
Pigs for breeding	75 217	-2.8	-23.0

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Table 1
Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds as per 1 March

Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds as per 1 March¹²
	Holdings with
	Domestic animals	Cattle	Cows, total	Diary cows	Beef cows	Winter feed sheep	Pigs	Hens	Dairy goats
¹Comprises holdings whitch applied for governmental production subsidies.
²Preliminary figures for last year.
2017	28 019	14 022	12 709	8 271	5 187	14 514	2 405	2 112	304
2018	27 230	13 712	12 536	7 928	5 429	14 310	..	2 136	289
2019	26 583	13 352	12 244	7 600	5 503	13 734	1 853	1 320	282
2020	26 203	13 113	12 006	7 214	5 739	13 546	1 721	1 470	280
2021	26 087	12 924	11 847	6 925	5 941	13 533	1 700	1 469	275
County
Oslo and Viken	2 444	1 071	1 002	376	687	914	197	214	15
Innlandet	4 414	2 496	2 325	1 327	1 266	1 774	309	193	49
Vestfold og Telemark	1 165	495	456	130	352	472	128	95	16
Agder	1 364	710	657	268	445	738	40	73	:
Rogaland	3 598	1 879	1 765	1 065	931	2 419	478	192	12
Vestland	4 897	1 825	1 587	1 062	605	3 574	120	224	74
Møre og Romsdal	1 968	1 017	881	622	309	1 035	50	93	24
Trøndelag - Trööndelage	3 734	2 253	2 097	1 365	901	1 211	282	244	:
Nordland	1 568	810	749	461	349	845	80	81	22
Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku	935	368	328	249	96	551	16	60	54

Table 2
Cattle and sheep. No of heads as per 1 March

Cattle and sheep. No of heads as per 1 March¹²
	Cattle	Cows, total	Diary cows	Beef cows	Other cattle	Winter feed sheep
¹Preliminary figures for last year
²Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies.
2018	877 388	309 781	218 613	91 168	567 607	1 008 230
2019	862 550	307 520	215 069	92 451	555 030	936 203
2020	876 776	306 076	207 855	98 221	570 700	947 499
2021	883 947	318 021	213 190	104 831	565 926	948 175
County
Oslo and Viken	75 886	28 246	13 345	14 901	47 640	57 527
Innlandet	184 048	65 083	37 758	27 325	118 965	146 233
Vestfold og Telemark	31 301	11 575	4 409	7 166	19 726	24 564
Agder	36 187	13 616	6 859	6 757	22 571	38 647
Rogaland	150 891	53 230	39 039	14 191	97 661	199 733
Vestland	81 907	30 501	24 392	6 109	51 406	183 697
Møre og Romsdal	66 808	23 628	19 110	4 518	43 180	58 164
Trøndelag - Trööndelage	176 494	63 387	46 709	16 678	113 107	104 014
Nordland	58 459	20 400	14 544	5 856	38 059	80 584
Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku	21 966	8 355	7 025	1 330	13 611	55 012

Table 3
Domestic animals. Number of heads as per 1 March.

Domestic animals. Number of heads as per 1 March.¹²
	Dairy goats	Pigs for breeding	Laying hens
¹Comprises holdings wich applied for governmental production subsidies.
²Preliminary figures for the last year.
2018	36 170	88 802	4 405 798
2019	36 355	83 476	3 998 341
2020	35 723	77 404	4 107 831
2021	35 972	75 217	4 184 764
County
Oslo and Viken	1 826	8 168	730 203
Innlandet	5 293	16 932	556 249
Vestfold og Telemark	1 767	5 695	228 877
Agder	20	1 506	123 091
Rogaland	1 971	21 292	1 062 866
Vestland	8 560	2 572	198 294
Møre og Romsdal	4 269	606	138 520
Trøndelag - Trööndelage	550	14 356	1 002 724
Nordland	3 751	3 827	92 776
Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku	7 965	263	51 164

Table 4
Holdings with various kinds of domestic animals, by size of herd. As per 1 March

Holdings with various kinds of domestic animals, by size of herd. As per 1 March¹²
	Holdings					Number of heads
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
¹Preliminary figures for last year.
²Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies.
Cows, total
Total	12 709	12 536	12 244	12 006	11 847	304 459	309 781	307 520	306 076	318 021
1-4	611	596	592	566	573	1 458	1 532	1 528	1 475	1 493
5-9	1 665	1 712	1 747	1 648	1 557	12 080	12 360	12 581	11 879	11 302
10-14	2 118	2 048	1 917	1 893	1 777	25 534	24 702	23 091	22 745	21 350
15-19	2 199	2 067	1 901	1 848	1 703	37 335	34 957	32 160	31 337	28 806
20-29	2 716	2 551	2 433	2 347	2 284	64 573	60 930	58 125	56 058	54 608
30-	3 400	3 562	3 654	3 704	3 953	163 479	175 300	180 035	182 582	200 462
Dairy cows
Total	8 271	7 928	7 600	7 214	6 925	221 330	218 613	215 069	207 855	213 190
1-4	33	29	40	29	33	111	101	141	96	99
5-9	573	570	534	471	401	4 306	4 314	4 008	3 539	2 998
10-14	1 314	1 230	1 111	1 055	908	16 071	15 067	13 552	12 954	11 143
15-19	1 669	1 550	1 418	1 326	1 173	28 422	26 208	23 946	22 522	19 948
20-29	2 151	1 928	1 826	1 672	1 575	51 113	45 826	43 540	39 944	37 619
30-	2 531	2 621	2 671	2 661	2 835	121 307	127 097	129 882	128 800	141 383
Beef cows
Total	5 187	5 429	5 503	5 739	5 941	83 129	91 168	92 451	98 221	104 831
1-4	802	785	779	791	785	1 797	1 871	1 838	1 913	1 907
5-9	1 334	1 435	1 517	1 510	1 513	9 448	10 088	10 728	10 664	10 808
10-19	1 630	1 622	1 561	1 685	1 767	22 558	22 426	21 392	23 088	24 239
20-	1 421	1 587	1 646	1 753	1 876	49 326	56 783	58 493	62 556	67 877
Sheep
Total	14 514	14 310	13 734	13 546	13 533	1 123 732	1 008 230	936 203	947 499	948 175
1-9	779	820	848	825	831	4 479	4 903	5 102	5 081	5 158
10-19	1 498	1 708	1 750	1 664	1 671	21 659	24 872	25 317	24 158	24 307
20-49	4 316	4 568	4 451	4 347	4 325	144 697	152 309	146 689	143 527	142 849
50-99	4 010	3 907	3 641	3 598	3 587	286 377	276 744	256 834	254 928	253 615
100-149	2 108	1 865	1 735	1 692	1 680	257 188	225 768	209 236	205 933	204 010
150-	1 803	1 442	1 309	1 420	1 439	409 332	323 634	293 025	313 872	318 236
Sows for breeding
Total	1 093	1 101	1 053	951	924	88 355	86 961	81 792	75 479	73 612
1-19	264	293	307	246	249	1 923	1 848	2 106	1 484	1 471
20-39	188	193	160	160	151	5 346	5 543	4 594	4 661	4 420
40-59	184	174	186	158	154	9 172	8 648	9 186	7 766	7 602
60-79	119	116	101	99	101	8 080	8 000	7 005	6 776	7 009
80-99	84	73	64	59	54	7 434	6 455	5 627	5 219	4 807
100 or more	254	252	235	229	215	56 400	56 467	53 274	49 573	48 303
Laying hens
Total	2 112	2 136	1 320	1 470	1 469	4 355 435	4 405 798	3 998 341	4 107 831	4 184 764
1-99	1 496	1 507	747	875	866	21 267	20 944	11 856	13 560	14 676
100-499	30	36	38	45	47	5 621	6 876	7 728	8 501	8 809
500-999	7	9	7	10	11	4 846	6 384	4 819	7 100	7 510
1000-1999	17	15	14	17	16	26 332	22 596	20 211	24 180	22 623
2000-4999	35	35	28	29	31	124 229	123 884	95 929	101 725	104 542
5000-	527	534	486	494	498	4 173 140	4 225 114	3 857 798	3 952 765	4 026 604

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About the statistics

The statistics give information about holdings with livestock and number of livestock as per 1 January.

Definitions

Definitions of the main concepts and variables: Not relevant

Standard classifications: Not relevant

Administrative information

Name and topic: Name: Livestock husbandry
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing

Next release: 13 May 2024

Responsible division: Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics

Regional level: County, municipality

Frequency and timeliness: Annual.

International reporting: Not relevant

Microdata: Primary data is stored at Statistics Norway.

Background

Background and purpose: The purpose is to chart the extent of livestock keeping at the municipal level. Information from this register has been used since 1984.

Users and applications: The statistics is used by the Norwegian Institute for Land Inventory (NIJOS), Norwegian Agricultural Economic Research Institute (NILF), public enterprises at the municipal and county level, the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, in research and by agricultural organizations.

Equal treatment of users: Not relevant

Coherence with other statistics: Not relevant

Legal authority: Statistics Act §§2-1, 3-2.

EEA reference: Not relevant

Production

Population: The population covers everyone who applies for agricultural production subsidies as of 1 January. Those who do not have the right to production subsidies or do not apply for other reasons are not covered by the statistics.

Data sources and sampling

The administrative record of everyone who applies for an agricultural production subsidy from the Norwegian Agricultural Authority is the compilation basis of the statistics. The register contains information on number of livestock on holdings.

Only one production subsidy is given per holding. A holding is an agricultural enterprise including livestock keeping. The holding includes everything operated as a unit.

Collection of data, editing and estimations

Five per cent of the applications are also selected for special control. The control shall cover all reports submitted by the applicant on physical censuses of animals and measuring of areas. A number of machine controls of the material are also carried out. Statistics Norway also runs some machine controls upon receipt of the data material.

Seasonal adjustment: Not relevant

Confidentiality: Figures are not presented if there is a risk of identifying any unit.

Comparability over time and space: Since 1984 the statistics on area use and livestock keeping are based on applications for production subsidies.

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty: The Agricultural Authority in the municipality shall ensure that the applications are in compliance with production subsidy regulations.