Sample survey of agriculture and forestry

1   Holdings1. 1995-2002*
  1995 1996 1997 1998 19992,3 20002 2001*2 2002*2
The whole country 83 221 81 327 79 260 77 646 70 740 68 539 65 223 61 554
                 
Østfold 4 296 4 205 3 999 3 940 3 604 3 472 3 348 3 097
Akershus and Oslo 4 055 3 983 3 830 3 699 3 484 3 398 3 207 3 047
Hedmark 7 036 6 920 6 779 6 721 5 974 5 765 5 341 4 921
Oppland 7 952 7 810 7 620 7 582 7 054 6 930 6 588 6 457
Buskerud 5 047 4 863 4 715 4 739 3 820 3 689 3 467 3 314
Vestfold 2 978 2 957 2 793 2 693 2 463 2 391 2 270 2 091
Telemark 3 549 3 516 3 460 3 291 2 616 2 516 2 362 2 222
Aust-Agder 1 563 1 542 1 472 1 475 1 258 1 172 1 134 1 016
Vest-Agder 2 565 2 520 2 529 2 368 1 994 1 920 1 832 1 640
Rogaland 6 894 6 685 6 505 6 441 6 189 6 037 5 831 5 769
Hordaland 6 528 6 447 6 293 6 275 5 595 5 444 5 160 4 795
Sogn og Fjordane 6 296 6 166 6 049 5 990 5 295 5 117 5 026 4 614
Møre og Romsdal 5 975 5 845 5 725 5 561 5 018 4 825 4 650 4 295
Sør-Trøndelag 5 323 5 265 5 090 4 961 4 805 4 696 4 409 4 223
Nord-Trøndelag 5 335 5 144 5 156 5 032 5 026 4 889 4 707 4 581
Nordland 4 587 4 354 4 265 4 007 3 833 3 695 3 481 3 284
Troms 2 494 2 417 2 287 2 205 2 054 1 950 1 811 1 653
Finnmark  748  686  691  667  658  633  598  536
1  Refers to holdings with at least 5 decares agricultural area in use.
2  As from 1999 common herds etc. without agricultural area in use are included in the figures. .
3  The registered decline in the number of holdings from 1998 to 1999 is higher than the real decline. This is a result of the method used for estimating the number of holdings in the period between 1990 and 1998, which gradually gave too high estimates. Figures for 1999 are based on a complete census of agriculture.

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