Table 1 Holdings with investment in farm buildings. 1988, 1997, 2001 and 2005*

1	Holdings with investment in farm buildings. 1988, 1997, 2001 and 2005*

	Holdings with investment				Per cent holdings with investment

	1988	1997	2001	2005*	1988	1997	2001	2005*

					Per cent
The whole country	13 885	7 289	6 800	6 282	14	9	11	12

Region
Eastern Norway	5 511	2 912	2 507	2 492	13	9	10	12
Agder-Rogaland	2 037	1 050	1 208	964	16	10	14	14
Western Norway	3 274	1 445	1 347	1 173	15	8	10	11
Trøndelag	1 906	1 182	1 062	996	15	12	12	14
Northern Norway	1 157	701	676	657	12	10	12	15

Agricultural area in use
- 49 decares¹	2 899	630	725	515	8	3	8	8
50- 99 decares	3 581	1 227	887	676	14	7	7	7
100-199 decares	4 706	2 699	2 201	1 679	19	11	11	11
200-499 decares	2 437	2 457	2 549	2 726	22	17	15	16
500- decares	262	276	438	686	31	21	19	23

¹	Comprise some holdings with less than 5 decares agricultural area in use, mainly joint operations with milk production and holdings with horticulture.