Table 4 Holdings with investment in machinery and implements for agriculture and horticulture. 1988, 1997, 2001 og 2005*

4	Holdings with investment in machinery and implements for agriculture and horticulture. 1988, 1997, 2001 og 2005*

	Holdings with investment				Per cent holdings with investment

	1988	1997	2001	2005*	1988	1997	2001	2005*

					Per cent
The whole country	28 903	16 473	15 975	14 876	29	21	26	29

Region
Eastern Norway	12 252	7 296	7 419	6 476	29	22	29	30
Agder-Rogaland	3 516	1 838	1 737	1 923	27	18	20	27
Western Norway	5 908	3 281	2 813	2 576	27	18	21	24
Trøndelag	4 564	2 543	2 413	2 408	37	26	28	33
Northern Norway	2 663	1 513	1 593	1 493	28	22	29	33

Agricultural area in use
4- 49 decares¹	4 439	1 536	954	704	12	8	10	11
50- 99 decares	7 147	2 756	1 866	1 776	29	15	14	19
100-199 decares	10 910	6 144	5 112	4 377	43	26	26	28
200-499 decares	5 864	5 345	6 634	6 453	52	39	40	38
500- decares	543	691	1 409	1 566	63	56	62	53

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