Table 1 Holdings with investment in farm buildings. 1988, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2008*

1 Holdings with investment in farm buildings. 1988, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2008*
	Holdings with investment					Per cent holdings with investment

	1988	1997	2001	2005	2008*	1988	1997	2001	2005	2008*

						Per cent
The whole country	13 885	7 289	6 800	6 379	6 877	14	9	11	12	14
Region
Eastern Norway	5 511	2 912	2 507	2 559	2 871	13	9	10	12	14
Agder-Rogaland	2 037	1 050	1 208	1 013	1 333	16	10	14	14	20
Western Norway	3 274	1 445	1 347	1 152	1 104	15	8	10	11	11
Trøndelag	1 906	1 182	1 062	1 011	1 055	15	12	12	14	15
Northern Norway	1 157	701	676	645	513	12	10	12	14	12
Agricultural area in use
- 49 decares¹	2 899	630	725	559	823	8	3	8	8	13
50- 99 "	3 581	1 227	887	734	780	14	7	7	7	9
100-199 "	4 706	2 699	2 201	1 653	1 467	19	11	11	11	11
200-499 "	2 437	2 457	2 549	2 755	2 796	22	17	15	16	18
500- "	262	276	438	679	1 011	31	21	19	23	30

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