Table 5 Holdings with investment in machinery and implements for agriculture and horticulture. 1988, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2008*

5 Holdings with investment in machinery and implements for agriculture and horticulture. 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	28 903	16 473	15 975	14 826	14 923	29	21	26	29	31
Region
Eastern Norway	12 252	7 296	7 419	6 435	6 391	29	22	29	30	32
Agder-Rogaland	3 516	1 838	1 737	1 928	2 190	27	18	20	27	32
Western Norway	5 908	3 281	2 813	2 591	2 732	27	18	21	24	27
Trøndelag	4 564	2 543	2 413	2 338	2 304	37	26	28	33	33
Northern Norway	2 663	1 513	1 593	1 535	1 306	28	22	29	33	31
Agricultural area in use
- 49 decares¹	4 439	1 536	954	715	1 132	12	8	10	11	17
50- 99 "	7 147	2 756	1 866	1 670	1 717	29	15	14	19	20
100-199 "	10 910	6 144	5 112	4 333	3 727	43	26	26	28	27
200-499 "	5 864	5 345	6 634	6 548	6 518	52	39	40	38	41
500- "	543	691	1 409	1 561	1 828	63	56	62	53	54

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