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	14 925	29	21	26	29	31
Region
Eastern Norway	12 252	7 296	7 419	6 435	6 447	29	22	29	30	32
Agder-Rogaland	3 516	1 838	1 737	1 928	2 180	27	18	20	27	32
Western Norway	5 908	3 281	2 813	2 591	2 715	27	18	21	24	27
Trøndelag	4 564	2 543	2 413	2 338	2 269	37	26	28	33	33
Northern Norway	2 663	1 513	1 593	1 535	1 315	28	22	29	33	32
Agricultural area in use
- 49 decares¹	4 439	1 536	954	715	1 143	12	8	10	11	18
50- 99 "	7 147	2 756	1 866	1 670	1 729	29	15	14	19	21
100-199 "	10 910	6 144	5 112	4 333	3 726	43	26	26	28	27
200-499 "	5 864	5 345	6 634	6 548	6 497	52	39	40	38	41
500- "	543	691	1 409	1 561	1 831	63	56	62	53	54

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