Statistics Norway

Structure of Agriculture

2   Personal holders, by age group. Per cent
  Personal
holders,
total		 -39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60-69 years 70- years Average age.
Years
19791, 2  124 408 22 19 26 23 10 52
19891, 3 98 610 27 27 21 18 8 49
1999 69 959 26 29 28 14 3 48
2000 67 644 25 29 28 15 3 48
2001 64 485 24 29 29 14 3 48
2002 60 044 24 30 29 15 3 49
2003 56 301 22 30 30 15 3 48
2004 53 376 22 30 30 15 3 49
2005* 50 945 22 30 30 16 2 49
               
2005*              
Østfold 2 699 23 31 30 15 2 48
Akershus and Oslo 2 645 20 29 32 15 3 49
Hedmark 4 220 21 29 31 16 3 49
Oppland 5 306 24 32 28 14 2 48
Buskerud 2 743 21 30 31 16 3 50
Vestfold 1 827 22 29 32 13 3 49
Telemark 1 768 19 30 29 19 3 50
Aust-Agder  766 20 30 32 15 3 49
Vest-Agder 1 257 25 29 27 17 3 49
Rogaland 5 048 25 29 28 15 2 48
Hordaland 3 693 20 27 32 18 3 50
Sogn og Fjordane 3 773 18 29 31 18 3 50
Møre og Romsdal 3 482 19 30 30 19 3 50
Sør-Trøndelag 3 518 23 30 29 16 2 49
Nord-Trøndelag 3 742 25 32 28 13 1 48
Nordland 2 697 20 30 31 18 2 50
Troms 1 355 21 28 32 17 2 49
Finnmark Finnmárku  406 22 28 33 14 3 49
               
Agricultural area in use              
   -  49 decares 5 610 17 24 30 22 8 52
 50- 99   " 10 182 18 26 31 21 4 51
100-199   " 16 559 21 30 30 17 2 49
200-499   " 16 264 26 33 29 11 1 47
500-      " 2 330 27 35 29 8 - 46
1  Refers to personal holders with at least 5 decares agricultural area in use.
2  In 1979 age was not reported for 27 males and 16 females.
3  In 1989 age was not reported for 15 males and 6 females.

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