Statistics Norway

Structure of Agriculture

5   Number of animals per holding keeping various kinds of animal, by county and size of holding
  Cattle Sheep 1 year and over Dairy goat Pig Hens
  Total Cow1 Pig for breeding Pig for slaughtering
  Total Dairy cow Beef cow
19792 18.0 9.6 .. .. 19.4 333.8 9.7 ..  261
19892 25.3 11.7 .. .. 31.1 345.9 16.1 ..  580
19994 34.3 13.2 13.8 6.7 42.1 68.9 27.2 72.3  783
20004 34.6 13.5 14.4 7.3 43.4 71.5 30.6 92.2  851
20014 36.4 14.0 14.6 8.0 45.2 73.4 33.3 97.7  958
20024 37.9 14.5 15.2 8.3 46.9 74.7 36.0  107.4  984
20034 39.9 15.2 15.9 9.2 49.6 77.7 39.7  117.0 1 083
20044 41.1 15.6 16.3 9.8 51.9 78.8 43.2  126.9 1 275
20054 42.9 16.1 16.7 10.6 54.9 80.7 47.6  146.5 1 351
2006*4 44.5 16.8 17.6 10.9 55.8 82.5 53.5  158.2 1 584
2006*4                  
County                  
Østfold 54.9 21.1 23.7 13.6 24.0 - 58.6  191.3 3 256
Akershus og Oslo 55.3 20.7 23.0 14.5 36.9 : 42.2  178.2 2 349
Hedmark 51.0 19.2 18.9 15.5 62.4 55.9 64.8  192.2 2 255
Oppland 47.9 17.3 17.2 12.6 61.7 81.2 54.4  148.7  831
Buskerud 38.8 16.0 15.5 13.6 60.0 79.7 82.7 93.7 1 181
Vestfold 56.0 22.9 26.6 18.0 32.0 - 58.7  221.5 2 423
Telemark 33.0 12.9 13.3 11.5 55.3 65.3 62.2  133.2 1 196
Aust-Agder 33.1 13.5 14.8 9.5 47.9 : 29.5  106.4 1 644
Vest-Agder 36.6 13.8 14.8 9.6 41.2 - 59.4 91.3  995
Rogaland 54.5 19.6 21.2 8.9 63.3 80.3 64.6  165.4 2 711
Hordaland 26.7 11.7 13.5 6.1 42.3 82.8 30.1 85.4  659
Sogn og Fjordane 27.7 11.9 12.7 5.5 43.6 94.0 27.6 92.4  687
Møre og Romsdal 41.4 16.3 17.3 9.6 46.2 98.7 30.5  131.7  609
Sør-Trøndelag 47.3 17.3 17.7 10.3 71.4 : 36.4  121.6 1 381
Nord-Trøndelag 56.8 19.9 20.2 12.2 64.7 72.0 52.4  164.2 2 527
Nordland 45.8 16.3 16.6 10.5 71.0 84.8 42.7  137.4  401
Troms Romsa 36.6 15.3 16.1 9.2 73.6 80.2 30.9  134.2  343
Finnmark Finnmárku 41.3 17.4 18.0 6.2 63.8 - 21.3 54.2 1 284
Agricultural area in use                  
   - 49 decares 68.4 27.5 30.4 5.9 25.2 56.8 85.4  181.2 2 685
 50- 99" 14.1 6.7 7.9 4.9 39.1 74.7 33.7 91.1  663
100-199" 27.7 11.4 12.2 7.8 57.7 81.8 41.7  116.5 1 171
200-499" 50.7 18.2 18.2 12.5 77.9  102.1 51.8  165.9 1 562
500-   " 95.8 32.2 31.5 21.7  109.8 89.5 72.8  243.6 3 132
1  Some holdings have both dairy cow and beef cow.
2  Refers to holdings with at least 5 decares agricultural area in use.
3  Including he-goats.
4  Joint operations etc. with less than 5 decares agricultural area in use are included.
Source: Agricultural Statistics, Statistics Norway.

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