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Holdings, agricultural area and livestock
The statistics provide information about the number of agricultural holdings, their size and type of farming and the input of agricultural area and livestock.
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- Structure of agricultureDownload table as ...Structure of agriculture
2024 Per cent 2023 - 2024 2014 - 2024 Number of holdings, total 36 790 -1.0 -14.5 Natural person 34 804 -1.1 -14.5 Legal person 1 986 0.3 -13.4 Agricultural area in use. Decares 9 839 920 0.0 -0.3 Fully cultivated land, decares 8 084 246 0.1 -0.3 Agricultural area per holding. Decares 267.5 1.0 16.6 Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds Cow 10 988 -2.9 -17.5 Sheep 1 year and over 12 906 -1.9 -10.2 Pigs, total 2 217 3.3 -5.3 Holdings cultivating various crops Grain and oil seeds 9 565 -2.5 -16.9 Potato 1 348 1.0 -34.8 Meadows for mowing and pastures 28 580 -1.0 -14.3 Figures for pigs total for 2023 were corrected 20 February 2025. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Number of animals per holding keeping various kinds of animal, by county and size of holdingDownload table as ...Number of animals per holding keeping various kinds of animal, by county and size of holding
Cattle Sheep 1 year and over Dairy goats Pigs for breeding, total Pigs for slaughtering Hens Total Cows, total Diary cows Beef cows 2014 57.7 22.5 24.6 15.4 61.7 109.4 80.8 235.3 2 101.8 2015 59.8 23.3 25.5 16.0 63.5 110.9 83.6 232.6 2 096.4 2016 61.9 23.9 26.1 16.8 65.3 115.5 83.0 227.3 2 100.2 2017 63.4 24.5 26.9 17.1 65.1 113.4 77.4 230.1 2 067.9 2018 64.3 25.2 27.9 17.4 66.2 118.4 76.8 226.7 2 041.6 2019 65.5 25.2 28.0 17.4 64.4 119.9 79.3 244.7 3 101.6 2020 67.7 26.6 29.9 18.0 65.4 119.9 79.5 253.4 3 056.0 2021 70.1 27.5 31.3 18.3 68.0 124.4 82.0 254.4 3 079.9 2022 71.2 27.6 31.3 18.8 68.2 126.5 80.8 252.3 3 324.5 2023 71.5 28.0 31.8 18.8 68.5 126.7 85.1 261.0 3 299.0 2024 71.8 28.9 33.5 18.7 68.0 129.5 81.2 265.7 3 301.2 County Oslo and Viken (2020-2023) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Innlandet 75.3 29.9 31.6 21.8 82.8 104.4 94.6 321.1 3 914.2 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Agder 54.0 22.7 26.9 17.1 51.4 29.0 54.6 199.7 1 796.8 Rogaland 85.3 32.9 39.5 16.8 81.9 179.8 99.9 271.2 6 172.4 Vestland 48.3 20.8 25.3 11.8 49.7 110.6 41.1 130.2 1 009.3 Møre og Romsdal 69.5 28.3 32.5 15.9 53.7 173.8 22.9 189.3 1 530.5 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 84.2 33.1 37.2 20.6 84.3 66.2 86.8 285.9 4 904.8 Nordland - Nordlánnda 77.1 30.1 34.7 18.4 92.2 148.7 80.8 262.7 1 355.8 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Agricultural area in use - 49 decares 44.0 21.3 39.6 8.8 23.5 123.3 110.2 273.2 3 813.5 50 - 99 decares 23.5 11.3 20.4 7.6 37.4 70.1 49.5 157.2 1 249.8 100 - 199 decares 30.4 13.4 16.7 11.0 60.3 106.5 68.1 213.5 2 018.1 200 - 299 decares 45.7 19.1 21.4 15.0 90.0 140.5 68.3 232.3 2 883.2 300 - 499 decares 67.1 27.1 29.0 19.8 108.5 160.9 77.9 294.8 3 978.3 500 decares or more 128.6 47.6 48.8 28.0 127.8 213.3 87.7 307.2 5 351.0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Domestic animalsDownload table as ...Domestic animals
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Horses 28 468 28 883 29 503 28 531 29 029 30 019 31 154 32 946 34 387 35 625 36 712 36 424 36 340 34 452 33 117 31 694 29 930 27 203 26 592 26 400 26 136 25 595 26 526 26 524 26 993 Cattle, total 987 915 978 854 958 661 956 916 943 208 933 698 922 976 905 515 891 170 878 134 874 529 864 139 861 924 853 655 840 000 853 327 872 145 885 292 881 991 874 136 882 961 899 712 898 286 874 216 852 817 Cows 342 248 336 173 329 814 329 698 325 368 320 837 318 458 314 309 311 520 306 288 308 316 305 239 306 582 303 897 299 876 303 048 307 307 312 954 317 033 310 234 319 344 326 783 322 678 316 670 317 307 Dairy cows 297 731 289 617 281 502 278 137 271 970 265 186 259 084 253 364 248 283 239 637 238 442 233 347 233 257 228 895 223 997 224 298 221 485 219 265 219 016 210 540 213 511 215 078 208 197 204 133 207 634 Beef cows 44 517 46 556 48 312 51 561 53 398 55 651 59 374 60 945 63 237 66 651 69 874 71 892 73 325 75 002 75 879 78 750 85 822 93 689 98 017 99 694 105 833 111 705 114 481 112 537 109 673 Other cattle 645 667 642 681 628 847 627 218 617 840 612 861 604 518 591 206 579 650 571 846 566 213 558 900 555 342 549 758 540 124 550 279 564 838 572 338 564 958 563 902 563 617 572 929 575 608 557 546 535 510 Sheep, total 2 352 705 2 452 814 2 459 185 2 481 073 2 466 965 2 423 041 2 360 062 2 267 134 2 250 471 2 289 862 2 308 291 2 300 471 2 229 734 2 273 941 2 287 410 2 380 491 2 477 400 2 417 813 2 403 826 2 306 313 2 295 736 2 285 813 2 271 267 2 174 499 2 128 623 Sheep under 1 year 1 386 427 1 452 663 1 467 495 1 494 434 1 500 457 1 468 303 1 431 576 1 372 651 1 352 587 1 382 299 1 385 772 1 380 048 1 324 128 1 362 484 1 401 311 1 462 150 1 522 804 1 477 499 1 447 437 1 405 387 1 393 011 1 369 658 1 345 203 1 273 608 1 251 567 Sheep, 1 year and over 966 278 1 000 151 991 690 986 639 966 508 954 738 928 486 894 483 897 884 907 563 922 519 920 423 905 606 911 457 886 099 918 341 954 596 940 314 956 389 900 926 902 725 916 155 926 064 900 891 877 056 Goats, total 76 373 74 993 74 311 72 393 71 843 73 051 72 207 71 987 69 467 68 273 67 485 67 232 65 683 64 128 64 361 67 007 68 646 65 564 65 826 65 171 66 997 60 413 61 240 71 513 75 015 Dairy goats 50 299 48 467 46 786 45 692 45 095 44 532 42 365 41 161 38 853 37 959 36 650 35 476 35 154 33 064 31 515 33 702 34 982 33 913 34 462 34 278 33 695 33 714 33 513 32 571 32 374 Pigs, total 730 390 710 788 751 415 790 717 825 548 824 237 836 426 837 892 828 243 845 019 850 383 854 334 855 704 851 058 842 484 848 813 854 005 851 998 815 377 786 121 768 211 816 962 734 797 730 005 709 581 Pigs for breeding, total 90 791 91 442 92 409 97 106 100 886 100 747 102 483 99 216 99 618 100 954 97 586 97 263 96 596 96 862 94 670 95 771 92 580 89 479 85 774 80 044 75 909 74 561 70 849 69 402 64 693 Other pigs 639 599 619 346 659 006 693 611 724 662 723 490 733 943 738 676 728 625 744 065 752 797 757 071 759 108 754 196 747 814 753 042 761 425 762 519 729 603 706 077 692 302 742 401 663 948 660 603 644 888 Piglets 255 093 247 451 245 654 267 791 280 622 275 323 283 931 271 588 274 545 286 420 289 446 283 322 280 918 280 949 275 080 275 694 281 891 267 396 259 943 248 981 244 485 248 064 235 372 236 231 224 351 Pigs for slaughtering 384 506 371 895 413 352 425 820 444 040 448 167 450 012 467 088 454 080 457 645 463 351 473 749 478 190 473 247 472 734 477 348 479 534 495 123 469 660 457 096 447 817 494 337 428 576 424 372 420 537 Hens 3 290 510 3 222 022 3 189 925 3 265 644 3 528 505 3 415 079 3 362 969 3 542 094 3 668 435 3 897 049 3 952 857 3 892 861 4 019 046 4 168 280 4 245 611 4 331 209 4 339 100 4 379 911 4 487 511 4 627 623 4 593 165 4 653 800 4 667 583 4 585 677 4 598 507 Chicks bred for laying hens 1 188 732 .. 1 014 436 1 205 364 1 410 701 1 298 468 1 318 784 1 386 641 1 280 137 1 444 847 966 783 1 195 664 1 062 483 1 473 988 1 540 794 1 551 612 1 553 532 .. 1 253 855 999 651 1 224 760 1 217 834 939 675 1 162 714 1 301 570 Chicks for slaughtering 8 695 046 .. 7 952 168 8 108 441 8 039 631 8 881 736 10 840 718 12 606 075 13 099 623 13 159 336 11 854 148 11 782 415 14 406 442 15 974 607 16 565 066 14 583 624 13 918 812 15 642 772 15 597 672 16 096 169 14 217 969 15 632 868 16 144 326 16 484 295 16 578 523 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Agricultural area by use. DecaresDownload table as ...Agricultural area by use. Decares
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Agricultural area in use, total 9 839 920 9 843 834 9 846 497 9 845 167 9 859 618 9 842 540 9 862 802 9 851 116 9 836 608 9 860 355 9 867 679 9 871 428 9 928 634 9 989 187 10 059 857 10 142 874 Cultivated land 8 084 246 8 077 267 8 074 176 8 069 912 8 076 626 8 051 462 8 062 827 8 045 062 8 081 580 8 101 627 8 111 345 8 107 515 8 163 288 8 223 637 8 301 464 8 394 810 Open fields and gardens 3 301 480 3 302 593 3 301 218 3 294 951 3 270 927 3 226 633 3 275 691 3 318 295 3 331 652 3 302 451 3 325 975 3 350 490 3 434 259 3 476 160 3 535 985 3 566 359 Grain and oil seeds 2 820 898 2 859 482 2 839 038 2 859 251 2 831 971 2 789 822 2 832 591 2 891 061 2 891 982 2 861 953 2 878 465 2 895 196 2 996 994 3 039 526 3 070 702 3 104 119 Wheat 591 841 645 788 753 547 635 927 676 697 803 508 586 531 757 546 667 687 857 572 791 699 548 392 669 825 738 901 720 820 815 997 Rye 0 0 0 0 0 - - .. .. 0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 Triticale 57 303 87 733 106 411 83 121 65 250 93 125 33 292 83 691 45 587 104 130 60 947 30 144 14 761 52 805 67 595 71 221 Barley 1 455 419 1 419 733 1 313 202 1 427 448 1 392 224 1 304 954 1 479 510 1 348 568 1 375 559 1 232 916 1 265 055 1 593 871 1 565 346 1 479 746 1 461 800 1 363 385 Oats 695 226 684 277 632 012 685 183 665 480 550 981 698 302 676 211 761 692 632 550 719 765 688 166 692 189 716 049 761 143 810 310 Mixed grain and dry peas 0 0 0 0 0 - - .. .. 0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 Oil seeds 18 481 19 294 30 277 24 212 29 732 34 284 32 758 23 119 41 457 34 785 40 999 34 623 54 873 52 025 59 344 43 206 Potato 118 869 115 048 118 977 116 160 115 064 116 858 116 138 117 282 119 839 118 355 123 452 126 340 126 681 128 963 132 399 137 485 Roots for feed, crops for green fodder and silage 0 0 0 0 0 - - .. .. 0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 Green fodder and silage 90 153 81 985 90 078 94 257 95 106 108 558 110 507 95 820 90 729 99 648 112 783 122 053 105 190 102 117 119 319 119 761 Vegetables, field grown 94 364 81 157 84 334 82 994 82 453 83 657 84 179 80 926 82 907 76 768 75 645 70 782 71 248 68 683 71 220 72 271 Strawberries 8 626 8 914 9 405 11 101 12 389 13 337 14 161 14 657 15 456 16 352 16 785 15 654 15 127 14 385 13 907 14 660 Other crops 161 008 148 831 150 411 122 898 128 732 107 828 112 701 113 230 121 464 117 971 109 765 101 499 107 160 112 178 117 660 108 283 Fallow land 7 562 7 176 7 230 6 485 5 212 6 573 5 414 5 319 9 275 11 404 9 080 18 966 11 859 10 196 10 778 9 780 Meadows for mowing and pastures 6 538 440 6 541 241 6 545 279 6 550 216 6 588 688 6 615 904 6 587 111 6 532 821 6 504 956 6 557 904 6 541 704 6 520 938 6 494 375 6 513 139 6 523 872 6 576 515 Cultivated meadows 4 782 766 4 774 674 4 774 703 4 776 766 4 805 699 4 824 829 4 787 136 4 726 767 4 749 928 4 799 176 4 785 370 4 757 049 4 729 029 4 747 589 4 765 479 4 828 451 Permanent grassland and surface cultivated land 1 755 674 1 766 567 1 770 576 1 773 450 1 782 989 1 791 075 1 799 975 1 806 054 1 755 028 1 758 728 1 756 334 1 763 889 1 765 346 1 765 550 1 758 393 1 748 064 Surfacecultivated meadows 212 896 212 264 210 347 208 684 206 124 200 423 199 714 195 037 195 171 197 670 198 514 199 525 201 281 200 655 207 036 224 545 Other infield pastureland 1 542 778 1 554 303 1 560 229 1 564 766 1 576 865 1 590 652 1 600 261 1 611 017 1 559 857 1 561 058 1 557 820 1 564 364 1 564 065 1 564 895 1 551 357 1 523 519 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 10 September 2021.
Agricultural holding
A single unit both technically and economically, which has single management, and which produces agricultural products. The holding is independent of municipality boundaries. The headquarter of the holding shall be located to an agricultural property.
Holder
The natural person or legal person which is responsible for operating the agricultural holding. In the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises natural person is registered as sole proprietorship. Other types of holder are general partnership, private limited company, foundation, state, municipality etc.
Holders are often classified into natural person and legal person. Furthermore, natural person is distributed by gender. Natural persons amount to about 95 per cent of the holders. Group holdings are classified as general partnership and included in legal person.
Agricultural area
Agricultural area is the sum of arable land, surface-cultivated meadows and infield pastureland.
Arable land
Agricultural area that has been ploughed and can still be ploughed. The area can be used for cultivation of field crops or meadows and pasture renewed by ploughing.
Surface- cultivated meadows
Agricultural area that is mostly cleared and levelled in such a way that it can be harvested mechanically.
Infield pastureland
Agricultural area that is suitable for grazing but cannot be mechanically harvested. At least 50 per cent of the area shall be covered by grasses or other plants that stand grazing.
Agricultural area in use
Agricultural land that is harvested at least once during a year, including sown or planted area of permanent crops, where no harvest has been produced so far. Arable land temporarily fallow for one year is included.
Type of farming and standard output
The classification of agricultural holdings by farm type is common for all EU- and EEA-countries. The type of farming of a holding is based on the relative contribution of different crop and livestock enterprises to the holdings total production. Including 1999, the classification of farm type was based on standard gross margin (SGM) as the common measurement unit of the various crop and livestock enterprises. As from 2010, SGM is replaced by standard output (SO) as common measurement unit. At the same time, some other minor methodological changes were done. Due to this, the type of farming from 2010 and onwards is not fully comparable with earlier type of farming.
The standard output (SO) for crop and livestock products is the regional average monetary value of the agricultural output at farm gate price over a reference period of five years. The SO is excluded direct payments, value added tax and taxes on products.
The total standard output of an agricultural holding is the total SO for all crop and livestock products produced by the holding within one year, i.e. SO per area unit of relevant crops multiplied by the total crop areas, and SO per head of relevant livestock multiplied by the number of livestock.
County and municipality where the headquarter of the holding is located, size of holding expressed in decares of utilised agricultural area, type of holder and type of farming of the holding.