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Forest owners' income

The statistics provide an overview of personal forest owners income, debt and wealth.

Updated: 19 March 2025
Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from this statistics

  • Numbers of forest owners and average entrepreneurial income from forestry. Comprises personal forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestry
    Numbers of forest owners and average entrepreneurial income from forestry. Comprises personal forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestry1
    20232022 - 2023
    Number of ownersNOKChange in entrepreneurial income, per cent
    Total17 63875 00011.9
    Productive forest area
    25-99 decares1 35930 00011.1
    100-249 decares3 04738 0002.7
    250-499 decares3 63043 00013.2
    500-999 decares4 07859 0005.4
    1 000-1 999 decares3 08487 00010.1
    2 000-4 999 decares1 839138 00014.0
    5 000-19 999 decares548351 00021.0
    20 000 decares or more531 115 00030.4
    1The statistics are based on data from tax statistics for personal taxpayers.
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  • Average incomes, debt, gross wealth and assessed taxes for personal forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestry. NOK
    Average incomes, debt, gross wealth and assessed taxes for personal forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestry. NOK1
    Forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestryGross income2 DebtTaxable gross wealthAssessed taxPersonal income, salaries and pensionsPersonal income, salariesTotal entreprenurial incomeOf this entrepreneurial income forestryOther income
    2023
    The whole country17 6381 007 0002 733 0006 597 000261 000461 000367 000414 00075 000131 000
    County
    Oslo and Viken (2020-2023)4 6541 183 0003 005 0009 604 000341 000530 000422 000445 00090 000209 000
    Innlandet4 5411 014 0002 998 0006 209 000254 000423 000330 000474 000107 000117 000
    Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023)1 6621 017 0002 193 0006 020 000273 000505 000400 000352 00064 000160 000
    Agder1 109842 0001 924 0006 051 000217 000478 000374 000273 00064 00092 000
    Rogaland3691 058 0003 001 0006 995 000264 000429 000359 000473 00041 000157 000
    Vestland1 295892 0001 703 0004 777 000222 000451 000362 000343 00041 00097 000
    Møre og Romsdal595865 0002 554 0004 379 000204 000405 000319 000337 00036 000123 000
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage3 091873 0002 954 0004 498 000198 000417 000343 000398 00044 00058 000
    Nordland - Nordlánnda286793 0002 638 0004 438 000162 000338 000247 000409 00050 00045 000
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023)36989 0002 809 0005 432 000249 000381 000246 000577 00038 00032 000
    Productive forest area
    25-99 decares1 359897 0002 328 0004 653 000217 000472 000367 000349 00030 00076 000
    100-249 decares3 047932 0002 362 0005 401 000236 000462 000364 000364 00038 000106 000
    250-499 decares3 630940 0002 563 0005 262 000232 000454 000362 000384 00043 000102 000
    500-999 decares4 078967 0002 619 0005 685 000244 000442 000348 000409 00059 000117 000
    1 000-1 999 decares3 0841 039 0002 710 0007 020 000270 000470 000380 000409 00087 000160 000
    2 000-4 999 decares1 8391 140 0003 105 00010 417 000333 000488 000393 000484 000138 000168 000
    5 000-19 999 decares5481 518 0004 987 00014 598 000448 000480 000388 000704 000351 000335 000
    20 000 decares or more533 888 00019 876 00046 731 0001 245 000556 000509 0002 208 0001 115 0001 124 000
    1The statistics are based on data from tax statistics for personal taxpayers.
    2Gross income is total taxable wages, salaries, pensions, entreprenurial income and property income.]
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  • Incomes, debt, gross wealth and assessed taxes for personal forest owners with at least 25 decares productive forest area. NOK million
    Incomes, debt, gross wealth and assessed taxes for personal forest owners with at least 25 decares productive forest area. NOK million
    Number of forest ownersGross income1 DebtTaxable gross wealthAssessed taxPersonal income, salaries and pensionsPersonal income, salariesTotal entreprenurial incomeOf this entrepreneurial income forestryOther income
    2023
    In total116 42998 323179 829690 75026 84064 91444 67116 3571 32417 052
    County
    Oslo and Viken (2020-2023)21 04223 63543 984225 1907 37413 1239 3693 7854216 728
    Innlandet16 97413 54229 30175 9013 3568 3435 8333 3114851 888
    Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023)8 7747 93013 66248 4242 1995 1863 7341 2461061 498
    Agder9 3917 30912 02747 9371 9335 3673 674779711 163
    Rogaland5 5905 30810 87335 6251 4623 3552 3971 12115831
    Vestland16 02212 74618 78183 4333 4679 1466 2981 757531 842
    Møre og Romsdal8 1026 03810 10634 0411 5554 4543 04585721727
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage13 40510 65525 04566 2582 7217 0635 2112 3171361 275
    Nordland - Nordlánnda8 9405 8579 11742 0471 4834 5342 58070014623
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023)8 1895 3026 93331 8941 2924 3412 5294841477
    Productive forest area
    25-99 decares38 86229 94647 159207 9078 13322 28914 5053 081414 575
    100-249 decares30 57624 63542 860155 8136 56417 11811 6113 4831174 034
    250-499 decares20 44216 85232 039100 3144 38311 2397 9393 0841542 529
    500-999 decares14 66413 31626 56693 3373 5767 8225 6962 9582392 536
    1 000-1 999 decares7 6207 90916 25070 7182 3574 0903 0851 9732671 846
    2 000-4 999 decares3 4073 8359 63637 3771 1791 8851 4621 167254783
    5 000-19 999 decares7791 2673 87518 145446420327442192406
    20 000 decares or more795641 4437 139202524617059343
    1Gross income is total taxable wages, salaries, pensions, entreprenurial income and property income.]
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  • Entrepreneurial income forestry for personal forest owners, by size of income
    Entrepreneurial income forestry for personal forest owners, by size of income1
    20222023
    Entrepreneurial income forestry. NOK millionForest owners with positive entrepreneurial incomeEntrepreneurial income forestry. NOK millionForest owners with positive entrepreneurial income
    Total1 18517 8161 32417 638
    Entrepreneurial income forestry
    1 - 49 000 NOK18812 99318612 338
    50 000 - 99 999 NOK1622 2691682 342
    100 000 - 249 000 NOK2601 6892961 932
    250 000 - 499 999186537219635
    500 000 - 999 999 NOK147217176257
    1 000 000 NOK or more241111279134
    1The statistics are based on data from tax statistics for personal taxpayers.
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About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 17 November 2023.

Forest property

Property with at least 25 decares of productive forest area. Property parcels belonging to the same owner within one municipality are treated as one property.Personal forest owner

Forest owner owning forest area as an individual owner. Forest areas owned jointly by several individuals are included for one of the owners; the reference owner.

Legal owners

Central government, the Educational Fund, common forest owned by the central government (Statsallmenning), common forest not owned by the central government (Bygdeallmenning), limited company, foundation, municipality etc.

Gross income

Total wages and salaries pesnsins, entrepreneurial income and proeprty income.

Personal wages and salaries

Comprise payments in cash and in kind, taxable sick pay and unemployment benefit.

Pensions

Cover all benefit paid by social security and private pension and life insurance benefit.

Entrepreneurial income

A result of activities of a self-employed person, and is estimated from profit and loss account and balance sheet. The entrepreneurial income is transferred to the tax return and is included in the calculation of ordinary income.

Entrepreneurial income from agriculture

This is positive entrepreneurial income from agriculture according to tax return. Including 2011, entrepreneurial social security benefits in agriculture,forestry and fishery are included. As from 2012 social security benefits from primary industry are include in total entreprenurial income. Deductions such as membership payments to industry organisations, the year's entrepreneurial deficit, interest on debt and a separate agricultural deduction are not deducted.

Entreprenurial income from forestry

This is positive entrepreneurial income from forestry according to tax return. In addition, entrepreneurial income from forestry also comprises sickness benefit for persons without entreprenurail income in agriculture and fisheries.

Other income

Consist mainly of interest income, dividends, realised capital gains, rent and other income from property.

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