Livestock husbandry
Updated: 13 May 2024
Next update: Not yet determined
| 2024 | Per cent change | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2024 | 2015 - 2024 | ||
| Holdings keeping domestic animals | 25 000 | -1.5 | -12.5 |
| Number | |||
| Dairy cows | 202 771 | -0.1 | -11.2 |
| Beef cows | 106 337 | -1.9 | 47.8 |
| Sheep | 889 615 | -2.2 | -15.9 |
| Dairy goat | 33 938 | -1.6 | 8.1 |
| Pigs for breeding, total | 68 209 | -3.7 | -27.3 |
Selected tables and charts from this statistics
- Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds as per 1 MarchDownload table as ...Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds as per 1 March1 2
Holdings with Domestic animals Cattle Cows, total Diary cows Beef cows Winter feed sheep Pigs, total Hens Dairy goats 2020 26 203 13 113 12 006 7 214 5 739 13 546 1 721 1 470 280 2021 26 026 12 918 11 831 6 910 5 936 13 424 1 695 1 456 273 2022 25 604 12 697 11 714 6 723 6 023 13 255 1 665 1 381 268 2023 25 388 12 344 11 392 6 488 5 968 13 035 1 597 1 306 256 2024 25 000 11 980 11 056 6 268 5 842 12 930 1 537 1 294 251 County Østfold 660 262 262 242 101 151 97 83 0 Oslo and Akershus 740 325 325 295 104 210 60 66 2 Innlandet 4 129 2 298 2 298 2 155 1 188 1 239 292 186 46 Buskerud 921 413 413 383 134 273 19 48 12 Vestfold 446 164 164 158 49 120 94 39 0 Telemark 677 290 290 265 72 205 30 35 15 Agder 1 401 705 705 655 259 466 44 78 1 Rogaland 3 461 1 796 1 796 1 701 999 966 422 159 11 Vestland 4 817 1 688 1 688 1 492 941 627 88 184 65 Møre og Romsdal 1 905 918 918 817 560 306 35 90 24 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 3 518 2 059 2 059 1 923 1 229 865 252 208 6 Nordland - Nordlánnda 1 479 734 734 667 413 311 85 69 22 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 629 229 229 210 137 83 15 40 47 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 217 99 99 93 82 20 4 9 0 1Comprises holdings whitch applied for governmental production subsidies. 2Preliminary figures for last year. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Cattle and sheep. No of heads as per 1 MarchDownload table as ...Cattle and sheep. No of heads as per 1 March1 2
Cattle Cows, total Diary cows Beef cows Other cattle Winter feed sheep 2021 882 968 317 073 212 629 104 444 565 895 944 347 2022 893 771 319 590 211 058 108 532 574 181 928 234 2023 881 320 311 300 202 876 108 424 570 020 909 914 2024 851 697 309 108 202 771 106 337 542 589 889 615 County Østfold 19 352 7 294 4 219 3 075 12 058 5 126 Oslo and Akershus 25 787 8 928 3 953 4 975 16 859 12 146 Innlandet 176 789 62 695 35 839 26 856 114 094 136 039 Buskerud 25 003 9 755 4 117 5 638 15 248 4 899 Vestfold 15 908 5 654 2 191 3 463 10 254 4 899 Telemark 13 741 5 225 1 855 3 370 8 516 17 483 Agder 37 059 14 129 6 645 7 484 22 930 40 246 Rogaland 149 302 53 702 37 964 15 738 95 600 190 112 Vestland 78 778 30 228 23 058 7 170 48 550 178 029 Møre og Romsdal 63 483 22 612 17 905 4 707 40 871 55 126 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 170 089 61 458 44 456 17 002 108 631 96 231 Nordland - Nordlánnda 54 898 19 197 13 915 5 282 35 701 73 482 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 14 110 5 340 3 932 1 408 8 770 37 341 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 7 398 2 891 2 722 169 4 507 9 579 1Preliminary figures for last year 2Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Domestic animals. Number of heads as per 1 March.Download table as ...Domestic animals. Number of heads as per 1 March.1 2
Dairy goats Pigs for breeding, total Laying hens 2021 35 915 75 200 4 163 101 2022 35 472 72 248 4 135 095 2023 34 474 70 847 4 088 541 2024 33 938 68 209 4 082 751 County Østfold 0 3 422 434 310 Oslo and Akershus 91 3 089 169 381 Innlandet 4 966 15 077 578 731 Buskerud 1 767 961 120 840 Vestfold 0 3 835 118 447 Telemark 1 695 1 412 90 999 Agder 25 1 403 125 330 Rogaland 2 021 19 356 997 877 Vestland 7 746 2 210 185 336 Møre og Romsdal 4 194 577 151 150 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 418 12 756 995 758 Nordland - Nordlánnda 3 732 3 891 76 075 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 7 283 9 116 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 9 116 1Comprises holdings wich applied for governmental production subsidies. 2Preliminary figures for the last year. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Holdings with various kinds of domestic animals, by size of herd. As per 1 MarchDownload table as ...Holdings with various kinds of domestic animals, by size of herd. As per 1 March1 2
Holdings Number of heads 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Cows, total Total 12 006 11 831 11 714 11 392 11 056 306 076 317 073 319 590 311 300 309 108 1-4 566 571 547 491 440 1 475 1 485 1 414 1 240 1 095 5-9 1 648 1 565 1 505 1 500 1 493 11 879 11 362 10 871 10 856 10 862 10-14 1 893 1 771 1 777 1 681 1 593 22 745 21 291 21 333 20 175 19 149 15-19 1 848 1 708 1 637 1 576 1 476 31 337 28 890 27 731 26 657 25 015 20-29 2 347 2 275 2 189 2 167 2 052 56 058 54 351 52 285 52 060 49 345 30- 3 704 3 941 4 059 3 977 4 002 182 582 199 694 205 956 200 312 203 642 Dairy cows Total 7 214 6 910 6 723 6 488 6 268 207 855 212 629 211 058 202 876 202 771 1-4 29 30 28 29 29 96 92 89 87 81 5-9 471 402 371 380 379 3 539 3 009 2 795 2 882 2 838 10-14 1 055 909 881 826 752 12 954 11 166 10 775 10 101 9 160 15-19 1 326 1 169 1 065 1 012 900 22 522 19 883 18 130 17 148 15 291 20-29 1 672 1 571 1 494 1 440 1 380 39 944 37 481 35 811 34 631 33 281 30- 2 661 2 829 2 884 2 801 2 828 128 800 140 998 143 458 138 027 142 120 Beef cows Total 5 739 5 936 6 023 5 968 5 842 98 221 104 444 108 532 108 424 106 337 1-4 791 785 743 673 591 1 913 1 907 1 748 1 580 1 386 5-9 1 510 1 763 1 502 1 501 1 504 10 664 10 881 10 686 10 663 10 774 10-19 1 685 1 865 1 833 1 801 1 804 23 088 24 216 25 254 24 882 25 147 20- 1 753 1 753 1 945 1 993 1 943 62 556 67 440 70 844 71 299 69 030 Sheep Total 13 734 13 546 13 424 13 255 13 199 936 203 947 499 944 347 928 234 915 344 1-9 848 825 785 792 903 5 102 5 081 4 911 4 969 5 642 10-19 1 750 1 664 1 652 1 684 1 668 25 317 24 158 24 067 24 492 24 028 20-49 4 451 4 347 4 295 4 245 4 181 146 689 143 527 141 929 140 502 137 507 50-99 3 641 3 598 3 582 3 491 3 402 256 834 254 928 253 288 247 456 240 419 100-149 1 735 1 692 1 675 1 599 1 584 209 236 205 933 203 438 194 143 193 536 150- 1 309 1 420 1 435 1 444 1 461 293 025 313 872 316 714 316 672 314 212 Sows for breeding Total 951 920 881 834 789 75 479 73 597 70 485 69 255 66 474 1-19 246 244 236 211 197 1 484 1 446 1 354 1 330 1 254 20-39 160 151 141 129 115 4 661 4 420 4 113 3 718 3 400 40-59 158 154 144 140 139 7 766 7 588 7 072 6 952 6 999 60-79 99 101 94 90 80 6 776 7 009 6 490 6 183 5 438 80-99 59 56 50 49 49 5 219 4 989 4 398 4 314 4 358 100 or more 229 214 216 215 209 49 573 48 145 47 058 46 758 45 025 Laying hens Total 1 470 1 456 1 381 1 306 1 294 4 107 831 4 163 101 4 135 095 4 088 541 4 082 751 1-99 875 854 780 719 717 13 560 14 513 14 396 12 936 13 126 100-499 45 47 49 42 40 8 501 8 809 9 714 9 466 9 061 500-999 10 11 13 11 7 7 100 7 510 9 136 7 748 5 117 1000-1999 17 16 15 14 16 24 180 22 623 21 648 20 554 22 552 2000-4999 29 31 26 24 20 101 725 104 542 86 900 86 056 72 065 5000- 494 497 498 496 494 3 952 765 4 005 104 3 993 301 3 951 781 3 960 830 1Preliminary figures for last year. 2Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
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About the statistics
The statistics gives information about holdings with livestock and number of livestock.
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Name: Livestock husbandry
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
County, municipality
Annual
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Primary data is stored at Statistics Norway.
The purpose is to chart the extent of livestock keeping at the municipal level. Information from this register has been used since 1984.
The statistics is used by the Norwegian Institute for Land Inventory (NIJOS), Norwegian Agricultural Economic Research Institute (NILF), public enterprises at the municipal and county level, the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, in research and by agricultural organizations.
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Statistics Act § 10-1.
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The population covers everyone who applies for agricultural production subsidies as of 1 March. Those who do not have the right to production subsidies or do not apply for other reasons are not covered by the statistics.
The administrative record of everyone who applies for an agricultural production subsidy from the Norwegian Agricultural Authority is the compilation basis of the statistics. The register contains information on number of livestock on holdings.
Only one production subsidy is given per holding. A holding is an agricultural enterprise including livestock keeping. The holding includes everything operated as a unit.
Five per cent of the applications are also selected for special control. The control shall cover all reports submitted by the applicant on physical censuses of animals and measuring of areas. A number of machine controls of the material are also carried out. Statistics Norway also runs some machine controls upon receipt of the data material.
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Figures are not presented if there is a risk of identifying any unit.
Since 1984 the statistics on area use and livestock keeping are based on applications for production subsidies.
The Agricultural Authority in the municipality shall ensure that the applications are in compliance with production subsidy regulations.
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