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Key figures
2.6 %
increase in number of dairy cows
2021 | Per cent change | Per cent change | |
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2020 - 2021 | 2012 - 2021 | ||
Holdings keeping domestic animals | 26 087 | -0.4 | -14.2 |
Number | |||
Dairy cows | 213 190 | 2.6 | -10.3 |
Beef cows | 104 831 | 6.7 | 59.7 |
Sheep | 948 175 | 0.1 | -8.9 |
Dairy goat | 35 972 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
Pigs for breeding | 75 217 | -2.8 | -23.0 |
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Table 1
Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds as per 1 March
Holdings with | |||||||||
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Domestic animals | Cattle | Cows, total | Diary cows | Beef cows | Winter feed sheep | Pigs | Hens | Dairy goats | |
1Comprises holdings whitch applied for governmental production subsidies. | |||||||||
2Preliminary figures for last year. | |||||||||
2017 | 28 019 | 14 022 | 12 709 | 8 271 | 5 187 | 14 514 | 2 405 | 2 112 | 304 |
2018 | 27 230 | 13 712 | 12 536 | 7 928 | 5 429 | 14 310 | .. | 2 136 | 289 |
2019 | 26 583 | 13 352 | 12 244 | 7 600 | 5 503 | 13 734 | 1 853 | 1 320 | 282 |
2020 | 26 203 | 13 113 | 12 006 | 7 214 | 5 739 | 13 546 | 1 721 | 1 470 | 280 |
2021 | 26 087 | 12 924 | 11 847 | 6 925 | 5 941 | 13 533 | 1 700 | 1 469 | 275 |
County | |||||||||
Oslo and Viken | 2 444 | 1 071 | 1 002 | 376 | 687 | 914 | 197 | 214 | 15 |
Innlandet | 4 414 | 2 496 | 2 325 | 1 327 | 1 266 | 1 774 | 309 | 193 | 49 |
Vestfold og Telemark | 1 165 | 495 | 456 | 130 | 352 | 472 | 128 | 95 | 16 |
Agder | 1 364 | 710 | 657 | 268 | 445 | 738 | 40 | 73 | : |
Rogaland | 3 598 | 1 879 | 1 765 | 1 065 | 931 | 2 419 | 478 | 192 | 12 |
Vestland | 4 897 | 1 825 | 1 587 | 1 062 | 605 | 3 574 | 120 | 224 | 74 |
Møre og Romsdal | 1 968 | 1 017 | 881 | 622 | 309 | 1 035 | 50 | 93 | 24 |
Trøndelag - Trööndelage | 3 734 | 2 253 | 2 097 | 1 365 | 901 | 1 211 | 282 | 244 | : |
Nordland | 1 568 | 810 | 749 | 461 | 349 | 845 | 80 | 81 | 22 |
Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku | 935 | 368 | 328 | 249 | 96 | 551 | 16 | 60 | 54 |
Table 2
Cattle and sheep. No of heads as per 1 March
Cattle | Cows, total | Diary cows | Beef cows | Other cattle | Winter feed sheep | |
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1Preliminary figures for last year | ||||||
2Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies. | ||||||
2018 | 877 388 | 309 781 | 218 613 | 91 168 | 567 607 | 1 008 230 |
2019 | 862 550 | 307 520 | 215 069 | 92 451 | 555 030 | 936 203 |
2020 | 876 776 | 306 076 | 207 855 | 98 221 | 570 700 | 947 499 |
2021 | 883 947 | 318 021 | 213 190 | 104 831 | 565 926 | 948 175 |
County | ||||||
Oslo and Viken | 75 886 | 28 246 | 13 345 | 14 901 | 47 640 | 57 527 |
Innlandet | 184 048 | 65 083 | 37 758 | 27 325 | 118 965 | 146 233 |
Vestfold og Telemark | 31 301 | 11 575 | 4 409 | 7 166 | 19 726 | 24 564 |
Agder | 36 187 | 13 616 | 6 859 | 6 757 | 22 571 | 38 647 |
Rogaland | 150 891 | 53 230 | 39 039 | 14 191 | 97 661 | 199 733 |
Vestland | 81 907 | 30 501 | 24 392 | 6 109 | 51 406 | 183 697 |
Møre og Romsdal | 66 808 | 23 628 | 19 110 | 4 518 | 43 180 | 58 164 |
Trøndelag - Trööndelage | 176 494 | 63 387 | 46 709 | 16 678 | 113 107 | 104 014 |
Nordland | 58 459 | 20 400 | 14 544 | 5 856 | 38 059 | 80 584 |
Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku | 21 966 | 8 355 | 7 025 | 1 330 | 13 611 | 55 012 |
Table 3
Domestic animals. Number of heads as per 1 March.
Dairy goats | Pigs for breeding | Laying hens | |
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1Comprises holdings wich applied for governmental production subsidies. | |||
2Preliminary figures for the last year. | |||
2018 | 36 170 | 88 802 | 4 405 798 |
2019 | 36 355 | 83 476 | 3 998 341 |
2020 | 35 723 | 77 404 | 4 107 831 |
2021 | 35 972 | 75 217 | 4 184 764 |
County | |||
Oslo and Viken | 1 826 | 8 168 | 730 203 |
Innlandet | 5 293 | 16 932 | 556 249 |
Vestfold og Telemark | 1 767 | 5 695 | 228 877 |
Agder | 20 | 1 506 | 123 091 |
Rogaland | 1 971 | 21 292 | 1 062 866 |
Vestland | 8 560 | 2 572 | 198 294 |
Møre og Romsdal | 4 269 | 606 | 138 520 |
Trøndelag - Trööndelage | 550 | 14 356 | 1 002 724 |
Nordland | 3 751 | 3 827 | 92 776 |
Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku | 7 965 | 263 | 51 164 |
Table 4
Holdings with various kinds of domestic animals, by size of herd. As per 1 March
Holdings | Number of heads | |||||||||
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2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
1Preliminary figures for last year. | ||||||||||
2Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies. | ||||||||||
Cows, total | ||||||||||
Total | 12 709 | 12 536 | 12 244 | 12 006 | 11 847 | 304 459 | 309 781 | 307 520 | 306 076 | 318 021 |
1-4 | 611 | 596 | 592 | 566 | 573 | 1 458 | 1 532 | 1 528 | 1 475 | 1 493 |
5-9 | 1 665 | 1 712 | 1 747 | 1 648 | 1 557 | 12 080 | 12 360 | 12 581 | 11 879 | 11 302 |
10-14 | 2 118 | 2 048 | 1 917 | 1 893 | 1 777 | 25 534 | 24 702 | 23 091 | 22 745 | 21 350 |
15-19 | 2 199 | 2 067 | 1 901 | 1 848 | 1 703 | 37 335 | 34 957 | 32 160 | 31 337 | 28 806 |
20-29 | 2 716 | 2 551 | 2 433 | 2 347 | 2 284 | 64 573 | 60 930 | 58 125 | 56 058 | 54 608 |
30- | 3 400 | 3 562 | 3 654 | 3 704 | 3 953 | 163 479 | 175 300 | 180 035 | 182 582 | 200 462 |
Dairy cows | ||||||||||
Total | 8 271 | 7 928 | 7 600 | 7 214 | 6 925 | 221 330 | 218 613 | 215 069 | 207 855 | 213 190 |
1-4 | 33 | 29 | 40 | 29 | 33 | 111 | 101 | 141 | 96 | 99 |
5-9 | 573 | 570 | 534 | 471 | 401 | 4 306 | 4 314 | 4 008 | 3 539 | 2 998 |
10-14 | 1 314 | 1 230 | 1 111 | 1 055 | 908 | 16 071 | 15 067 | 13 552 | 12 954 | 11 143 |
15-19 | 1 669 | 1 550 | 1 418 | 1 326 | 1 173 | 28 422 | 26 208 | 23 946 | 22 522 | 19 948 |
20-29 | 2 151 | 1 928 | 1 826 | 1 672 | 1 575 | 51 113 | 45 826 | 43 540 | 39 944 | 37 619 |
30- | 2 531 | 2 621 | 2 671 | 2 661 | 2 835 | 121 307 | 127 097 | 129 882 | 128 800 | 141 383 |
Beef cows | ||||||||||
Total | 5 187 | 5 429 | 5 503 | 5 739 | 5 941 | 83 129 | 91 168 | 92 451 | 98 221 | 104 831 |
1-4 | 802 | 785 | 779 | 791 | 785 | 1 797 | 1 871 | 1 838 | 1 913 | 1 907 |
5-9 | 1 334 | 1 435 | 1 517 | 1 510 | 1 513 | 9 448 | 10 088 | 10 728 | 10 664 | 10 808 |
10-19 | 1 630 | 1 622 | 1 561 | 1 685 | 1 767 | 22 558 | 22 426 | 21 392 | 23 088 | 24 239 |
20- | 1 421 | 1 587 | 1 646 | 1 753 | 1 876 | 49 326 | 56 783 | 58 493 | 62 556 | 67 877 |
Sheep | ||||||||||
Total | 14 514 | 14 310 | 13 734 | 13 546 | 13 533 | 1 123 732 | 1 008 230 | 936 203 | 947 499 | 948 175 |
1-9 | 779 | 820 | 848 | 825 | 831 | 4 479 | 4 903 | 5 102 | 5 081 | 5 158 |
10-19 | 1 498 | 1 708 | 1 750 | 1 664 | 1 671 | 21 659 | 24 872 | 25 317 | 24 158 | 24 307 |
20-49 | 4 316 | 4 568 | 4 451 | 4 347 | 4 325 | 144 697 | 152 309 | 146 689 | 143 527 | 142 849 |
50-99 | 4 010 | 3 907 | 3 641 | 3 598 | 3 587 | 286 377 | 276 744 | 256 834 | 254 928 | 253 615 |
100-149 | 2 108 | 1 865 | 1 735 | 1 692 | 1 680 | 257 188 | 225 768 | 209 236 | 205 933 | 204 010 |
150- | 1 803 | 1 442 | 1 309 | 1 420 | 1 439 | 409 332 | 323 634 | 293 025 | 313 872 | 318 236 |
Sows for breeding | ||||||||||
Total | 1 093 | 1 101 | 1 053 | 951 | 924 | 88 355 | 86 961 | 81 792 | 75 479 | 73 612 |
1-19 | 264 | 293 | 307 | 246 | 249 | 1 923 | 1 848 | 2 106 | 1 484 | 1 471 |
20-39 | 188 | 193 | 160 | 160 | 151 | 5 346 | 5 543 | 4 594 | 4 661 | 4 420 |
40-59 | 184 | 174 | 186 | 158 | 154 | 9 172 | 8 648 | 9 186 | 7 766 | 7 602 |
60-79 | 119 | 116 | 101 | 99 | 101 | 8 080 | 8 000 | 7 005 | 6 776 | 7 009 |
80-99 | 84 | 73 | 64 | 59 | 54 | 7 434 | 6 455 | 5 627 | 5 219 | 4 807 |
100 or more | 254 | 252 | 235 | 229 | 215 | 56 400 | 56 467 | 53 274 | 49 573 | 48 303 |
Laying hens | ||||||||||
Total | 2 112 | 2 136 | 1 320 | 1 470 | 1 469 | 4 355 435 | 4 405 798 | 3 998 341 | 4 107 831 | 4 184 764 |
1-99 | 1 496 | 1 507 | 747 | 875 | 866 | 21 267 | 20 944 | 11 856 | 13 560 | 14 676 |
100-499 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 47 | 5 621 | 6 876 | 7 728 | 8 501 | 8 809 |
500-999 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 846 | 6 384 | 4 819 | 7 100 | 7 510 |
1000-1999 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 26 332 | 22 596 | 20 211 | 24 180 | 22 623 |
2000-4999 | 35 | 35 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 124 229 | 123 884 | 95 929 | 101 725 | 104 542 |
5000- | 527 | 534 | 486 | 494 | 498 | 4 173 140 | 4 225 114 | 3 857 798 | 3 952 765 | 4 026 604 |
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About the statistics
The statistics give information about holdings with livestock and number of livestock as per 1 January.
Definitions
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Administrative information
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Name: Livestock husbandry
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
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Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
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County, municipality
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Annual.
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Primary data is stored at Statistics Norway.
Background
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The purpose is to chart the extent of livestock keeping at the municipal level. Information from this register has been used since 1984.
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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 §§2-1, 3-2.
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Production
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The population covers everyone who applies for agricultural production subsidies as of 1 January. Those who do not have the right to production subsidies or do not apply for other reasons are not covered by the statistics.
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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.
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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.
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Since 1984 the statistics on area use and livestock keeping are based on applications for production subsidies.
Accuracy and reliability
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The Agricultural Authority in the municipality shall ensure that the applications are in compliance with production subsidy regulations.
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Contact
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Berit Bjørlo
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Cathrine Gran Øverby