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Increasing forestry income
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2016-02-18T10:00:00.000Z
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Forest owners` income 2014. In 2014, one in six personal owners had profit from forestry. On average, this profit was NOK 41 000.

Forest owners' income, 2014

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Increasing forestry income

One in six personal forest owners achieved a profit from forestry in 2014. Average earnings from forestry for these owners were NOK 41 000, an increase of NOK 4 000 from 2013.

Numbers of forest owners and average entrepreneurial income from forestry. For personal forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestry1Published 18 February 2016
20142013 - 2014
Number of ownersNOKChange in entrepreneurial income, per cent
1The statistics are based on data from tax statistics for personal taxpayers.
Total21 37541 00010.8
 
Productive forest area
25-99 decares2 21017 0006.3
100-249 decares4 48625 00019.0
250-499 decares4 74828 0007.7
500-999 decares4 63635 0009.4
1 000-1 999 decares3 07148 0009.1
2 000-4 999 decares1 68186 00017.8
5 000-19 999 decares493214 0009.7
20 000 decares or more50541 000-29.4

Source: Statistics Norway

In 2014, the number of personal forest owners with a positive forestry income was 21 400.

Forestry income totalled NOK 968 million

Accumulated entrepreneurial income from forestry was NOK 866 million in 2013. In addition, spouses of forest owners had NOK 102 million in income from forestry in the same year. In 2013, the corresponding income was NOK 775 million and NOK 87 million respectively.

Average gross income increased

The average gross income of forest owners with entrepreneurial income from forestry was NOK 622 000; an increase of NOK 36 000 compared with 2013. Income from forestry accounted for 7 per cent of the gross income, while other entrepreneurial income accounted for 30 per cent. Income from wages and salaries accounted for 40 per cent, and the remainder was made up of pensions and other income.