Minifacts about Norway 2012

 

10. Industries



Agricultural land use



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/jordbruksareal_en/

Agricultural livestock
  2001 2011*
Horses 28 468 36 396
Cattle, total  987 915  863 153
Cows1   342 248  304 897
Breeding pigs 90 791 96 339
Sheep over 1 year  966 278  918 235
Milk goats 50 299 35 383
Fowl 3 290 510 3 854 214
1  Includes milk cows and suckling cows.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/jordbruksareal_en/

Agricultural production and forestry
  2000 2010
Crops1  . 1 000 tonnes    
Grain, total 1 299 1 206
Wheat  313  331
Barley  573  541
Oats  397  299
Potatoes  356  321
Hay2  2 871 2 659
     
Livestock products. 1 000 tonnes    
Meat, total  261  322
Beef and veal 88 81
Pork  103  129
Mutton and lamb 23 24
Eggs 48 61
Cow's milk (1 000 litres) 1 566 1 510
     
Cut timber for sale, total. 1 000 m3    
Softwood logs 7 417 8 249
Hardwood logs 61 73
1  Of active agricultural businesses.
2  Includes total yield of solid matter from haymaking meadows.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/jordbru_en// and http://www.ssb.no/skog_en/

Number of forest properties1  and productive forest area2  , by size, 2010
  Units Per cent Area
Productive forest area Km2 Per cent
25 decares and larger, total  118 629  100.0 67 695  100.0
25 - 99 decares 37 834 31.9 2 112 3.1
100 - 999 decares 68 770 58.0 23 112 34.1
1 000 - 4 999 decares 10 886 9.0 20 028 29.6
5 000 - decares 1 139 1.0 22 443 33.2
Protected productive forest area . . 2 026 .
1  Includes properties of 25 decares productive forest area and larger.
2  Includes properties of 25 decares productive forest area and larger listed in the Farm Register.
Source: Statistics Norway and Directorate for Nature Management.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/stskog_en/

Organically cultivated area in the Nordic countries, including areas in transition. Percentage of total cultivated area



Source:  Norway Debio and Statistics Norway; Sweden KRAV, Statistics Sweden and Swedish Board of Agriculture; Denmark Danish Plant Directorate and Statistics Denmark; Finland KTTK/Evira and TIKE.
 

Agricultural operations, by area under activity



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/stjord_en/

Landings and landed value of major fish species
  1 000 tonnes1  NOK mill.2 
Fish species 2000 2010 2000 2010
Total 2 699 2 679 9 736 13 348
Herring  800  924 1 436 2 746
Cod  219  283 2 932 2 971
Capelin  371  274  355  530
Mackerel  174  234  985 1 817
Saithe  170  228  739 1 603
Blue whiting  553  194  324  363
Other, unspecified 31  155  311  538
Haddock 46  125  534 1 043
Sand eel  119 78 73  150
Norway pout 53 66 31  119
Deep water prawn 67 22 1 031  518
Ling 17 18  218  200
Tusk 22 17  178  137
Sprat 6 15 20 39
Atlantic Redfish 26 13  176  124
Horse mackerel 2 13 5 71
Greenland halibut 13 10  240  221
Angler 4 6  121  132
Catfish 6 4 27 26
1  Round weight.
2  Primary value of catch as reported by fishermen.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/fiskeri_en/

Fish farming. Salmon and trout, amount sold



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/fiskeoppdrett_en/

Value of farmed and traditionally landed fish



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/fiskeoppdrett_en/

Export of fish and fish products
  2001 2011*
  1 000 tonnes NOK mill. 1 000 tonnes NOK mill.
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrate marine animals, including processed items, total 1 727 29 572 2 164 51 678
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fillets  417 8 418  789 24 452
Fish, frozen, excluding fillets  909 8 258  883 10 644
Fish fillets, frozen  182 4 310  119 4 225
Fish fillets and other fish meat, fresh or frozen 26  944  173 4 765
Dried cod and other dried fish 76 3 520  107 4 477
Fish fillets, dried, salted or brined 12  380 10  254
Fish, salted or brined 37 1 177 29  921
Fish, smoked 5  424 4  375
Crustaceans, frozen or made into meal or pellets, suitable for human consumption 12  267 6  248
Fish, processed or preserved, including caviar and caviar imitations 20  613 20  411
Crustaceans and molluscs, processed or preserved 21  949 10  508
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/muh_en/

Wholesale/retail trade and services, 2009
  Number of establishments Employees Sales1  . NOK mill.
Motor vehicle and motorcycle sales and repairs 9 058 44 323  150 446
Commission and wholesale trade 19 753  111 593  735 018
Retail trade except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 38 267  213 503  385 966
       
Business services and real estate activities2   101 677  252 170  418 614
1  Value-added tax not included.
2  Figures do not include housing cooperatives, activities of head offices and other combined facilities support activities.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/stvareh_en/ and http://www.ssb.no/stefu_en/

Norwegian petroleum activities
  1993 1995 2000 2009 2010
Employees          
Oil and natural gas production 17 338 16 498 14 434 21 234 21 725
Work offshore 5 399 5 064 4 822 6 181 6 561
Work onshore 11 939 11 434 9 612 15 053 15 164
Service activities 4 173 4 437 7 743 26 523 26 828
           
Gross value of production. NOK mill.          
Oil and natural gas production  123 149  131 637  350 774  503 771  549 453
Service activities 5 303 6 151 15 883 96 716 99 843
Pipeline transport 12 902 12 620 16 851 21 030 20 798
           
Gross capital investment. NOK mill.          
Oil and gas production 50 886 42 497 52 898  135 298  124 868
Service activities -65 44 4 287 10 387  983
Pipeline transport 6 693 6 086  691  528  552
           
Crude oil production. 1 000 Sm3  131 843  156 776  181 181  115 453  104 424
Natural gas production. Mill. Sm3 o.e.1  24 804 27 814 49 748  103 463  106 352
           
Export          
Crude oil. 1 000 Sm3  114 917  143 003  167 485  100 084 92 312
Natural gas. Mill. Sm3 o.e.1  24 671 27 599 48 521 96 563 97 394
           
Probable Norwegian reserves          
Original          
Crude oil. Mill. Sm3 1 825 2 674 6 054 4 351 4 398
Natural gas. Bill. Sm3 1 549  781 7 032 3 252 3 325
Remaining          
Crude oil. Mill. Sm3 1 174 1 355 3 867  868  811
Natural gas. Bill. Sm3 1 227  366 6 355 2 042 2 007
1  sm3 (standard cubic metres) o.e. (oil equivalent).
Source: Statistics Norway and Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/olje_gass_en/

Oil prices, Brent blend



Source:  Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Reuters EcoWin.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/ogintma_en/

Manufacturing and mining/quarrying, 2009
Main activity Establishments Employees Production value1 
NOK mill. Per cent
Manufacturing and mining/quarrying 19 584  243 601  682 019  100.0
         
Mining/quarrying  745 4 680 11 463 1.7
         
Manufacturing 18 839  238 921  670 555 98.3
Food products, beverages and tobacco 2 375 48 694  147 757 21.7
Textiles, clothing, leather and leather products 1 338 4 772 6 101 0.9
Wood and wood products 1 930 14 248 21 557 3.2
Pulp, paper and paper products 93 5 475 14 470 2.1
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 414 7 461 10 851 1.6
Petroleum products, chemical products  316 13 443  108 196 15.9
Rubber and plastic products  435 5 150 9 507 1.4
Other non-metallic mineral products  954 10 737 24 228 3.6
Basic metals  163 10 515 47 753 7.0
Metal products 2 609 25 225 44 124 6.5
Computers and electrical equipment  822 16 841 38 587 5.7
Machinery and equipment 1 501 20 872 78 404 11.5
Other engineering industry (except ships and oil platforms)  182 4 085 6 482 1.0
Building of ships and oil platforms  534 22 761 65 130 9.5
Furniture, manufacturing 2 056 11 335 13 553 2.0
Machine repairs and installations 2 117 17 307 33 856 5.0
1  Value-added tax not included.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/sti_en/

Norwegian foreign-going ships. 1 July 2011
  Total Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Norwegian International Ship Register Foreign flag
  No. 1 000 dwt. No. 1 000 dwt. No. 1 000 dwt. No. 1 000 dwt
Ships1  , total 1 755 40 491  223 1 159  550 18 551  982 20 781
Passenger ships, catamarans and ferries2  23  482 6  250 7 61 10  171
Gas and chemical tankers  394 9 645 .. ..  167 5 089  227 4 556
Other tankers 76 8 923 .. .. 40 4 449 36 4 474
Combined carriers 12 1 340 .. .. 12 1 340 .. ..
Bulk carriers  126 6 606 .. .. 65 4 028 61 2 578
Other dry cargo ships  532 5 405 19 30  120 2 197  393 3 178
Offshore petroleum service ships  592 8 572  198 1 129  139 1 448  255 5 995
1  Vessels of gross tonnage 100 and over.
2  Tonnage in units of 1 000. Not included in total dwt.
Source: Norwegian Shipowners' Association.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/handelsfl_en/

Norwegian merchant fleet1  , end of year. 1 000 gross tonnes
  1995 2000 2008 2009 2010
Tonnage, total 20 834 21 572 17 403 16 149 15 711
Of which tankers 12 006 11 545 9 186 7 910 7 269
Tanker percentage 58 54 53 49 46
1  Vessels of 100 gross tonnes and larger for carrying passengers and cargo; includes Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register and Norwegian International Ship Register.
Source: Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/handelsfl_en/

Marine casualties. Vessels totally and partially lost
  Ships totally lost Ships partially lost
  Ships Gross tonnage Ships Gross tonnage
2000 18 41 421  157  976 709
2001 24 4 135  129  502 917
2002 22 56 206  137  982 184
2003 15 3 679  126  537 197
2004 18  659  118  336 674
2005 13 18 967  112  634 482
2006 12  389 71  525 545
2007 14 4 217  100  576 903
2008 18 8 881  105  409 072
2009 18 3 586  144  582 424
2010 13 1 837  149  616 010
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/sjøulykker_en/