Meat production
Updated: 24 April 2024
Next update: 15 October 2024
| Tonnes | Per cent change from | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2018 - 2023 | 2022 - 2023 | |
| Total | 361 611 | 2.6 | -0.4 |
| Pig | 131 163 | -4.5 | -1.1 |
| Poultry | 117 149 | 19.3 | 2.0 |
| Cattle | 90 559 | 1.3 | -1.9 |
| Sheep | 22 370 | -17.1 | -4.7 |
Selected tables and charts from this statistics
- Public meat inspection. Carcasses approved for human consumption. TonnesDownload table as ...Public meat inspection. Carcasses approved for human consumption. Tonnes
Pig Poultry Cattle Sheep Horse Other meat 2012 131 559 91 156 77 982 22 777 367 314 2013 127 516 104 030 83 696 23 424 295 378 2014 128 820 106 084 78 732 24 156 153 348 2015 134 669 92 532 79 672 25 555 92 297 2016 137 716 98 292 81 676 25 990 71 308 2017 137 250 100 969 85 196 27 445 61 364 2018 137 316 98 165 89 396 26 973 56 420 2019 132 242 106 839 87 008 24 285 31 426 2020 131 036 106 995 85 295 24 561 16 367 2021 133 488 115 494 87 217 24 131 13 360 2022 132 606 114 820 92 311 23 480 10 357 2023 131 163 117 149 90 559 22 370 10 360 2023 Oslo and Viken (2020-2023) 14 839 24 236 7 708 1 511 1 38 Innlandet 29 789 16 990 20 182 4 066 2 74 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 10 357 4 879 3 438 650 0 14 Agder 2 688 589 3 906 892 0 6 Rogaland 36 782 35 242 15 707 5 137 0 18 Vestland 4 286 227 7 655 3 905 0 82 Møre og Romsdal 2 095 178 6 288 1 050 0 34 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 22 797 34 807 17 670 2 199 7 22 Nordland - Nordlánnda 6 863 0 5 916 1 686 0 26 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 667 0 2 089 1 275 0 46 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Public meat inspection. Carcasses approved for human consumption. Number of carcassesDownload table as ...Public meat inspection. Carcasses approved for human consumption. Number of carcasses
Pig Poultry Cattle Sheep Goat Horse Other meat 2012 1 599 697 65 918 493 294 032 1 133 891 20 771 1 355 394 2013 1 605 477 74 095 416 312 331 1 174 920 23 630 1 098 990 2014 1 587 993 75 971 778 290 328 1 177 866 21 398 555 396 2015 1 604 700 65 163 349 284 092 1 227 830 24 011 330 104 2016 1 651 378 67 902 952 286 213 1 284 601 23 820 253 95 2017 1 648 097 65 518 009 298 013 1 376 317 28 617 212 104 2018 1 703 823 64 342 219 320 081 1 351 716 29 165 201 376 2019 1 625 295 70 041 237 306 075 1 208 744 27 722 108 2 345 2020 1 565 906 68 982 734 295 680 1 212 726 27 777 57 297 2021 1 549 006 73 613 858 298 239 1 188 475 27 044 45 305 2022 1 523 495 73 851 804 317 783 1 164 914 26 876 38 311 2023 1 528 739 73 559 608 318 868 1 112 584 27 823 38 271 2023 Oslo and Viken (2020-2023) 171 604 13 239 031 26 838 71 684 3 533 4 2 Innlandet 343 298 11 214 244 68 246 194 563 5 704 6 72 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 119 779 2 273 987 11 446 31 197 1 297 0 3 Agder 31 371 389 171 13 995 45 468 231 2 55 Rogaland 427 527 23 332 504 53 960 250 282 1 468 0 0 Vestland 51 025 92 049 29 314 200 652 6 914 1 6 Møre og Romsdal 24 962 143 418 22 730 57 635 2 744 1 1 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 268 815 22 875 204 63 517 114 001 1 303 24 132 Nordland - Nordlánnda 82 517 0 20 732 85 524 1 812 0 0 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 7 841 0 8 090 61 579 2 817 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The statistics include the number of carcasses approved for human consumption.
In the statistics, the term poultry is often used. Poultry includes hens, cocks, chickens, turkeys and other poultry.
Oslo County is merged with Akershus County because of very few holdings in Oslo County.
Meat production
County.
Half-yearly and yearly.
Not relevant.
A data file with anonymous individual data is stored at Statistics Norway.
The purpose for the statistics is to obtain information about production of meat in Norway.
The main users of the statistics are the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute, the Agricultural Budget Commission, the Norwegian Farmers Union, the Norwegian Smallholders Union etc.
Not relevant.
Not relevant.
Not relevant.
All deliveries of carcasses to slaughterhouses during the year is supposed to be included in the register.
The register for delivieries of carcasses to norwegian slaughterhouses.
The statistics is checked up at aggregated level (country and county figures) by comparing with previous years registrations.
The Register for deliveries of carcasses obtains information about all delivered carcasses during the time period. Statistics Norway recieves aggregated data files, where the information about deliveries of different kinds of livestock from each single holder during a month is collected in one record.
Figures are not presented if there is a risk of identifying any unit.
Before 1995, the statistics is based on forms from each slaughterhouse, where number and weight of carcasses of different kinds per month was registered. The location of the holdings with deliveries of carcasses was not registered on the forms, and it was not possible to give other figures than deliveries per month of the different carcasses. As from 1995, the statistics is based on use of register data, and figures can be given also for approved carcasses both in counties and municipalities.
The most important source of error is that the slaughterhouse may fill in incorrect information during the registration.
