Statistics Norway

Structure of Agriculture

2   Personal holders by age. Per cent. Average age
  Personal holders, total -39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60-69 years 70- years Average age
              Years
19791, 2  124 408 22 19 26 23 10 52
19891, 3 98 610 27 27 21 18 8 49
1999 69 959 26 29 28 14 3 48
2000 67 644 25 29 28 15 3 48
2001 64 485 24 29 29 14 3 48
2002 60 044 24 30 29 15 3 49
2003 56 301 22 30 30 15 3 48
2004 53 376 22 30 30 15 3 49
2005 50 476 22 30 30 16 2 49
2006* 48 432 21 30 30 17 2 49
2006*              
County              
Østfold 2 605 21 31 30 16 2 49
Akershus og Oslo 2 571 19 30 32 16 3 50
Hedmark 3 989 21 29 31 17 2 49
Oppland 5 115 23 31 29 15 2 48
Buskerud 2 605 20 29 31 18 2 50
Vestfold 1 741 22 30 32 14 3 49
Telemark 1 674 19 30 28 20 3 50
Aust-Agder  731 19 31 31 17 3 50
Vest-Agder 1 181 24 29 28 16 3 49
Rogaland 4 773 25 29 27 16 2 48
Hordaland 3 458 19 28 31 19 3 50
Sogn og Fjordane 3 536 18 29 31 19 3 50
Møre og Romsdal 3 234 20 29 30 18 3 50
Sør-Trøndelag 3 363 21 32 28 16 2 49
Nord-Trøndelag 3 578 24 32 29 14 1 48
Nordland 2 614 19 30 31 18 2 49
Troms Romsa 1 274 20 28 31 19 2 50
Finnmark Finnmárku  390 23 26 33 14 4 49
Agricultural area in use              
   -  49 decares 5 064 17 25 29 22 7 52
 50- 99 decares 9 328 17 27 31 22 4 51
100-199 decares 15 493 20 30 30 18 2 49
200-499 decares 16 032 25 33 29 12 1 47
500-   decares 2 515 26 35 29 9 - 46
1  Refers to personal holders with at least 5 decares agricultural area in use.
2  In 1979 age was not reported for 27 males and 16 females.
3  In 1989 age was not reported for 15 males and 6 females.
Source: Agricultural Statistics, Statistics Norway.

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