Statistics Norway

Structure of Agriculture

4 Domestic animals. 1979, 1989, 1999, 2008-2012*
  19791 19891 19992 20092 20102 20112 2012*2
Horse 20 704 17 417 26 959 35 625 36 718 36 424 36 239
Cattle  968 843  949 369 1 033 070  878 134  874 535  864 139  861 515
Cow  372 288  340 469  349 757  306 288  308 322  305 239  306 372
Dairy cow .. ..  312 948  239 637  238 448  233 347  233 205
Beef cow .. .. 36 809 66 651 69 874 71 892 73 167
Sheep 1 952 092 2 183 098 2 324 789 2 289 862 2 308 304 2 300 471 2 223 661
Under 1 year 1 089 588 1 284 018 1 369 422 1 382 299 1 385 772 1 380 048 1 320 516
1 year and over3  862 504  899 080  955 367  907 563  922 532  920 423  903 145
Goat 80 652 .. 78 590 68 273 67 491 67 232 65 441
Dairy goat 457 849 467 691 51 724 37 959 36 650 35 476 34 965
Pigs  672 754  656 695  738 372  845 019  850 383  854 334  848 125
Pig for breeding 86 340 84 233  100 408  100 954 97 586 97 263 96 550
Sow for breeding 81 951 .. 97 495 98 090 95 012 95 132 94 000
Boar for breeding 4 389 .. 2 913 2 864 2 574 2 131 2 550
Other pig  586 414  572 462  637 964  744 065  752 797  757 071  751 575
Hens 3 827 799 3 441 719 3 181 174 3 897 049 3 952 857 3 892 861 3 941 303
Chicks bred for laying hens .. .. 1 459 614 1 444 847  966 783 1 195 664 1 012 084
Chicks for slaughtering .. .. 4 833 875 13 159 336 11 854 148 11 782 415 13 698 583
1  Refers to holdings with at least 5 decares agricultural area in use.
2  Joint operations etc. with less than 5 decares agricultural area in use are included.
3  Including sheep (adults and lambs) which mainly are grazing the whole year without access to housing.
4  Goat, 1 year and over.

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