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Livestock husbandry
The statistics gives information about holdings with livestock and number of livestock.
Selected figures from these statistics
- Livestock husbandry, as of 1 MarchDownload table as ...Livestock husbandry, as of 1 March
2026 Per cent change 2025 - 2026 2017 - 2026 Holdings keeping domestic animals 24 106 -2.7 -14.0 Number Dairy cows 201 292 -3.3 -9.1 Beef cows 103 535 -1.5 24.5 Sheep 875 993 -1.1 -22.0 Dairy goat 31 129 -4.6 -9.3 Pigs for breeding, total 62 061 -3.5 -30.4 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds as per 1 MarchDownload table as ...Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds as per 1 March1 2
Holdings with Domestic animals Cattle Cows, total Diary cows Beef cows Winter feed sheep Pigs, total Hens Dairy goats 2022 25 604 12 697 11 714 6 723 6 023 13 255 1 665 1 381 268 2023 25 388 12 344 11 392 6 488 5 968 13 035 1 597 1 306 256 2024 25 000 11 980 11 056 6 268 5 842 12 930 1 537 1 294 251 2025 24 780 11 686 10 813 6 108 5 760 12 813 1 537 1 318 242 2026 24 106 11 266 10 422 5 877 5 605 12 504 1 470 1 358 232 County Østfold 634 236 222 94 138 136 93 88 0 Oslo and Akershus 733 301 270 97 190 252 58 62 2 Innlandet 3 964 2 190 2 053 1 103 1 209 1 560 311 190 46 Buskerud 896 408 387 129 284 433 17 53 10 Vestfold 443 159 147 44 117 135 89 47 0 Telemark 653 272 248 61 195 297 24 42 14 Agder 1 410 691 642 255 464 792 39 80 2 Rogaland 3 313 1 713 1 629 983 932 2 193 397 164 10 Vestland 4 666 1 556 1 387 867 607 3 420 79 185 61 Møre og Romsdal 1 850 858 766 527 282 990 39 102 23 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 3 383 1 913 1 793 1 139 818 1 103 229 221 4 Nordland - Nordlánnda 1 377 657 595 377 266 742 76 65 18 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 573 219 195 125 83 332 16 47 42 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 211 93 88 76 20 119 3 12 0 1Comprises holdings whitch applied for governmental production subsidies. 2Preliminary figures for last year. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Cattle and sheep. No of heads as per 1 MarchDownload table as ...Cattle and sheep. No of heads as per 1 March1 2
Cattle Cows, total Diary cows Beef cows Other cattle Winter feed sheep 2023 881 320 311 300 202 876 108 424 570 020 909 914 2024 851 697 309 108 202 771 106 337 542 589 889 615 2025 844 004 313 173 208 064 105 109 530 831 885 908 2026 837 792 304 827 201 292 103 535 532 965 875 993 County Østfold 18 070 6 762 4 175 2 587 11 308 5 018 Oslo and Akershus 25 275 8 841 4 093 4 748 16 434 11 605 Innlandet 173 913 62 244 35 622 26 622 111 669 135 566 Buskerud 25 203 9 812 4 076 5 736 15 391 4 935 Vestfold 15 150 5 396 2 056 3 340 9 754 4 935 Telemark 13 649 5 156 1 920 3 236 8 493 17 454 Agder 37 672 14 456 6 837 7 619 23 216 40 554 Rogaland 149 216 53 534 38 228 15 306 95 682 184 307 Vestland 78 157 30 021 22 887 7 134 48 136 176 400 Møre og Romsdal 62 671 22 313 17 863 4 450 40 358 54 428 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 165 152 59 784 43 536 16 248 105 368 97 059 Nordland - Nordlánnda 52 302 18 347 13 449 4 898 33 955 70 655 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 13 927 5 256 3 850 1 406 8 671 35 968 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 7 435 2 905 2 700 205 4 530 8 807 1Preliminary figures for last year 2Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Domestic animals. Number of heads as per 1 March.Download table as ...Domestic animals. Number of heads as per 1 March.1 2
Dairy goats Pigs for breeding, total Laying hens 2023 34 474 70 847 4 088 541 2024 33 938 68 209 4 082 751 2025 32 646 64 332 4 316 664 2026 31 129 62 061 4 694 127 County Østfold 0 3 501 423 763 Oslo and Akershus 87 2 996 183 586 Innlandet 4 949 13 234 860 855 Buskerud 1 270 918 153 580 Vestfold 0 3 433 161 987 Telemark 1 702 1 105 102 520 Agder 22 1 467 137 121 Rogaland 1 942 17 957 1 059 707 Vestland 7 286 1 961 190 131 Møre og Romsdal 4 002 554 152 295 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 273 11 104 1 131 160 Nordland - Nordlánnda 2 641 3 620 98 423 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 6 955 23 329 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 23 329 1Comprises holdings wich applied for governmental production subsidies. 2Preliminary figures for the last year. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Holdings with various kinds of domestic animals, by size of herd. As per 1 MarchDownload table as ...Holdings with various kinds of domestic animals, by size of herd. As per 1 March1 2
Holdings Number of heads 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Cows, total Total 11 714 11 392 11 056 10 813 10 422 319 590 311 300 309 108 313 173 304 827 1-4 547 491 440 405 374 1 414 1 240 1 095 996 935 5-9 1 505 1 500 1 493 1 430 1 304 10 871 10 856 10 862 10 390 9 431 10-14 1 777 1 681 1 593 1 494 1 436 21 333 20 175 19 149 17 957 17 171 15-19 1 637 1 576 1 476 1 371 1 329 27 731 26 657 25 015 23 196 22 507 20-29 2 189 2 167 2 052 1 978 1 880 52 285 52 060 49 345 47 467 45 339 30- 4 059 3 977 4 002 4 135 4 099 205 956 200 312 203 642 213 167 209 444 Dairy cows Total 6 723 6 488 6 268 6 108 5 877 211 058 202 876 202 771 208 064 201 292 1-4 28 29 29 25 24 89 87 81 69 71 5-9 371 380 379 349 306 2 795 2 882 2 838 2 589 2 266 10-14 881 826 752 683 617 10 775 10 101 9 160 8 348 7 467 15-19 1 065 1 012 900 793 762 18 130 17 148 15 291 13 472 12 934 20-29 1 494 1 440 1 380 1 269 1 232 35 811 34 631 33 281 30 510 29 739 30- 2 884 2 801 2 828 2 989 2 936 143 458 138 027 142 120 153 076 148 815 Beef cows Total 6 023 5 968 5 842 5 760 5 605 108 532 108 424 106 337 105 109 103 535 1-4 743 673 591 557 520 1 748 1 580 1 386 1 268 1 208 5-9 1 502 1 501 1 504 1 468 1 360 10 686 10 663 10 774 10 565 9 760 10-19 1 833 1 801 1 804 1 805 1 824 25 254 24 882 25 147 25 125 25 344 20- 1 945 1 993 1 943 1 930 1 901 70 844 71 299 69 030 68 151 67 223 Sheep Total 13 255 13 035 12 930 12 813 12 504 928 234 909 914 889 615 885 908 875 993 1-9 792 836 846 839 799 4 969 5 270 5 256 5 187 5 083 10-19 1 684 1 627 1 717 1 717 1 662 24 492 23 467 24 629 24 682 24 008 20-49 4 245 4 150 4 103 3 983 3 871 140 502 136 541 134 831 130 029 126 589 50-99 3 491 3 388 3 307 3 313 3 213 247 456 239 423 234 708 234 757 228 381 100-149 1 599 1 579 1 548 1 549 1 531 194 143 192 917 188 497 189 199 187 067 150- 1 444 1 455 1 409 1 412 1 428 316 672 312 296 301 694 302 054 304 865 Sows for breeding Total 881 834 789 781 746 70 485 69 255 66 474 62 208 60 312 1-19 236 211 197 200 188 1 354 1 330 1 254 1 215 1 122 20-39 141 129 115 117 112 4 113 3 718 3 400 3 460 3 283 40-59 144 140 139 125 126 7 072 6 952 6 999 6 229 6 240 60-79 94 90 80 83 74 6 490 6 183 5 438 5 656 5 107 80-99 50 49 49 44 43 4 398 4 314 4 358 3 847 3 825 100 or more 216 215 209 212 203 47 058 46 758 45 025 41 801 40 735 Laying hens Total 1 381 1 306 1 294 1 318 1 358 4 135 095 4 088 541 4 082 751 4 316 664 4 694 127 1-99 780 719 717 710 712 14 396 12 936 13 126 13 864 14 585 100-499 49 42 40 46 62 9 714 9 466 9 061 9 819 13 595 500-999 13 11 7 8 6 9 136 7 748 5 117 5 704 4 663 1000-1999 15 14 16 17 14 21 648 20 554 22 552 24 102 21 026 2000-4999 26 24 20 19 21 86 900 86 056 72 065 66 280 73 863 5000- 498 496 494 518 543 3 993 301 3 951 781 3 960 830 4 196 895 4 566 395 1Preliminary figures for last year. 2Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 10 September 2021.
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Name: Livestock husbandry
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
County, municipality
Annual
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Primary data is stored at Statistics Norway.
The purpose is to chart the extent of livestock keeping at the municipal level. Information from this register has been used since 1984.
The statistics is used by the Norwegian Institute for Land Inventory (NIJOS), Norwegian Agricultural Economic Research Institute (NILF), public enterprises at the municipal and county level, the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, in research and by agricultural organizations.
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Statistics Act § 10-1.
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The population covers everyone who applies for agricultural production subsidies as of 1 March. Those who do not have the right to production subsidies or do not apply for other reasons are not covered by the statistics.
The administrative record of everyone who applies for an agricultural production subsidy from the Norwegian Agricultural Authority is the compilation basis of the statistics. The register contains information on number of livestock on holdings.
Only one production subsidy is given per holding. A holding is an agricultural enterprise including livestock keeping. The holding includes everything operated as a unit.
Five per cent of the applications are also selected for special control. The control shall cover all reports submitted by the applicant on physical censuses of animals and measuring of areas. A number of machine controls of the material are also carried out. Statistics Norway also runs some machine controls upon receipt of the data material.
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Figures are not presented if there is a risk of identifying any unit.
Since 1984 the statistics on area use and livestock keeping are based on applications for production subsidies.
The Agricultural Authority in the municipality shall ensure that the applications are in compliance with production subsidy regulations.
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