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Livestock husbandry
The statistics gives information about holdings with livestock and number of livestock.
Selected figures from the statistics
- Livestock husbandry, as of 1 MarchDownload table as ...Livestock husbandry, as of 1 March
2025 Per cent change 2024 - 2025 2016 - 2025 Holdings keeping domestic animals 24 780 -0.9 -12.7 Number Dairy cows 208 064 2.6 -8.3 Beef cows 105 109 -1.2 38.0 Sheep 885 908 -0.4 -19.1 Dairy goat 32 646 -3.8 -2.7 Pigs for breeding, total 64 332 -5.7 -30.5 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 2021 26 026 12 918 11 831 6 910 5 936 13 424 1 695 1 456 273 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 County Østfold 650 253 234 99 144 142 98 87 0 Oslo and Akershus 739 313 279 99 199 253 59 67 2 Innlandet 4 081 2 257 2 109 1 141 1 224 1 602 312 178 46 Buskerud 921 413 385 131 278 444 17 45 10 Vestfold 451 158 149 44 117 134 93 39 0 Telemark 660 279 257 66 200 298 22 35 15 Agder 1 423 706 658 258 471 792 47 75 1 Rogaland 3 429 1 774 1 680 1 001 950 2 265 416 168 11 Vestland 4 767 1 619 1 458 906 631 3 490 91 193 62 Møre og Romsdal 1 900 899 799 548 302 1 008 33 101 25 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 3 481 1 983 1 856 1 193 833 1 126 245 206 5 Nordland - Nordlánnda 1 458 708 652 406 308 783 84 71 20 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 607 226 207 137 85 357 18 46 45 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 213 98 90 79 18 119 2 7 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 2022 893 771 319 590 211 058 108 532 574 181 928 234 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 County Østfold 18 747 7 145 4 281 2 864 11 602 5 050 Oslo and Akershus 25 295 8 989 4 063 4 926 16 306 11 831 Innlandet 174 952 63 185 36 703 26 482 111 767 135 452 Buskerud 24 982 9 749 4 106 5 643 15 233 4 978 Vestfold 14 938 5 579 2 205 3 374 9 359 4 978 Telemark 13 502 5 257 1 945 3 312 8 245 17 488 Agder 36 850 14 528 6 898 7 630 22 322 40 228 Rogaland 149 412 55 676 40 155 15 521 93 736 186 785 Vestland 78 642 30 519 23 370 7 149 48 123 177 978 Møre og Romsdal 63 081 22 943 18 306 4 637 40 138 55 517 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 167 840 61 817 45 120 16 697 106 023 97 984 Nordland - Nordlánnda 54 204 19 416 14 113 5 303 34 788 72 334 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 14 173 5 476 4 078 1 398 8 697 37 251 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 7 386 2 894 2 721 173 4 492 8 974 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 2022 35 472 72 248 4 135 095 2023 34 474 70 847 4 088 541 2024 33 938 68 209 4 082 751 2025 32 646 64 332 4 316 664 County Østfold 0 3 476 450 385 Oslo and Akershus 86 2 930 176 869 Innlandet 4 952 14 299 651 861 Buskerud 1 288 892 122 863 Vestfold 0 3 893 149 637 Telemark 1 760 1 252 90 369 Agder 22 1 456 130 093 Rogaland 2 143 17 912 1 028 968 Vestland 7 258 2 419 185 304 Møre og Romsdal 4 320 540 151 261 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 298 11 506 1 043 747 Nordland - Nordlánnda 3 234 3 540 96 289 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 7 285 6 118 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 6 118 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 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Cows, total Total 11 831 11 714 11 392 11 056 10 813 317 073 319 590 311 300 309 108 313 173 1-4 571 547 491 440 405 1 485 1 414 1 240 1 095 996 5-9 1 565 1 505 1 500 1 493 1 430 11 362 10 871 10 856 10 862 10 390 10-14 1 771 1 777 1 681 1 593 1 494 21 291 21 333 20 175 19 149 17 957 15-19 1 708 1 637 1 576 1 476 1 371 28 890 27 731 26 657 25 015 23 196 20-29 2 275 2 189 2 167 2 052 1 978 54 351 52 285 52 060 49 345 47 467 30- 3 941 4 059 3 977 4 002 4 135 199 694 205 956 200 312 203 642 213 167 Dairy cows Total 6 910 6 723 6 488 6 268 6 108 212 629 211 058 202 876 202 771 208 064 1-4 30 28 29 29 25 92 89 87 81 69 5-9 402 371 380 379 349 3 009 2 795 2 882 2 838 2 589 10-14 909 881 826 752 683 11 166 10 775 10 101 9 160 8 348 15-19 1 169 1 065 1 012 900 793 19 883 18 130 17 148 15 291 13 472 20-29 1 571 1 494 1 440 1 380 1 269 37 481 35 811 34 631 33 281 30 510 30- 2 829 2 884 2 801 2 828 2 989 140 998 143 458 138 027 142 120 153 076 Beef cows Total 5 936 6 023 5 968 5 842 5 760 104 444 108 532 108 424 106 337 105 109 1-4 785 743 673 591 557 1 907 1 748 1 580 1 386 1 268 5-9 1 763 1 502 1 501 1 504 1 468 10 881 10 686 10 663 10 774 10 565 10-19 1 865 1 833 1 801 1 804 1 805 24 216 25 254 24 882 25 147 25 125 20- 1 753 1 945 1 993 1 943 1 930 67 440 70 844 71 299 69 030 68 151 Sheep Total 13 424 13 255 13 035 12 930 12 813 944 347 928 234 909 914 889 615 885 908 1-9 785 792 836 846 839 4 911 4 969 5 270 5 256 5 187 10-19 1 652 1 684 1 627 1 717 1 717 24 067 24 492 23 467 24 629 24 682 20-49 4 295 4 245 4 150 4 103 3 983 141 929 140 502 136 541 134 831 130 029 50-99 3 582 3 491 3 388 3 307 3 313 253 288 247 456 239 423 234 708 234 757 100-149 1 675 1 599 1 579 1 548 1 549 203 438 194 143 192 917 188 497 189 199 150- 1 435 1 444 1 455 1 409 1 412 316 714 316 672 312 296 301 694 302 054 Sows for breeding Total 920 881 834 789 781 73 597 70 485 69 255 66 474 62 208 1-19 244 236 211 197 200 1 446 1 354 1 330 1 254 1 215 20-39 151 141 129 115 117 4 420 4 113 3 718 3 400 3 460 40-59 154 144 140 139 125 7 588 7 072 6 952 6 999 6 229 60-79 101 94 90 80 83 7 009 6 490 6 183 5 438 5 656 80-99 56 50 49 49 44 4 989 4 398 4 314 4 358 3 847 100 or more 214 216 215 209 212 48 145 47 058 46 758 45 025 41 801 Laying hens Total 1 456 1 381 1 306 1 294 1 318 4 163 101 4 135 095 4 088 541 4 082 751 4 316 664 1-99 854 780 719 717 710 14 513 14 396 12 936 13 126 13 864 100-499 47 49 42 40 46 8 809 9 714 9 466 9 061 9 819 500-999 11 13 11 7 8 7 510 9 136 7 748 5 117 5 704 1000-1999 16 15 14 16 17 22 623 21 648 20 554 22 552 24 102 2000-4999 31 26 24 20 19 104 542 86 900 86 056 72 065 66 280 5000- 497 498 496 494 518 4 005 104 3 993 301 3 951 781 3 960 830 4 196 895 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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