Livestock husbandry
Updated: 11 May 2023
Next update: 13 May 2024
| 2023 | Per cent change | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2023 | 2014 - 2023 | ||
| Holdings keeping domestic animals | 25 493 | -0.4 | -12.5 |
| Number | |||
| Dairy cows | 203 327 | -3.7 | -11.5 |
| Beef cows | 109 471 | 0.9 | 59.2 |
| Sheep | 915 344 | -1.4 | -11.3 |
| Dairy goat | 34 562 | -2.6 | 16.2 |
| Pigs for breeding, total | 71 306 | -1.3 | -26.6 |
Selected tables and charts from this statistics
- 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 2019 26 583 13 352 12 244 7 600 5 503 13 734 1 853 1 320 282 2020 26 203 13 113 12 006 7 214 5 739 13 546 1 721 1 470 280 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 25 493 12 368 11 429 6 499 5 996 13 199 1 606 1 316 259 County Oslo and Viken 2 383 1 051 966 352 670 881 194 196 14 Innlandet 4 264 2 378 2 231 1 226 1 273 1 690 307 182 48 Vestfold og Telemark 1 159 479 449 126 347 445 124 82 14 Agder 1 415 711 662 263 462 776 46 73 : Rogaland 3 528 1 834 1 731 1 024 972 2 358 436 158 11 Vestland 4 860 1 738 1 538 983 631 3 543 102 184 69 Møre og Romsdal 1 920 953 846 586 307 1 021 42 94 24 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 3 559 2 120 1 989 1 269 903 1 153 251 222 : Nordland - Nordlánnda 1 529 773 708 435 333 818 86 72 22 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku 876 331 309 235 98 514 18 53 49 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 2020 876 776 306 076 207 855 98 221 570 700 947 499 2021 882 968 317 073 212 629 104 444 565 895 944 347 2022 893 771 319 590 211 058 108 532 574 181 928 234 2023 885 982 312 798 203 327 109 471 573 184 915 344 County Oslo and Viken 74 728 27 450 12 624 14 826 47 278 53 884 Innlandet 184 880 64 226 35 972 28 254 120 654 141 839 Vestfold og Telemark 31 041 11 427 4 131 7 296 19 614 23 525 Agder 37 950 14 124 6 604 7 520 23 826 40 184 Rogaland 153 778 52 767 37 120 15 647 101 011 195 321 Vestland 81 735 30 234 23 292 6 942 51 501 180 333 Møre og Romsdal 66 404 23 050 18 333 4 717 43 354 56 166 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 175 936 61 576 44 386 17 190 114 360 98 339 Nordland - Nordlánnda 57 119 19 581 14 015 5 566 37 538 76 089 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku 22 411 8 363 6 850 1 513 14 048 49 664 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 2020 35 723 77 404 4 107 831 2021 35 915 75 200 4 163 101 2022 35 472 72 248 4 135 095 2023 34 562 71 306 4 108 092 County Oslo and Viken 1 873 7 799 690 201 Innlandet 5 203 15 594 581 819 Vestfold og Telemark 1 711 5 384 226 366 Agder 22 1 347 135 871 Rogaland 1 941 20 549 1 008 834 Vestland 7 908 2 021 193 475 Møre og Romsdal 4 249 660 145 432 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 443 13 733 1 006 229 Nordland - Nordlánnda 3 665 3 950 80 904 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku 7 547 269 38 961 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 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Cows, total Total 12 244 12 006 11 831 11 714 11 429 307 520 306 076 317 073 319 590 312 798 1-4 592 566 571 547 490 1 528 1 475 1 485 1 414 1 244 5-9 1 747 1 648 1 565 1 505 1 495 12 581 11 879 11 362 10 871 10 797 10-14 1 917 1 893 1 771 1 777 1 687 23 091 22 745 21 291 21 333 20 222 15-19 1 901 1 848 1 708 1 637 1 586 32 160 31 337 28 890 27 731 26 814 20-29 2 433 2 347 2 275 2 189 2 176 58 125 56 058 54 351 52 285 52 249 30- 3 654 3 704 3 941 4 059 3 995 180 035 182 582 199 694 205 956 201 472 Dairy cows Total 7 600 7 214 6 910 6 723 6 499 215 069 207 855 212 629 211 058 203 327 1-4 40 29 30 28 25 141 96 92 89 77 5-9 534 471 402 371 383 4 008 3 539 3 009 2 795 2 889 10-14 1 111 1 055 909 881 832 13 552 12 954 11 166 10 775 10 167 15-19 1 418 1 326 1 169 1 065 1 013 23 946 22 522 19 883 18 130 17 164 20-29 1 826 1 672 1 571 1 494 1 435 43 540 39 944 37 481 35 811 34 481 30- 2 671 2 661 2 829 2 884 2 811 129 882 128 800 140 998 143 458 138 549 Beef cows Total 5 503 5 739 5 936 6 023 5 996 92 451 98 221 104 444 108 532 109 471 1-4 779 791 785 743 674 1 838 1 913 1 907 1 748 1 588 5-9 1 517 1 510 1 763 1 502 1 494 10 728 10 664 10 881 10 686 10 599 10-19 1 561 1 685 1 865 1 833 1 813 21 392 23 088 24 216 25 254 25 054 20- 1 646 1 753 1 753 1 945 2 015 58 493 62 556 67 440 70 844 72 230 Sheep Total 13 734 13 546 13 424 13 255 13 199 936 203 947 499 944 347 928 234 915 344 1-9 848 825 785 792 903 5 102 5 081 4 911 4 969 5 642 10-19 1 750 1 664 1 652 1 684 1 668 25 317 24 158 24 067 24 492 24 028 20-49 4 451 4 347 4 295 4 245 4 181 146 689 143 527 141 929 140 502 137 507 50-99 3 641 3 598 3 582 3 491 3 402 256 834 254 928 253 288 247 456 240 419 100-149 1 735 1 692 1 675 1 599 1 584 209 236 205 933 203 438 194 143 193 536 150- 1 309 1 420 1 435 1 444 1 461 293 025 313 872 316 714 316 672 314 212 Sows for breeding Total 1 053 951 920 881 841 81 792 75 479 73 597 70 485 69 707 1-19 307 246 244 236 214 2 106 1 484 1 446 1 354 1 333 20-39 160 160 151 141 129 4 594 4 661 4 420 4 113 3 720 40-59 186 158 154 144 140 9 186 7 766 7 588 7 072 6 940 60-79 101 99 101 94 92 7 005 6 776 7 009 6 490 6 318 80-99 64 59 56 50 49 5 627 5 219 4 989 4 398 4 317 100 or more 235 229 214 216 217 53 274 49 573 48 145 47 058 47 079 Laying hens Total 1 320 1 470 1 456 1 381 1 316 3 998 341 4 107 831 4 163 101 4 135 095 4 108 092 1-99 747 875 854 780 726 11 856 13 560 14 513 14 396 13 009 100-499 38 45 47 49 43 7 728 8 501 8 809 9 714 9 566 500-999 7 10 11 13 11 4 819 7 100 7 510 9 136 7 748 1000-1999 14 17 16 15 14 20 211 24 180 22 623 21 648 20 554 2000-4999 28 29 31 26 24 95 929 101 725 104 542 86 900 86 094 5000- 486 494 497 498 498 3 857 798 3 952 765 4 005 104 3 993 301 3 971 121 1Preliminary figures for last year. 2Comprises holdings which applied for governmental subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
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About the statistics
The statistics gives information about holdings with livestock and number of livestock.
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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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