Figures for 2026 were corrected 5 June 2026. The correction is due to an error in the data entry at Statistics Norway.
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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 24 639 -0.6 -12.1 Number Dairy cows 204 342 -1.8 -7.7 Beef cows 105 105 0.0 26.4 Sheep 889 872 0.4 -20.8 Dairy goat 32 056 -1.8 -6.6 Pigs for breeding, total 63 931 -0.6 -28.3 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 24 639 11 443 10 588 5 975 5 685 12 809 1 519 1 394 239 County Østfold 641 238 224 95 139 138 94 88 0 Oslo and Akershus 746 304 272 97 192 258 60 62 2 Innlandet 4 053 2 232 2 092 1 124 1 230 1 597 319 197 47 Buskerud 913 413 391 130 287 445 17 54 10 Vestfold 452 160 148 44 118 138 93 48 0 Telemark 664 276 252 62 199 300 24 44 14 Agder 1 440 697 647 257 467 810 39 84 2 Rogaland 3 389 1 736 1 652 997 944 2 248 407 170 10 Vestland 4 777 1 574 1 404 877 614 3 504 83 188 63 Møre og Romsdal 1 894 872 778 538 283 1 020 43 105 24 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 3 444 1 945 1 824 1 157 835 1 120 239 224 4 Nordland - Nordlánnda 1 419 678 615 391 273 763 81 67 20 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 590 225 201 130 84 343 16 48 43 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 217 93 88 76 20 125 4 15 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 851 218 309 447 204 342 105 105 541 771 889 872 County Østfold 18 444 6 912 4 245 2 667 11 532 5 027 Oslo and Akershus 25 352 8 864 4 093 4 771 16 488 11 764 Innlandet 177 501 63 332 36 298 27 034 114 169 137 606 Buskerud 25 305 9 851 4 110 5 741 15 454 4 981 Vestfold 15 167 5 402 2 056 3 346 9 765 4 981 Telemark 13 808 5 224 1 934 3 290 8 584 17 536 Agder 37 949 14 538 6 885 7 653 23 411 41 227 Rogaland 151 060 54 350 38 717 15 633 96 710 187 225 Vestland 79 126 30 363 23 169 7 194 48 763 179 546 Møre og Romsdal 63 479 22 624 18 157 4 467 40 855 55 634 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 168 742 60 877 44 191 16 686 107 865 98 192 Nordland - Nordlánnda 53 593 18 828 13 823 5 005 34 765 71 489 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 14 257 5 377 3 964 1 413 8 880 36 638 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 7 435 2 905 2 700 205 4 530 9 032 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 32 056 63 931 4 491 314 County Østfold 0 3 576 423 763 Oslo and Akershus 87 3 012 183 586 Innlandet 5 054 13 905 604 976 Buskerud 1 270 918 153 584 Vestfold 0 3 770 161 997 Telemark 1 702 1 105 102 540 Agder 22 1 467 137 178 Rogaland 1 942 18 322 1 097 022 Vestland 7 374 2 046 190 160 Møre og Romsdal 4 109 577 152 885 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 273 11 259 1 146 108 Nordland - Nordlánnda 3 174 3 762 98 440 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 7 049 24 385 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 24 385 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 10 588 319 590 311 300 309 108 313 173 309 447 1-4 547 491 440 405 383 1 414 1 240 1 095 996 960 5-9 1 505 1 500 1 493 1 430 1 326 10 871 10 856 10 862 10 390 9 593 10-14 1 777 1 681 1 593 1 494 1 456 21 333 20 175 19 149 17 957 17 409 15-19 1 637 1 576 1 476 1 371 1 351 27 731 26 657 25 015 23 196 22 885 20-29 2 189 2 167 2 052 1 978 1 914 52 285 52 060 49 345 47 467 46 139 30- 4 059 3 977 4 002 4 135 4 158 205 956 200 312 203 642 213 167 212 461 Dairy cows Total 6 723 6 488 6 268 6 108 5 975 211 058 202 876 202 771 208 064 204 342 1-4 28 29 29 25 25 89 87 81 69 74 5-9 371 380 379 349 311 2 795 2 882 2 838 2 589 2 307 10-14 881 826 752 683 625 10 775 10 101 9 160 8 348 7 567 15-19 1 065 1 012 900 793 777 18 130 17 148 15 291 13 472 13 185 20-29 1 494 1 440 1 380 1 269 1 257 35 811 34 631 33 281 30 510 30 326 30- 2 884 2 801 2 828 2 989 2 980 143 458 138 027 142 120 153 076 150 883 Beef cows Total 6 023 5 968 5 842 5 760 5 685 108 532 108 424 106 337 105 109 105 105 1-4 743 673 591 557 531 1 748 1 580 1 386 1 268 1 234 5-9 1 502 1 501 1 504 1 468 1 380 10 686 10 663 10 774 10 565 9 898 10-19 1 833 1 801 1 804 1 805 1 847 25 254 24 882 25 147 25 125 25 650 20- 1 945 1 993 1 943 1 930 1 927 70 844 71 299 69 030 68 151 68 323 Sheep Total 13 255 13 035 12 930 12 813 12 809 928 234 909 914 889 615 885 908 889 872 1-9 792 836 846 839 854 4 969 5 270 5 256 5 187 5 427 10-19 1 684 1 627 1 717 1 717 1 740 24 492 23 467 24 629 24 682 25 046 20-49 4 245 4 150 4 103 3 983 3 956 140 502 136 541 134 831 130 029 129 430 50-99 3 491 3 388 3 307 3 313 3 263 247 456 239 423 234 708 234 757 231 787 100-149 1 599 1 579 1 548 1 549 1 550 194 143 192 917 188 497 189 199 189 366 150- 1 444 1 455 1 409 1 412 1 446 316 672 312 296 301 694 302 054 308 816 Sows for breeding Total 881 834 789 781 770 70 485 69 255 66 474 62 208 62 163 1-19 236 211 197 200 197 1 354 1 330 1 254 1 215 1 184 20-39 141 129 115 117 113 4 113 3 718 3 400 3 460 3 318 40-59 144 140 139 125 128 7 072 6 952 6 999 6 229 6 341 60-79 94 90 80 83 80 6 490 6 183 5 438 5 656 5 504 80-99 50 49 49 44 44 4 398 4 314 4 358 3 847 3 905 100 or more 216 215 209 212 208 47 058 46 758 45 025 41 801 41 911 Laying hens Total 1 381 1 306 1 294 1 318 1 394 4 135 095 4 088 541 4 082 751 4 316 664 4 491 314 1-99 780 719 717 710 740 14 396 12 936 13 126 13 864 15 086 100-499 49 42 40 46 63 9 714 9 466 9 061 9 819 14 025 500-999 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- 498 496 494 518 550 3 993 301 3 951 781 3 960 830 4 196 895 4 362 651 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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