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18 323
forest owners achieved a profit from forestry
| 2019 | 2018 - 2019 | ||
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| Number of owners | NOK | Change in entrepreneurial income, per cent | |
| 1The statistics are based on data from tax statistics for personal taxpayers. | |||
| Total | 18 323 | 57 000 | 16.3 |
| Productive forest area | |||
| 25-99 decares | 1 449 | 22 000 | -4.3 |
| 100-249 decares | 3 259 | 27 000 | 3.8 |
| 250-499 decares | 3 947 | 37 000 | 12.1 |
| 500-999 decares | 4 206 | 49 000 | 11.4 |
| 1 000-1 999 decares | 3 089 | 74 000 | 21.3 |
| 2 000-4 999 decares | 1 789 | 101 000 | 13.5 |
| 5 000-19 999 decares | 531 | 218 000 | 16.0 |
| 20 000 decares or more | 53 | 729 000 | 30.9 |
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Table 1
Average incomes, debt, gross wealth and assessed taxes for personal forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestry. NOK
| Forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestry | Gross income2 | Debt | Taxable gross wealth | Assessed tax | Personal income, salaries and pensions | Personal income, salaries | Total entreprenurial income | Of this entrepreneurial income forestry3 | Other income | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1The statistics are based on data from tax statistics for personal taxpayers. | ||||||||||
| 2Gross income is total taxable wages, salaries, pensions, entreprenurial income and property income.] | ||||||||||
| 3Sickness benefit from forestry and agriculture is included in total entrepreneurial income income forestry. | ||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||
| The whole country | 18 323 | 771 000 | 2 150 000 | 4 025 000 | 194 000 | 379 000 | 302 000 | 306 000 | 57 000 | 86 000 |
| County | ||||||||||
| Østfold (-2019) | 1 556 | 874 000 | 2 655 000 | 4 533 000 | 226 000 | 400 000 | 320 000 | 352 000 | 52 000 | 121 000 |
| Oslo and Akershus (-2019) | 1 525 | 1 092 000 | 2 505 000 | 7 117 000 | 317 000 | 501 000 | 398 000 | 368 000 | 89 000 | 222 000 |
| Hedmark (-2019) | 2 302 | 799 000 | 2 679 000 | 4 151 000 | 192 000 | 363 000 | 274 000 | 350 000 | 95 000 | 85 000 |
| Oppland (-2019) | 2 509 | 701 000 | 1 912 000 | 3 691 000 | 167 000 | 333 000 | 270 000 | 304 000 | 61 000 | 64 000 |
| Buskerud (-2019) | 1 661 | 872 000 | 1 898 000 | 4 654 000 | 238 000 | 417 000 | 334 000 | 336 000 | 78 000 | 118 000 |
| Vestfold (-2019) | 783 | 849 000 | 2 546 000 | 5 718 000 | 231 000 | 419 000 | 353 000 | 335 000 | 53 000 | 96 000 |
| Telemark (-2019) | 980 | 720 000 | 1 471 000 | 3 214 000 | 182 000 | 442 000 | 350 000 | 211 000 | 46 000 | 66 000 |
| Aust-Agder (-2019) | 613 | 689 000 | 1 585 000 | 4 596 000 | 186 000 | 410 000 | 313 000 | 218 000 | 63 000 | 61 000 |
| Vest-Agder (-2019) | 579 | 670 000 | 1 994 000 | 2 878 000 | 158 000 | 407 000 | 311 000 | 204 000 | 40 000 | 60 000 |
| Rogaland | 366 | 719 000 | 2 360 000 | 3 898 000 | 172 000 | 390 000 | 318 000 | 271 000 | 39 000 | 58 000 |
| Hordaland (-2019) | 670 | 674 000 | 1 537 000 | 2 782 000 | 165 000 | 400 000 | 322 000 | 217 000 | 27 000 | 58 000 |
| Sogn og Fjordane (-2019) | 695 | 650 000 | 1 399 000 | 3 214 000 | 155 000 | 323 000 | 255 000 | 267 000 | 23 000 | 60 000 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 565 | 637 000 | 1 799 000 | 2 518 000 | 146 000 | 341 000 | 273 000 | 256 000 | 24 000 | 40 000 |
| Trøndelag - Trööndelage | 3 203 | 675 000 | 2 291 000 | 2 942 000 | 154 000 | 323 000 | 266 000 | 304 000 | 30 000 | 48 000 |
| Nordland | 284 | 595 000 | 1 667 000 | 2 542 000 | 127 000 | 276 000 | 202 000 | 300 000 | 43 000 | 19 000 |
| Troms - Romsa (-2019) | 32 | 602 000 | 2 313 000 | 2 761 000 | 129 000 | 344 000 | 295 000 | 247 000 | 25 000 | 11 000 |
| Finnmark - Finnmárku (-2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Productive forest area | ||||||||||
| 25-99 decares | 1 449 | 695 000 | 1 890 000 | 3 155 000 | 168 000 | 388 000 | 303 000 | 250 000 | 22 000 | 56 000 |
| 100-249 decares | 3 259 | 722 000 | 1 975 000 | 3 234 000 | 179 000 | 382 000 | 304 000 | 276 000 | 27 000 | 64 000 |
| 250-499 decares | 3 947 | 736 000 | 2 060 000 | 3 334 000 | 180 000 | 376 000 | 305 000 | 288 000 | 37 000 | 71 000 |
| 500-999 decares | 4 206 | 749 000 | 2 035 000 | 3 524 000 | 184 000 | 367 000 | 292 000 | 303 000 | 49 000 | 79 000 |
| 1 000-1 999 decares | 3 089 | 788 000 | 2 131 000 | 4 351 000 | 200 000 | 382 000 | 304 000 | 320 000 | 74 000 | 86 000 |
| 2 000-4 999 decares | 1 789 | 861 000 | 2 306 000 | 4 682 000 | 225 000 | 392 000 | 313 000 | 352 000 | 101 000 | 117 000 |
| 5 000-19 999 decares | 531 | 1 040 000 | 3 686 000 | 8 640 000 | 283 000 | 401 000 | 316 000 | 433 000 | 218 000 | 205 000 |
| 20 000 decares or more | 53 | 3 532 000 | 16 366 000 | 80 256 000 | 1 324 000 | 384 000 | 335 000 | 1 456 000 | 729 000 | 1 692 000 |
Table 2
Incomes, debt, gross wealth and assessed taxes for personal forest owners with at least 25 decares productive forest area. NOK million
| Number of forest owners | Gross income2 | Debt | Taxable gross wealth | Assessed tax | Personal income, salaries and pensions | Personal income, salaries | Total entreprenurial income | Of this entrepreneurial income forestry3 | Other income | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1The statistics are based on data from tax statistics for personal taxpayers. | ||||||||||
| 2Gross income is total taxable wages, salaries, pensions, entreprenurial income and property income.] | ||||||||||
| 3Sickness benefit from forestry and agriculture is included in total entrepreneurial income. | ||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||
| In total | 115 748 | 77 717 | 151 649 | 383 850 | 20 160 | 53 994 | 37 544 | 13 246 | 1 036 | 10 478 |
| County | ||||||||||
| Østfold (-2019) | 4 657 | 3 649 | 8 682 | 17 758 | 947 | 2 110 | 1 553 | 881 | 81 | 658 |
| Oslo and Akershus (-2019) | 9 485 | 9 269 | 18 013 | 73 083 | 2 883 | 5 583 | 3 936 | 1 391 | 135 | 2 296 |
| Hedmark (-2019) | 8 370 | 5 385 | 12 501 | 23 128 | 1 284 | 3 470 | 2 370 | 1 263 | 219 | 652 |
| Oppland (-2019) | 9 145 | 5 585 | 11 452 | 24 200 | 1 342 | 3 703 | 2 706 | 1 335 | 153 | 547 |
| Buskerud (-2019) | 6 647 | 5 198 | 9 066 | 29 606 | 1 437 | 3 227 | 2 388 | 1 006 | 129 | 966 |
| Vestfold (-2019) | 3 515 | 2 862 | 6 684 | 14 865 | 774 | 1 737 | 1 288 | 586 | 42 | 539 |
| Telemark (-2019) | 5 424 | 3 488 | 5 793 | 13 868 | 892 | 2 698 | 1 944 | 452 | 45 | 338 |
| Aust-Agder (-2019) | 3 720 | 2 480 | 4 358 | 12 095 | 654 | 1 787 | 1 246 | 282 | 39 | 411 |
| Vest-Agder (-2019) | 5 600 | 3 526 | 6 514 | 16 066 | 891 | 2 713 | 1 852 | 360 | 23 | 453 |
| Rogaland | 5 341 | 3 963 | 9 388 | 19 157 | 1 027 | 2 700 | 1 943 | 728 | 14 | 536 |
| Hordaland (-2019) | 9 180 | 6 111 | 10 191 | 28 934 | 1 650 | 4 723 | 3 316 | 645 | 18 | 742 |
| Sogn og Fjordane (-2019) | 6 101 | 3 606 | 5 807 | 15 768 | 884 | 2 590 | 1 822 | 686 | 16 | 330 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 8 158 | 5 052 | 8 630 | 19 225 | 1 259 | 3 788 | 2 627 | 736 | 14 | 529 |
| Trøndelag - Trööndelage | 13 327 | 8 368 | 20 397 | 39 341 | 2 071 | 5 741 | 4 226 | 1 912 | 97 | 715 |
| Nordland | 9 066 | 4 850 | 8 035 | 19 928 | 1 152 | 3 879 | 2 239 | 613 | 12 | 357 |
| Troms - Romsa (-2019) | 7 533 | 4 041 | 5 594 | 15 614 | 949 | 3 330 | 1 944 | 334 | 1 | 377 |
| Finnmark - Finnmárku (-2019) | 479 | 285 | 543 | 1 213 | 64 | 216 | 146 | 39 | 0 | 31 |
| Productive forest area | ||||||||||
| 25-99 decares | 38 338 | 24 302 | 41 979 | 112 058 | 6 299 | 18 407 | 12 110 | 2 614 | 32 | 3 281 |
| 100-249 decares | 30 395 | 19 438 | 35 785 | 83 327 | 4 931 | 14 245 | 9 787 | 2 881 | 89 | 2 312 |
| 250-499 decares | 20 529 | 13 802 | 27 229 | 57 832 | 3 469 | 9 450 | 6 737 | 2 579 | 146 | 1 773 |
| 500-999 decares | 14 704 | 10 284 | 22 257 | 58 335 | 2 686 | 6 550 | 4 819 | 2 377 | 205 | 1 357 |
| 1 000-1 999 decares | 7 543 | 5 674 | 12 764 | 35 645 | 1 532 | 3 400 | 2 584 | 1 529 | 230 | 746 |
| 2 000-4 999 decares | 3 371 | 2 959 | 7 369 | 20 793 | 841 | 1 557 | 1 212 | 868 | 180 | 534 |
| 5 000-19 999 decares | 791 | 1 031 | 3 227 | 10 379 | 315 | 349 | 263 | 306 | 116 | 376 |
| 20 000 decares or more | 77 | 226 | 1 039 | 5 479 | 87 | 37 | 31 | 91 | 39 | 98 |
Table 3
Entrepreneurial income forestry for personal forest owners, by size of income
| 2018 | 2019 | |||
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| Entrepreneurial income forestry. NOK million | Forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income | Entrepreneurial income forestry. NOK million | Forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income | |
| 1The statistics are based on data from tax statistics for personal taxpayers. | ||||
| Total | 911 | 18 447 | 1 036 | 18 323 |
| Entrepreneurial income forestry | ||||
| 1 - 49 000 NOK | 190 | 14 713 | 190 | 14 101 |
| 50 000 - 99 999 NOK | 129 | 1 854 | 145 | 2 061 |
| 100 000 - 249 000 NOK | 189 | 1 240 | 223 | 1 449 |
| 250 000 - 499 999 | 141 | 409 | 159 | 460 |
| 500 000 - 999 999 NOK | 104 | 158 | 109 | 157 |
| 1 000 000 NOK or more | 158 | 73 | 211 | 95 |
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About the statistics
The statistics provide an overview of personal forest owners income, debt and wealth.
Definitions
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Forest property
Property with at least 25 decares of productive forest area. Property parcels belonging to the same owner within one municipality are treated as one property.
Personal forest owner
Forest owner owning forest area as an individual owner. Forest areas owned jointly by several individuals are included for one of the owners; the reference owner.
Legal owners
Central government, the Educational Fund, common forest owned by the central government (Statsallmenning), common forest not owned by the central government (Bygdeallmenning), limited company, foundation, municipality etc.
Gross income
Total wages and salaries pesnsins, entrepreneurial income and proeprty income.
Personal wages and salaries
Comprise payments in cash and in kind, taxable sick pay and unemployment benefit.
Pensions
Cover all benefit paid by social security and private pension and life insurance benefit.
Entrepreneurial income
A result of activities of a self-employed person, and is estimated from profit and loss account and balance sheet. The entrepreneurial income is transferred to the tax return and is included in the calculation of ordinary income.
Entrepreneurial income from agriculture
This is positive entrepreneurial income from agriculture according to tax return. Including 2011, entrepreneurial social security benefits in agriculture,forestry and fishery are included. As from 2012 social security benefits from primary industry are include in total entreprenurial income. Deductions such as membership payments to industry organisations, the year's entrepreneurial deficit, interest on debt and a separate agricultural deduction are not deducted.
Entreprenurial income from forestry
This is positive entrepreneurial income from forestry according to tax return. In addition, entrepreneurial income from forestry also comprises sickness benefit for persons without entreprenurail income in agriculture and fisheries.
Other income
Consist mainly of interest income, dividends, realised capital gains, rent and other income from property.
Administrative information
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Name: Forest owners' income
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
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Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
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County level.
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The statistics are published yearly.
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Not relevant
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Edited microdata are stored at Statistics Norway.
Background
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The purpose of the statistics is to provide an overview of personal forest owners income, dept and property. The statistics also provide information on age, sex, income and education of forest owners.
Statistics on forest owners income based on sample surveys were published in the 1990's and after The sample survey of forestry 2004.
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The main users of the statistics are professional forestry organisations, The Ministry of Agriculture and Food and various research and educational institutions.
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No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given inthe Statistics Release Calendar. Read more about principles for equal treatement of all users on ssb.no.
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Statistics on the farmers' income and property are provided yearly. These statistics comprise natural persons operating agricultural holdings.
Statistics Norway also presents income statistics for all self-employed persons .
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The Statistics Act §§2-1 and 3-2
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Not relevant
Production
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Including 2010, the statistics built on properties in the Farm Register of the Norwegian Agricultural Authority with personal owner and at least 25 decares of productive forest area. Information about the owners came from the Land Register/Cadastre owned by The Norwegian Mapping Authority.
As from 2011, the number of forest properties and productive forest area are based on new cartographic data analysis and data on owners and properties from the cadastre (Land Register) in combination with data from the Farm Register.
In the statistics on personal forest owners, the forest owners' productive forest areas in Norway are aggregated, independent of municipality borders. Statistics on incomes are based on the forest owners' municipality for tax purposes. Other individual statistics on personal forest owners are based on the municipality where the forest owners live.
Statistics on average incomes, debt, gross property and assessed taxes are published for personal forest owners with positive self-employment income from forestry. Married couples and registered partners / cohabitants who jointly operate the forest property, may share the taxable entrepreneurial income. Statistics are therefor also made on average incomes, debt, gross property and assessed taxes for forest owners and their spouses, registered partners and cohabitants.
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The statistics are derived from existing administrative data files.
The Farm Register of the Norwegian Agricultural Authority served until 2010 as the backbone of the statistics and information about the owners came from the Land register. As from 2011, the number of forest properties and productive forest area are based on new cartographic data analysis and data on owners and properties from the Cadastre in combination with data from the Farm Register.
More information about the personal forest owners comes from the Central Population Register, the Register on Personal Tax Returns and the Register on Tax Assessment for Personal Taxpayers.
The statistics are derived from the whole population of personal forest owners.
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None. The statistics are based on existing administrative registers.
The statistics are based on linked data files that were edited separately when established. The information on the productive forest area of the properties in the Farm Register is checked if errors are suspected. Examples: i) If a forest property has commercial felling and does not have a forest area. ii) If a large forest property does not have commercial felling.
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Not relevant
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Figures are not presented if there is a risk of identifying any respondent.
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In the period 2007-2010, the Farm register has been updated and improved. The improvement has resulted in 3 000-4 000 more forest properties.
As from 2011, the number of forest properties and productive forest area are based on new cartographic data analysis and data on owners and properties from the cadastre (Land Register) in combination with data from the Farm Register. This resultet in more than 10 000 new forest properties. Most of them have had minor forestry activity.
Statistics on the forest owners' income based on sample surveys were published in the 1990's and in the Sample survey of forestry 2004. As from 2005, statistics on the forest owners' income based on registers have been published annaully.
Accuracy and reliability
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The most important source of error is that taxpayers may fill in incorrect information on income, deductions, property or debt in the personal tax return or place amounts under wrong items. In most cases this will be detected and corrected by the local tax offices. Nevertheless, errors that do not influence the assessment of taxes may be ignored. Furthermore, errors may also originate during the scanning of the tax return forms, despite of the fact that controls are executed.
Another concern is the quality of the registers. The productive forest area of properties or the property borders are sometimes missing or erroneous. Furthermore, errors may arise when data are entered into the various administrative registers.
With regard to co-operative ownership, the statistics on forest owners comprise only the reference owner. Self-employment income from forestry for the remaining personal owners in the co-operative is not included. Analysis from 2011 show that entrepreneurial income from forests for these owners were approximately 0,4 per cent of the total entrepreneural income from forestry. In total, 3-4 per cent of the self-employment income from forestry is missing.
In reality, the number of personal forest owners with entrepreneurial income from forestry is higher than in these statistics show, because only the reference owner in a co-ownership is included here. Some personal forest owners are deceased and no new owner has been registered, some live abroad or information is missing for other reasons. These owners amount to 3-4 per cent of the personal forest owners and are excluded from the statistics on incomes.
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Contact
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Terje Olav Rundtom
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Trond Amund Steinset