Table 1 Holdings which rent agricultural area and size of rented area, by county

1 Holdings which rent agricultural area and size of rented area, by county (Corrected 29 February 2012)
	Holdings, total	Holdings without rented agricultural area¹	Holdings which rent agricultural area				Rented agricultural area		Percentage agricultural area in use rented

	Holdings, total	Holdings without rented agricultural area¹	Total	Rent the whole area	Rent 50-99 % of the area	Rent less than 50 % of the area	Total	Per holding with rented area₂	Per cent

							Decares
1959	198 315	171 572	26 743	14 060	2 644	10 039	1 207 130	45	12
1969	154 977	122 147	32 830	9 412	4 766	18 652	1 402 046	43	15
1979	125 302	86 401	38 901	10 120	6 428	22 353	1 939 937	50	20
1989	99 382	60 614	38 768	7 071	7 549	24 148	2 318 239	60	23
1999	70 740	31 994	38 746	5 748	9 543	23 455	3 238 588	84	31
2010	46 624	16 226	30 398	3 742	10 508	16 148	4 184 517	138	42
2010
County
Østfold	2 488	1 127	1 361	242	432	687	303 038	223	41
Akershus/Oslo	2 433	1 014	1 419	251	431	737	316 607	223	41
Hedmark	3 749	1 157	2 592	241	949	1 402	451 974	174	43
Oppland	5 153	1 848	3 305	382	996	1 927	381 712	115	37
Buskerud	2 401	888	1 513	173	571	769	229 004	151	44
Vestfold	1 632	727	905	150	347	408	197 297	218	48
Telemark	1 618	602	1 016	161	463	392	137 119	135	54
Aust-Agder	728	206	522	75	263	184	65 585	126	59
Vest-Agder	1 189	306	883	122	418	343	104 570	118	55
Rogaland	4 753	2 146	2 607	446	645	1 516	329 734	126	33
Hordaland	3 315	1 191	2 124	284	714	1 126	176 407	83	42
Sogn og Fjordane	3 308	1 170	2 138	219	653	1 266	168 857	79	38
Møre og Romsdal	3 043	748	2 295	229	939	1 127	269 684	118	47
Sør-Trøndelag	3 204	974	2 230	237	689	1 304	304 313	136	41
Nord-Trøndelag	3 557	1 368	2 189	180	550	1 459	279 142	128	32
Nordland	2 533	520	2 013	221	809	983	273 570	136	48
Troms Romsa	1 151	172	979	84	527	368	146 435	150	58
Finnmark Finnmárku	369	62	307	45	112	150	49 469	161	52

¹	Include holdings without agricultural area in use.
²	All figures for 2010 were corrected 29 February 2012.
Source: Census of Agriculture 1959, Census of Agriculture 1969, Census of Agriculture and Forestry 1979, Census of Agriculture and Forestry 1989, Census of Agriculture 1999, Census of Agriculture and Forestry 2010, Statistics Norway.