Number of pigs in Norway

Number of pigs in Norway was 709,600 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 2.8% from 2023. That is the 74th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head709,600

Change on 2023-2.8%

Rank74th of 171Countries ranked

Series high855,7042012

Series low515,4001963

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Number of pigs in Norway, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	709,600
2023	730,000
2022	773,800
2021	772,688
2020	768,211
2019	786,121
2018	815,377
2017	851,998
2016	854,005
2015	848,813
2014	842,484
2013	851,058
2012	855,704
2011	854,334
2010	850,383
2009	845,019
2008	828,243
2007	837,892
2006	836,426
2005	824,237
2004	825,548
2003	790,717
2002	751,415
2001	710,788
2000	730,390
1999	738,372
1998	840,300
1997	842,100
1996	825,100
1995	768,400
1994	747,800
1993	748,200
1992	765,900
1991	721,200
1990	709,700
1989	656,695
1988	745,300
1987	778,900
1986	738,000
1985	692,400
1984	720,400
1983	705,200
1982	686,100
1981	689,000
1980	663,600
1979	672,754
1978	704,878
1977	701,013
1976	697,822
1975	668,855
1974	747,041
1973	765,612
1972	737,467
1971	681,778
1970	641,746
1969	657,871
1968	610,382
1967	590,221
1966	568,067
1965	567,944
1964	535,467
1963	515,400
1962	550,400
1961	534,100

Norway compared with nearby places

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Number of pigs, 2024, head. Norway is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Countries by number of pigs 178 places
EU countries by number of pigs 27 places

Definition

Number of pigs (swine) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, Norway, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Norway, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/norway. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, Norway, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/norway.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Norway, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/norway (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_pigs_norway_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Norway, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/norway. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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