From 2010 to 2022, the share of Norwegian households which owned a cat remained steady at around one-third. By comparison, over this period, around 17 percent for households owned at least one dog. Cats seemed to be a very popular pet in Norway; the number increased in recent years and peaked in 2021 and 2022 at 783,000 animals.
Pet cats in Sweden
In Norway’s neighboring country Sweden, the situation was similar. Since 2012, the share of households owning at least one cat remained between 16 and 20 percent, while 13 to 16 percent of Swedish households owned a dog. In 2022, it increased to 15 percent for dogs and 20 percent for cats. In this country too, cats were more common to have as a pet than dogs. As of 2022, there were around 1.7 million pet cats registered in Sweden.
Pet cats in Denmark
The population of pet cats in Denmark in 2022 was estimated to be 669,000. Unlike in Norway and Sweden, the share of households owning cats as a pet in this year was much lower than households owning a pet dog. It is striking that the situation was different before. From 2016 to 2019, the share of households owning at least one dog remained stable at around 23 percent, while it was about 27 percent for pet cats.
Share of households owning at least one cat or dog in Norway in selected years from 2010 to 2022
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FEDIAF. (July 10, 2023). Share of households owning at least one cat or dog in Norway in selected years from 2010 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/517029/households-owning-cats-dogs-europe-norway/
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