New Zealand vs Norway: Arable land — Area, per square kilometre
New Zealand
0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Norway
0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
New Zealand rank
149th
Norway rank
146th
Arable land — Area, per square kilometre over time
- New Zealand
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre against 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Norway ahead.
New Zealand ranks 149th and Norway ranks 146th of 184 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0025 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher arable land — area, per square kilometre, New Zealand or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre against 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land — area, per square kilometre between New Zealand and Norway?
- 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Norway?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Norway rank globally for arable land — area, per square kilometre?
- New Zealand ranks 149th and Norway ranks 146th of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Arable land — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Arable land — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.