Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Norway
Norway: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 2.7 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Norway recorded 2.7 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Norway peaked at 3.1 % in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2.45 %, in 1976.
That places Norway 209th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.77 % | 2.7 % | 2.83 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.5 % | 2.45 % | 2.61 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.62 % | 2.56 % | 2.71 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.85 % | 2.67 % | 3.1 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.84 % | 2.78 % | 2.87 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.71 % | 2.69 % | 2.75 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7 % | 2.7 % | 2.71 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 206 Seychelles 3.38 % compare
- 207 Papua New Guinea 3.1 % compare
- 208 Brunei Darussalam 2.9 % compare
- 210 Northern Mariana Islands 2.28 % compare
- 211 Bahamas 1.3 % compare
- 212 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05 % compare
More environment data for Norway
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.738 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.52 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 533,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.42 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 7,057 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,113 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 164,405 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 115,189 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 204,484 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Norway?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Norway was 2.7 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1 % in 1996.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.45 % in 1976.
- How does Norway rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Norway ranks 209th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.