Annual forest expansion in Norway
Norway: Annual forest expansion was 4,620 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual forest expansion in Norway, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
In 2020, annual forest expansion in Norway stood at 4,620 hectares per year.
The figure is up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Norway peaked at 4,640 hectares per year in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,650 hectares per year, in 2000.
That places Norway 48th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,850 hectares per year | 2,850 hectares per year | 2,850 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 1,650 hectares per year | 1,650 hectares per year | 1,650 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 4,115 hectares per year | 3,590 hectares per year | 4,640 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 4,620 hectares per year | 4,620 hectares per year | 4,620 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Norway
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 53.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 9.65 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.71 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1993 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 4.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0356 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0239 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0367 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Norway?
- Annual forest expansion in Norway was 4,620 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 4,640 hectares per year in 2015.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,650 hectares per year in 2000.
- How does Norway rank for annual forest expansion?
- Norway ranks 48th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).