Forest area in Norway
Norway: Forest area was 12.11 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Norway, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Norway recorded 12.11 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Norway peaked at 12.22 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 12.11 million hectares, in 2025.
That places Norway 48th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.21 million hectares | 12.20 million hectares | 12.22 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.18 million hectares | 12.15 million hectares | 12.20 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.14 million hectares | 12.12 million hectares | 12.15 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.11 million hectares | 12.11 million hectares | 12.12 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
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 forest area in Norway?
- Forest area in Norway was 12.11 million hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 12.22 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.11 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Norway rank for forest area?
- Norway ranks 48th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.