Grassland — Area from MODIS in Norway
Norway: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 12,484 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Norway, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in Norway is 12,484 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Norway peaked at 12,681 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9,996 1000 ha, in 2001.
Norway ranks 39th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Norway, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9,996 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 11,237 1000 ha | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 11,680 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 11,755 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 11,720 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 11,915 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 11,702 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 11,828 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 11,884 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 12,060 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 12,163 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 12,094 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 12,480 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 12,585 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 12,681 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 12,654 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 12,542 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 12,581 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 12,410 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 12,303 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 12,301 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 12,373 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 12,508 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 12,484 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 12,484 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 42.5× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Norway's 12,484 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,415 1000 ha, 8.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,524 1000 ha | 9,996 1000 ha | 11,915 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 12,425 1000 ha | 12,060 1000 ha | 12,681 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,394 1000 ha | 12,301 1000 ha | 12,508 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More environment data for Norway
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.9857 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.8118 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.738 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.52 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.28 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Norway?
- Grassland — area from modis in Norway was 12,484 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 12,681 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,996 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Norway rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Norway ranks 39th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Grassland — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.