Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Norway
Norway: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area was 0.48 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Norway is 0.48 %, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Norway peaked at 0.49 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.26 %, in 1978.
Norway ranks 225th of 237 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.48 % | — |
| 1962 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.46 % | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.44 % | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 0.43 % | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 0.42 % | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 0.41 % | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.44 % | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 0.38 % | -13.6% |
| 1971 | 0.34 % | -10.5% |
| 1972 | 0.31 % | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 0.31 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.3 % | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 0.29 % | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.28 % | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 0.27 % | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 0.26 % | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 0.34 % | +30.8% |
| 1980 | 0.33 % | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.3 % | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 0.28 % | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 0.26 % | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 0.27 % | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.27 % | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.27 % | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.28 % | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 0.28 % | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.3 % | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 0.31 % | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 0.32 % | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.33 % | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.34 % | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 0.35 % | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.37 % | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 0.36 % | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.37 % | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.39 % | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 0.41 % | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 0.43 % | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 0.44 % | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.45 % | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.45 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.45 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.46 % | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.47 % | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.48 % | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.49 % | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.48 % | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.48 % | +0.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 0.48 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.71 %, 5% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Norway's 0.48 % is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16.39 %, 3% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Norway changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +30.8% | 0.26 % | 0.34 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4489 % | 0.41 % | 0.48 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.308 % | 0.26 % | 0.38 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.284 % | 0.26 % | 0.33 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.355 % | 0.31 % | 0.41 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.459 % | 0.43 % | 0.48 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.483 % | 0.48 % | 0.49 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.486 % | 0.48 % | 0.49 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 222 Saint Lucia 0.61 % compare
- 223 Greenland 0.59 % compare
- 224 Republic of Korea 0.57 % compare
- 226 French Polynesia 0.44 % compare
- 227 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.42 % compare
- 227 Papua New Guinea 0.42 % compare
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 permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Norway?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Norway was 0.48 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.49 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.26 % in 1978.
- How does Norway rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area?
- Norway ranks 225th out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — 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 Permanent meadows and pastures — 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.