Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Norway
Norway: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 858.12 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Norway, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Norway is 858.12 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Norway peaked at 3,303 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 858.12 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Norway 12th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Norway, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,303 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,406 1000 ha | -57.4% |
| 2003 | 1,245 1000 ha | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 1,130 1000 ha | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 1,175 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 1,108 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 1,092 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,093 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,071 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,109 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,110 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,186 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 1,138 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 1,093 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,178 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 1,120 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,108 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 967.62 1000 ha | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 926.62 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 958.56 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 936.62 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 970.47 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 932.35 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 858.12 1000 ha | -8.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 858.12 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.18 1000 ha, 76.8× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Norway's 858.12 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29.06 1000 ha, 29.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -57.4% | 3,303 1000 ha | 1,406 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,403 1000 ha | 1,071 1000 ha | 3,303 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,094 1000 ha | 926.62 1000 ha | 1,186 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 931.22 1000 ha | 858.12 1000 ha | 970.47 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 9 Australia 1,045 1000 ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 108.28 1000 ha compare
- 10 India 1,020 1000 ha compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 77.16 1000 ha compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 63.85 1000 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 992.34 1000 ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 62.14 1000 ha compare
- 13 Kazakhstan 827.54 1000 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 27.15 1000 ha compare
- 14 Zambia 746.6 1000 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 14.55 1000 ha compare
- 15 Bangladesh 735.38 1000 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 11.38 1000 ha 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 shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Norway?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Norway was 858.12 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 3,303 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 858.12 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Norway rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Norway ranks 12th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — 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.