Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Norway
Norway: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 6,386 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Norway, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Norway is 6,386 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Norway peaked at 6,698 1000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 6,375 1000 ha, in 2017.
Norway ranks 21st of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Norway, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6,686 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 6,686 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,686 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,666 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 6,681 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 6,683 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,684 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6,698 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 6,675 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 6,668 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 6,666 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,663 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,630 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 6,627 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 6,622 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 6,602 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 6,564 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 6,509 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 6,471 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 6,433 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 6,416 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 6,410 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 6,387 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 6,388 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,377 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 6,375 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,380 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 6,383 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,380 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 6,382 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6,386 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 6,386 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3.23 1000 ha, 1977.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Norway's 6,386 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13.1 1000 ha, 487.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,684 1000 ha | 6,666 1000 ha | 6,698 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6,623 1000 ha | 6,509 1000 ha | 6,675 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,402 1000 ha | 6,375 1000 ha | 6,471 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,382 1000 ha | 6,380 1000 ha | 6,386 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 ha
- 18 Saudi Arabia 8,340 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 19 Sudan (former) 6,628 1000 ha compare
- 20 Peru 6,397 1000 ha compare
- 22 Somalia 6,038 1000 ha compare
- 23 Mauritania 6,009 1000 ha compare
- 24 Mali 5,842 1000 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 18.14 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 sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Norway?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Norway was 6,386 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 6,698 1000 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,375 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Norway rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Norway ranks 21st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.