Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Norway
Norway: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 13,486 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Norway, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Norway stood at 13,486 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Norway peaked at 14,327 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 12,988 1000 ha, in 2015.
That places Norway 45th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Norway, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14,327 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 14,242 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 13,992 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 14,138 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 14,024 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 13,991 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 14,013 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 13,862 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 13,675 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 13,714 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 13,750 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 13,242 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 13,125 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 13,124 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 12,988 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 13,002 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 13,129 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 13,250 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 13,495 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 13,324 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 13,479 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 13,560 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 13,288 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 13,486 1000 ha | +1.5% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 13,486 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 29.5× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Norway's 13,486 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 4.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14,029 1000 ha | 13,675 1000 ha | 14,327 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 13,282 1000 ha | 12,988 1000 ha | 13,750 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,428 1000 ha | 13,288 1000 ha | 13,560 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 tree-covered areas — area from modis in Norway?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Norway was 13,486 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 14,327 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,988 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Norway rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Norway ranks 45th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Tree-covered areas — 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.