What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Belgium and Norway?

80,636 hectares, with Norway ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Norway?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Norway: Agricultural area over the long-term

Belgium

901,855 hectares

in 2025

Norway

982,491 hectares

in 2025

Belgium rank

141st

Norway rank

139th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Belgium
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 982,491 hectares against 901,855 hectares in Belgium, a difference of 80,636 hectares.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 141st and Norway ranks 139th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 27 and Norway in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.10 million hectares	962,591 hectares	142,169 hectares	Belgium
1100s	2.07 million hectares	1.25 million hectares	814,370 hectares	Belgium
1200s	2.49 million hectares	1.52 million hectares	974,330 hectares	Belgium
1300s	2.62 million hectares	1.71 million hectares	906,320 hectares	Belgium
1400s	1.90 million hectares	811,147 hectares	1.09 million hectares	Belgium
1500s	2.21 million hectares	1.52 million hectares	683,300 hectares	Belgium
1600s	2.20 million hectares	1.76 million hectares	435,900 hectares	Belgium
1700s	2.48 million hectares	1.91 million hectares	573,440 hectares	Belgium
1710s	2.54 million hectares	1.96 million hectares	579,850 hectares	Belgium
1720s	2.56 million hectares	2.00 million hectares	554,480 hectares	Belgium
1730s	2.54 million hectares	2.05 million hectares	497,280 hectares	Belgium
1740s	2.50 million hectares	2.09 million hectares	407,910 hectares	Belgium
1750s	2.42 million hectares	2.13 million hectares	287,750 hectares	Belgium
1760s	2.48 million hectares	2.18 million hectares	304,800 hectares	Belgium
1770s	2.53 million hectares	2.22 million hectares	310,960 hectares	Belgium
1780s	2.57 million hectares	2.26 million hectares	306,500 hectares	Belgium
1790s	2.59 million hectares	2.30 million hectares	291,740 hectares	Belgium
1800s	2.61 million hectares	2.34 million hectares	266,300 hectares	Belgium
1810s	2.61 million hectares	2.38 million hectares	233,310 hectares	Belgium
1820s	2.60 million hectares	2.55 million hectares	56,110 hectares	Belgium
1830s	2.67 million hectares	2.83 million hectares	158,090 hectares	Norway
1840s	2.53 million hectares	3.10 million hectares	571,410 hectares	Norway
1850s	2.55 million hectares	3.43 million hectares	883,610 hectares	Norway
1860s	2.57 million hectares	3.77 million hectares	1.21 million hectares	Norway
1870s	2.55 million hectares	4.01 million hectares	1.46 million hectares	Norway
1880s	2.61 million hectares	4.11 million hectares	1.50 million hectares	Norway
1890s	2.58 million hectares	4.20 million hectares	1.62 million hectares	Norway
1900s	2.55 million hectares	4.45 million hectares	1.90 million hectares	Norway
1910s	2.46 million hectares	4.50 million hectares	2.03 million hectares	Norway
1920s	2.43 million hectares	4.65 million hectares	2.22 million hectares	Norway
1930s	2.33 million hectares	4.53 million hectares	2.20 million hectares	Norway
1940s	2.10 million hectares	4.30 million hectares	2.20 million hectares	Norway
1950s	1.76 million hectares	3.29 million hectares	1.53 million hectares	Norway
1960s	1.63 million hectares	1.01 million hectares	619,976 hectares	Belgium
1970s	1.60 million hectares	914,700 hectares	682,839 hectares	Belgium
1980s	1.39 million hectares	957,600 hectares	432,241 hectares	Belgium
1990s	1.47 million hectares	1.04 million hectares	433,479 hectares	Belgium
2000s	1.53 million hectares	1.04 million hectares	493,234 hectares	Belgium
2010s	1.52 million hectares	989,695 hectares	530,301 hectares	Belgium
2020s	1.34 million hectares	983,814 hectares	353,349 hectares	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Belgium or Norway?: Norway, at 982,491 hectares against 901,855 hectares in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Belgium and Norway?: 80,636 hectares, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Norway?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Norway rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Belgium ranks 141st and Norway ranks 139th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.