Apples — Area harvested in Norway
Norway: Apples — Area harvested was 1,600 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Norway, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 1,600 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Norway peaked at 5,000 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1,368 ha, in 2016.
That places Norway 70th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Norway, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,847 ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 2,099 ha | -56.7% |
| 1992 | 2,092 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 2,136 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 2,151 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 2,121 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 2,094 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 1,980 ha | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 1,930 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 1,894 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 1,882 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,825 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 1,794 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 1,764 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 1,731 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 1,695 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1,645 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 1,652 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,682 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,704 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,428 ha | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 1,401 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 1,396 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,402 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,373 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1,373 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,368 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,378 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,451 ha | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 1,506 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 1,543 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 1,573 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,596 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,648 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 1,600 ha | -2.9% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 1,600 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 36% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Norway's 1,600 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 18% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -56.7% | 4,847 ha | 2,099 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,334 ha | 1,894 ha | 4,847 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,737 ha | 1,645 ha | 1,882 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,408 ha | 1,368 ha | 1,506 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,592 ha | 1,543 ha | 1,648 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More agriculture & rural data for Norway
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,553 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7644 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1643 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Norway?
- Apples — area harvested in Norway was 1,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,368 ha in 2016.
- How does Norway rank for apples — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 70th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.