Cereals, primary — Yield in Norway
Norway: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,220 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Norway stood at 4,220 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 52.4% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Norway peaked at 4,803 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,071 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Norway 63rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Norway, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,792 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,071 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1963 | 2,578 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1964 | 2,595 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 2,554 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 2,169 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1967 | 2,729 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1968 | 3,525 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1969 | 2,625 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1970 | 3,207 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1971 | 3,226 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 2,982 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 3,260 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1974 | 3,778 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1975 | 2,557 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1976 | 2,841 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 3,566 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1978 | 3,677 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 3,558 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 3,645 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 3,699 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 3,747 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 3,336 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 4,285 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1985 | 3,886 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1986 | 3,252 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1987 | 3,814 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1988 | 3,105 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1989 | 3,409 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 4,399 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1991 | 4,016 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 2,810 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1993 | 3,923 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1994 | 3,130 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1995 | 3,629 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1996 | 4,026 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 3,886 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 4,045 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 3,710 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 3,931 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 3,710 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 3,495 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 3,941 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 4,401 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 3,993 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 3,674 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 3,855 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 4,488 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 3,446 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2010 | 4,004 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2011 | 3,437 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2012 | 3,687 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 3,374 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 4,363 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2015 | 4,803 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 4,652 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 4,561 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 2,656 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 2019 | 4,710 kg/ha | +77.3% |
| 2020 | 4,684 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 4,184 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 4,728 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 2,768 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 2024 | 4,220 kg/ha | +52.4% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 4,220 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Norway's 4,220 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,626 kg/ha | 2,071 kg/ha | 3,525 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,265 kg/ha | 2,557 kg/ha | 3,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,618 kg/ha | 3,105 kg/ha | 4,285 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,757 kg/ha | 2,810 kg/ha | 4,399 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,893 kg/ha | 3,446 kg/ha | 4,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,025 kg/ha | 2,656 kg/ha | 4,803 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,117 kg/ha | 2,768 kg/ha | 4,728 kg/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 cereals, primary — yield in Norway?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Norway was 4,220 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 4,803 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,071 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Norway rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Norway ranks 63rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.