Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Norway
Norway: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 3,857 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 3,857 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Norway peaked at 16,979 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1961.
Norway ranks 158th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Norway, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1,426 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 1,596 ha | +11.9% |
| 1968 | 1,810 ha | +13.4% |
| 1969 | 1,970 ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 2,036 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 2,132 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 2,132 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,279 ha | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 1,996 ha | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 2,057 ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 2,089 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 2,141 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 2,142 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,162 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 2,215 ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 2,661 ha | +20.1% |
| 1982 | 2,705 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 2,742 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 2,838 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 16,979 ha | +498.3% |
| 1986 | 15,920 ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 15,965 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 16,311 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 16,287 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 9,566 ha | -41.3% |
| 1991 | 5,180 ha | -45.8% |
| 1992 | 5,262 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 5,460 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 5,523 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 5,392 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 5,225 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 4,926 ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 4,788 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 4,756 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 4,936 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 4,866 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 4,873 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 4,935 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 4,758 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 4,823 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 4,731 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 4,665 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 4,739 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 4,812 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 4,209 ha | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 4,171 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 4,231 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 4,311 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 4,421 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 4,448 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 4,388 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 4,283 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 4,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 4,244 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 4,186 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 4,085 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 3,827 ha | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 3,840 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,857 ha | +0.4% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 3,857 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 20% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Norway's 3,857 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61,611 ha, 6% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +498.3% | 2,838 ha | 16,979 ha |
| 1991 | -45.8% | 9,566 ha | 5,180 ha |
| 1990 | -41.3% | 16,287 ha | 9,566 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,445 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,970 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,117 ha | 1,996 ha | 2,279 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,462 ha | 2,215 ha | 16,979 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,608 ha | 4,756 ha | 9,566 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,814 ha | 4,665 ha | 4,936 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,301 ha | 4,171 ha | 4,448 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,959 ha | 3,827 ha | 4,186 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Norway
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0406 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1441 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.049 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1751 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Norway?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Norway was 3,857 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 16,979 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Norway rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. 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 Fruit Primary — Area harvested. 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.