Natural honey — Production in Norway
Norway: Natural honey — Production was 1,510 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural honey — Production in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Norway recorded 1,510 t for natural honey — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 49.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Norway peaked at 2,128 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 200 t, in 1962.
Norway ranks 84th of 136 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural honey — Production in Norway, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 t | — |
| 1962 | 200 t | -75.0% |
| 1963 | 400 t | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 350 t | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 560 t | +60.0% |
| 1966 | 455 t | -18.8% |
| 1967 | 615 t | +35.2% |
| 1968 | 1,600 t | +160.2% |
| 1969 | 937 t | -41.4% |
| 1970 | 783 t | -16.4% |
| 1971 | 1,016 t | +29.8% |
| 1972 | 575 t | -43.4% |
| 1973 | 1,203 t | +109.2% |
| 1974 | 1,075 t | -10.6% |
| 1975 | 1,174 t | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 1,372 t | +16.9% |
| 1977 | 944 t | -31.2% |
| 1978 | 900 t | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 600 t | -33.3% |
| 1980 | 961 t | +60.2% |
| 1981 | 1,500 t | +56.1% |
| 1982 | 1,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,200 t | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 1,900 t | +58.3% |
| 1985 | 1,200 t | -36.8% |
| 1986 | 970 t | -19.2% |
| 1987 | 800 t | -17.5% |
| 1988 | 1,008 t | +26.0% |
| 1989 | 2,128 t | +111.1% |
| 1990 | 2,000 t | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 1,775 t | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 1,494 t | -15.8% |
| 1993 | 1,183 t | -20.8% |
| 1994 | 961 t | -18.8% |
| 1995 | 1,379 t | +43.5% |
| 1996 | 1,266 t | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 1,400 t | +10.6% |
| 1998 | 1,200 t | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 1,000 t | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 1,250 t | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 1,000 t | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 1,900 t | +90.0% |
| 2003 | 1,500 t | -21.1% |
| 2004 | 1,300 t | -13.3% |
| 2005 | 1,500 t | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 1,300 t | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 1,400 t | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 1,450 t | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 1,260 t | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 1,330 t | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 1,030 t | -22.6% |
| 2012 | 1,020 t | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 940 t | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 1,010 t | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 940 t | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 1,150 t | +22.3% |
| 2017 | 1,250 t | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 1,390 t | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 1,630 t | +17.3% |
| 2020 | 1,730 t | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 1,690 t | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,690 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,510 t | -10.7% |
| 2024 | 1,510 t | +0.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 1,510 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,006 t, 38% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Norway's 1,510 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,819 t, 31% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural honey — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +160.2% | 615 t | 1,600 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 657.44 t | 200 t | 1,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 964.2 t | 575 t | 1,372 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,317 t | 800 t | 2,128 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,366 t | 961 t | 2,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,386 t | 1,000 t | 1,900 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,169 t | 940 t | 1,630 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,626 t | 1,510 t | 1,730 t | 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 natural honey — production in Norway?
- Natural honey — production in Norway was 1,510 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 2,128 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 t in 1962.
- How does Norway rank for natural honey — production?
- Norway ranks 84th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.5%. 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 Natural honey — Production. 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.