Oats — Area harvested in Norway
Norway: Oats — Area harvested was 69,523 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 69,523 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Norway peaked at 133,703 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 41,227 ha, in 1966.
Norway ranks 27th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Norway, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 62,062 ha | — |
| 1962 | 52,938 ha | -14.7% |
| 1963 | 43,937 ha | -17.0% |
| 1964 | 52,140 ha | +18.7% |
| 1965 | 45,570 ha | -12.6% |
| 1966 | 41,227 ha | -9.5% |
| 1967 | 45,044 ha | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 49,938 ha | +10.9% |
| 1969 | 54,128 ha | +8.4% |
| 1970 | 67,691 ha | +25.1% |
| 1971 | 84,284 ha | +24.5% |
| 1972 | 85,838 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 100,228 ha | +16.8% |
| 1974 | 103,185 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 102,541 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 102,393 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 99,199 ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 97,348 ha | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 95,190 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 111,983 ha | +17.6% |
| 1981 | 118,100 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 133,398 ha | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 116,215 ha | -12.9% |
| 1984 | 122,680 ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 127,180 ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 125,980 ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 115,080 ha | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 125,980 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 131,887 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 129,025 ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 133,703 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 127,315 ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 105,885 ha | -16.8% |
| 1994 | 98,536 ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 93,230 ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 96,990 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 94,520 ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 92,456 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 91,310 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 95,940 ha | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 84,910 ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 80,020 ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 84,846 ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 86,660 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 74,156 ha | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 73,949 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 72,385 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 77,775 ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 81,031 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 76,114 ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 71,605 ha | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 69,219 ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 68,817 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 71,977 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 63,255 ha | -12.1% |
| 2016 | 76,169 ha | +20.4% |
| 2017 | 67,621 ha | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 69,830 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 55,098 ha | -21.1% |
| 2020 | 66,548 ha | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 68,518 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 63,074 ha | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 68,449 ha | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 69,523 ha | +1.6% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 69,523 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Norway's 69,523 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 2.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,665 ha | 41,227 ha | 62,062 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 93,790 ha | 67,691 ha | 103,185 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 122,848 ha | 111,983 ha | 133,398 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 106,297 ha | 91,310 ha | 133,703 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 81,167 ha | 72,385 ha | 95,940 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,970 ha | 55,098 ha | 76,169 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,222 ha | 63,074 ha | 69,523 ha | 5 |
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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 oats — area harvested in Norway?
- Oats — area harvested in Norway was 69,523 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 133,703 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,227 ha in 1966.
- How does Norway rank for oats — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 27th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — 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.