Oats — Yield in Norway
Norway: Oats — Yield was 4,071 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 4,071 kg/ha for oats — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 55.7% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Norway peaked at 4,741 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,016 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Norway 10th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Norway, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,799 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,016 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1963 | 2,568 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1964 | 2,407 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 2,486 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 2,218 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1967 | 2,727 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1968 | 3,517 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1969 | 2,581 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1970 | 3,364 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1971 | 3,306 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 3,160 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 3,480 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1974 | 3,636 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 2,576 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1976 | 2,802 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 3,630 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1978 | 3,774 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 4,008 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 3,820 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 3,921 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 3,731 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 3,448 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1984 | 4,738 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1985 | 3,886 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 3,186 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1987 | 4,048 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1988 | 2,965 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1989 | 3,210 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 4,661 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 1991 | 4,248 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 2,556 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 1993 | 3,587 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 1994 | 3,699 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 3,793 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 3,972 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 3,804 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 4,181 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1999 | 3,893 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 4,137 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 3,891 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 3,483 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 3,932 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 4,232 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 3,762 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 3,359 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 3,813 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 4,215 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 3,412 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2010 | 3,928 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 3,230 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 3,350 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 3,258 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 3,932 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2015 | 4,518 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 4,709 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 4,181 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 2,243 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 2019 | 4,171 kg/ha | +86.0% |
| 2020 | 4,741 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 3,926 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 4,614 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2023 | 2,615 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2024 | 4,071 kg/ha | +55.7% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 4,071 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Norway's 4,071 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,660 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,591 kg/ha | 2,016 kg/ha | 3,517 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,373 kg/ha | 2,576 kg/ha | 4,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,695 kg/ha | 2,965 kg/ha | 4,738 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,839 kg/ha | 2,556 kg/ha | 4,661 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,824 kg/ha | 3,359 kg/ha | 4,232 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,752 kg/ha | 2,243 kg/ha | 4,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,993 kg/ha | 2,615 kg/ha | 4,741 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 7 Germany 4,461 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,100 kg/ha compare
- 8 Belgium 4,386 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,377 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium-Luxembourg 4,033 kg/ha compare
- 12 Sweden 3,954 kg/ha compare
- 13 Austria 3,897 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Norway?
- Oats — yield in Norway was 4,071 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 4,741 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,016 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Norway rank for oats — yield?
- Norway ranks 10th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Oats — Yield. 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.