Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Norway
Norway: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1,848 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Norway stood at 1,848 ha.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 54.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Norway peaked at 11,371 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 910 ha, in 1961.
That places Norway 161st out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Norway, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 910 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,330 ha | +46.2% |
| 1963 | 2,100 ha | +57.9% |
| 1964 | 2,920 ha | +39.0% |
| 1965 | 4,788 ha | +64.0% |
| 1966 | 6,364 ha | +32.9% |
| 1967 | 9,421 ha | +48.0% |
| 1968 | 11,371 ha | +20.7% |
| 1969 | 7,765 ha | -31.7% |
| 1970 | 3,604 ha | -53.6% |
| 1971 | 1,914 ha | -46.9% |
| 1972 | 2,142 ha | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 3,863 ha | +80.3% |
| 1974 | 3,636 ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 4,924 ha | +35.4% |
| 1976 | 5,989 ha | +21.6% |
| 1977 | 5,141 ha | -14.2% |
| 1978 | 4,795 ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 5,330 ha | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 5,770 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 6,499 ha | +12.6% |
| 1982 | 7,639 ha | +17.5% |
| 1983 | 7,413 ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 10,040 ha | +35.4% |
| 1985 | 7,680 ha | -23.5% |
| 1986 | 6,910 ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 6,380 ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 6,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 6,096 ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 5,170 ha | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 4,355 ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 5,875 ha | +34.9% |
| 1993 | 8,725 ha | +48.5% |
| 1994 | 9,880 ha | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 11,110 ha | +12.4% |
| 1996 | 7,660 ha | -31.1% |
| 1997 | 7,590 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 6,390 ha | -15.8% |
| 1999 | 6,370 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 5,720 ha | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 10,880 ha | +90.2% |
| 2002 | 10,990 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 7,536 ha | -31.4% |
| 2004 | 6,854 ha | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 6,694 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 6,514 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 6,200 ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 4,811 ha | -22.4% |
| 2009 | 4,321 ha | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 5,934 ha | +37.3% |
| 2011 | 5,203 ha | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 5,487 ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 3,462 ha | -36.9% |
| 2014 | 4,100 ha | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 3,479 ha | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 4,146 ha | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 2,312 ha | -44.2% |
| 2018 | 3,276 ha | +41.7% |
| 2019 | 3,421 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 2,973 ha | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 2,412 ha | -18.9% |
| 2022 | 3,028 ha | +25.5% |
| 2023 | 1,930 ha | -36.3% |
| 2024 | 1,848 ha | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,219 ha | 910 ha | 11,371 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,134 ha | 1,914 ha | 5,989 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,073 ha | 5,770 ha | 10,040 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,312 ha | 4,355 ha | 11,110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,052 ha | 4,321 ha | 10,990 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,082 ha | 2,312 ha | 5,934 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,438 ha | 1,848 ha | 3,028 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Norway?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Norway was 1,848 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 11,371 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 910 ha in 1961.
- How does Norway rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 161st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.9%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.