Potatoes — Area harvested in Norway
Norway: Potatoes — Area harvested was 11,887 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 11,887 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Norway peaked at 53,301 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 11,505 ha, in 2023.
Norway ranks 96th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,338 ha | 32,640 ha | 53,301 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,027 ha | 20,000 ha | 33,503 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,901 ha | 17,040 ha | 20,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,673 ha | 14,852 ha | 19,079 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,466 ha | 13,734 ha | 15,239 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,263 ha | 11,614 ha | 13,240 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,683 ha | 11,505 ha | 11,899 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 93 Israel 13,628 ha compare
- 95 North Macedonia 12,094 ha compare
- 97 Niger 10,922 ha compare
- 98 Switzerland 10,685 ha compare
- 99 Greece 10,540 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Norway
- Agriculture share gdp 1.64 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.64 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 16.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 921,833 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 15,100 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Norway?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Norway was 11,887 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 53,301 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,505 ha in 2023.
- How does Norway rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 96th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. 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 Potatoes — 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.