Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Norway
Norway: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 7,331 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 7,331 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.9% on the previous year and up 340.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Norway peaked at 7,331 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1964.
Norway ranks 123rd of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Norway, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 132 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | -62.1% |
| 1963 | 23 ha | -54.0% |
| 1964 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 2003 | 299 ha | — |
| 2004 | 662 ha | +121.4% |
| 2005 | 1,005 ha | +51.8% |
| 2006 | 1,867 ha | +85.8% |
| 2007 | 2,838 ha | +52.0% |
| 2008 | 2,100 ha | -26.0% |
| 2009 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 2,147 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 2,205 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 2,049 ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 1,017 ha | -50.4% |
| 2014 | 1,663 ha | +63.5% |
| 2015 | 2,096 ha | +26.0% |
| 2016 | 2,460 ha | +17.4% |
| 2017 | 2,618 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 3,259 ha | +24.5% |
| 2019 | 2,798 ha | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 4,232 ha | +51.3% |
| 2021 | 3,226 ha | -23.8% |
| 2022 | 5,818 ha | +80.3% |
| 2023 | 6,439 ha | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 7,331 ha | +13.9% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 7,331 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 43% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Norway's 7,331 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 33% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.78 ha | 0 ha | 132 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,567 ha | 299 ha | 2,838 ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 2,231 ha | 1,017 ha | 3,259 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,409 ha | 3,226 ha | 7,331 ha | 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Norway?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Norway was 7,331 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 7,331 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1964.
- How does Norway rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 123rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 340.8%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.