Rye — Area harvested in Norway
Norway: Rye — Area harvested was 5,730 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rye — Area harvested in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 5,730 ha for rye — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 34.7% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Norway peaked at 10,623 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 329 ha, in 1966.
Norway ranks 36th of 66 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.
Rye — Area harvested in Norway, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 906 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,779 ha | +96.4% |
| 1963 | 1,145 ha | -35.6% |
| 1964 | 715 ha | -37.6% |
| 1965 | 638 ha | -10.8% |
| 1966 | 329 ha | -48.4% |
| 1967 | 707 ha | +114.9% |
| 1968 | 1,256 ha | +77.7% |
| 1969 | 1,350 ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 1,510 ha | +11.9% |
| 1971 | 1,249 ha | -17.3% |
| 1972 | 1,405 ha | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 1,887 ha | +34.3% |
| 1974 | 2,849 ha | +51.0% |
| 1975 | 1,410 ha | -50.5% |
| 1976 | 2,149 ha | +52.4% |
| 1977 | 2,472 ha | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 2,230 ha | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 1,686 ha | -24.4% |
| 1980 | 1,410 ha | -16.4% |
| 1981 | 800 ha | -43.3% |
| 1982 | 698 ha | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 999 ha | +43.1% |
| 1984 | 1,660 ha | +66.2% |
| 1985 | 890 ha | -46.4% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 1987 | 960 ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 720 ha | -25.0% |
| 1989 | 790 ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 1,223 ha | +54.8% |
| 1991 | 1,599 ha | +30.7% |
| 1992 | 1,590 ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 3,275 ha | +106.0% |
| 1994 | 3,140 ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 4,070 ha | +29.6% |
| 1996 | 3,680 ha | -9.6% |
| 1997 | 3,600 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 7,090 ha | +96.9% |
| 1999 | 2,690 ha | -62.1% |
| 2000 | 3,830 ha | +42.4% |
| 2001 | 2,756 ha | -28.0% |
| 2002 | 2,410 ha | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 4,458 ha | +85.0% |
| 2004 | 7,240 ha | +62.4% |
| 2005 | 6,940 ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 6,060 ha | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 7,630 ha | +25.9% |
| 2008 | 8,169 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 7,122 ha | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 6,760 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 5,281 ha | -21.9% |
| 2012 | 1,476 ha | -72.1% |
| 2013 | 3,014 ha | +104.2% |
| 2014 | 6,095 ha | +102.2% |
| 2015 | 10,413 ha | +70.8% |
| 2016 | 4,572 ha | -56.1% |
| 2017 | 8,369 ha | +83.0% |
| 2018 | 3,329 ha | -60.2% |
| 2019 | 9,313 ha | +179.8% |
| 2020 | 6,525 ha | -29.9% |
| 2021 | 8,312 ha | +27.4% |
| 2022 | 10,623 ha | +27.8% |
| 2023 | 8,777 ha | -17.4% |
| 2024 | 5,730 ha | -34.7% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 5,730 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 12,740 ha, 45% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Norway's 5,730 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,750 ha, 85% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 980.56 ha | 329 ha | 1,779 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,885 ha | 1,249 ha | 2,849 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 992.7 ha | 698 ha | 1,660 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,196 ha | 1,223 ha | 7,090 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,662 ha | 2,410 ha | 8,169 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,862 ha | 1,476 ha | 10,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,993 ha | 5,730 ha | 10,623 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 rye — area harvested in Norway?
- Rye — area harvested in Norway was 5,730 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 10,623 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 329 ha in 1966.
- How does Norway rank for rye — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 36th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. 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 Rye — 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.