Wheat — Area harvested in Norway
Norway: Wheat — Area harvested was 59,184 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 59,184 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Norway peaked at 93,170 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,761 ha, in 1966.
That places Norway 80th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 5,720 ha | 1,761 ha | 9,744 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,354 ha | 2,892 ha | 20,987 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,948 ha | 12,639 ha | 57,980 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,916 ha | 47,949 ha | 70,514 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,913 ha | 63,601 ha | 93,170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,425 ha | 54,839 ha | 85,757 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 66,030 ha | 59,184 ha | 75,244 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 77 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 75,001 ha compare
- 78 North Macedonia 67,226 ha compare
- 79 Yemen 63,748 ha compare
- 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59,168 ha compare
- 82 Armenia 56,005 ha compare
- 83 Myanmar 55,000 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 wheat — area harvested in Norway?
- Wheat — area harvested in Norway was 59,184 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 93,170 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,761 ha in 1966.
- How does Norway rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 80th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. 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 Wheat — 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.