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 74th out of 124 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.
Wheat — Area harvested in Norway, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,682 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,744 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 6,900 ha | -29.2% |
| 1964 | 7,224 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 4,243 ha | -41.3% |
| 1966 | 1,761 ha | -58.5% |
| 1967 | 3,293 ha | +87.0% |
| 1968 | 4,806 ha | +45.9% |
| 1969 | 3,828 ha | -20.3% |
| 1970 | 3,858 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 2,892 ha | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 3,459 ha | +19.6% |
| 1973 | 5,189 ha | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 14,175 ha | +173.2% |
| 1975 | 15,644 ha | +10.4% |
| 1976 | 20,138 ha | +28.7% |
| 1977 | 20,987 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 20,508 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 16,692 ha | -18.6% |
| 1980 | 15,521 ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 12,639 ha | -18.6% |
| 1982 | 16,671 ha | +31.9% |
| 1983 | 22,860 ha | +37.1% |
| 1984 | 33,390 ha | +46.1% |
| 1985 | 39,000 ha | +16.8% |
| 1986 | 39,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 57,980 ha | +46.4% |
| 1988 | 43,610 ha | -24.8% |
| 1989 | 38,207 ha | -12.4% |
| 1990 | 47,949 ha | +25.5% |
| 1991 | 52,914 ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 54,540 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 70,514 ha | +29.3% |
| 1994 | 68,790 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 65,770 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 58,840 ha | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 59,280 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 68,988 ha | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 51,580 ha | -25.2% |
| 2000 | 68,093 ha | +32.0% |
| 2001 | 63,601 ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 63,790 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 75,756 ha | +18.8% |
| 2004 | 85,340 ha | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 80,817 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 85,748 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 91,215 ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 93,170 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 81,600 ha | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 72,082 ha | -11.7% |
| 2011 | 73,890 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 66,982 ha | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 54,839 ha | -18.1% |
| 2014 | 79,170 ha | +44.4% |
| 2015 | 85,757 ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 66,769 ha | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 75,755 ha | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 58,653 ha | -22.6% |
| 2019 | 80,351 ha | +37.0% |
| 2020 | 67,670 ha | -15.8% |
| 2021 | 63,593 ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 75,244 ha | +18.3% |
| 2023 | 64,458 ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 59,184 ha | -8.2% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 59,184 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 28% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Norway's 59,184 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 16% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Norway changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +173.2% | 5,189 ha | 14,175 ha |
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
- 71 Switzerland 84,993 ha compare
- 72 North Macedonia 67,226 ha compare
- 73 Yemen 63,748 ha compare
- 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59,168 ha compare
- 76 Armenia 56,005 ha compare
- 77 Myanmar 55,000 ha compare
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 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 74th out of 124 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.