Wheat — Yield in Norway
Norway: Wheat — Yield was 3,886 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Norway is 3,886 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 45.6% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Norway peaked at 5,774 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,052 kg/ha, in 1962.
Norway ranks 45th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Norway, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,830 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,052 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1963 | 2,565 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 2,796 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 2,781 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 2,354 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 3,214 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1968 | 3,405 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 2,903 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1970 | 3,007 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 3,607 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1972 | 3,352 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 3,822 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1974 | 4,381 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1975 | 3,312 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1976 | 3,241 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 3,716 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 3,892 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 4,014 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 4,188 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 4,565 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 4,529 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 4,234 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 5,103 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1985 | 4,356 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1986 | 4,002 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 4,295 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 3,401 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1989 | 3,654 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 4,663 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1991 | 4,655 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 3,530 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1993 | 5,110 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1994 | 2,836 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 1995 | 4,747 kg/ha | +67.4% |
| 1996 | 4,526 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 4,310 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 4,688 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 4,453 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 4,602 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 4,074 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 4,099 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 4,614 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 4,767 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 4,892 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 4,163 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 4,397 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 4,865 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 3,407 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2010 | 4,598 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2011 | 3,852 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2012 | 4,101 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 3,884 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 4,921 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2015 | 5,774 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 4,634 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2017 | 5,287 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 2,348 kg/ha | -55.6% |
| 2019 | 5,602 kg/ha | +138.6% |
| 2020 | 4,766 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 4,166 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 5,103 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2023 | 2,668 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 2024 | 3,886 kg/ha | +45.6% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 3,886 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Norway's 3,886 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +138.6% | 2,348 kg/ha | 5,602 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,767 kg/ha | 2,052 kg/ha | 3,405 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,634 kg/ha | 3,007 kg/ha | 4,381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,233 kg/ha | 3,401 kg/ha | 5,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,352 kg/ha | 2,836 kg/ha | 5,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,388 kg/ha | 3,407 kg/ha | 4,892 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,500 kg/ha | 2,348 kg/ha | 5,774 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,118 kg/ha | 2,668 kg/ha | 5,103 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 42 Romania 4,091 kg/ha compare
- 43 Albania 3,933 kg/ha compare
- 44 Republic of Korea 3,920 kg/ha compare
- 46 Belarus 3,819 kg/ha compare
- 47 South Africa 3,809 kg/ha compare
- 48 Bangladesh 3,761 kg/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 — yield in Norway?
- Wheat — yield in Norway was 3,886 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 5,774 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,052 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Norway rank for wheat — yield?
- Norway ranks 45th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.