Norway - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Norway was 121,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 121,800 in 2020 and a minimum value of 121,020 in 2010.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 121,320
1991 121,301
1992 121,282
1993 121,263
1994 121,244
1995 121,225
1996 121,206
1997 121,187
1998 121,168
1999 121,149
2000 121,130
2001 121,119
2002 121,108
2003 121,097
2004 121,086
2005 121,075
2006 121,064
2007 121,053
2008 121,042
2009 121,031
2010 121,020
2011 121,098
2012 121,176
2013 121,254
2014 121,332
2015 121,410
2016 121,488
2017 121,566
2018 121,644
2019 121,722
2020 121,800

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Norway was 33.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 33.36 in 2020, while its lowest value was 33.13 in 2010.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 33.22
1991 33.21
1992 33.21
1993 33.20
1994 33.20
1995 33.19
1996 33.18
1997 33.18
1998 33.17
1999 33.17
2000 33.16
2001 33.16
2002 33.16
2003 33.16
2004 33.15
2005 33.15
2006 33.15
2007 33.14
2008 33.14
2009 33.14
2010 33.13
2011 33.16
2012 33.18
2013 33.21
2014 33.23
2015 33.25
2016 33.27
2017 33.29
2018 33.32
2019 33.34
2020 33.36

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use