Norway - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Norway was 803,210 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 995,000 in 1996 and a minimum value of 788,000 in 1973.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

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Year Value
1961 856,000
1962 854,000
1963 852,000
1964 850,000
1965 848,000
1966 846,000
1967 843,000
1968 841,000
1969 825,000
1970 812,000
1971 804,000
1972 793,000
1973 788,000
1974 791,000
1975 790,000
1976 793,000
1977 798,000
1978 804,000
1979 828,000
1980 815,000
1981 825,000
1982 838,000
1983 846,000
1984 852,000
1985 854,000
1986 865,000
1987 865,000
1988 870,000
1989 878,000
1990 860,000
1991 887,000
1992 878,000
1993 885,000
1994 896,000
1995 987,000
1996 995,000
1997 897,000
1998 898,000
1999 882,000
2000 879,000
2001 881,000
2002 878,000
2003 871,000
2004 869,000
2005 862,000
2006 858,000
2007 852,600
2008 845,100
2009 834,880
2010 825,600
2011 818,000
2012 811,900
2013 807,791
2014 808,180
2015 807,141
2016 805,122
2017 801,490
2018 803,210

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Norway was 0.151 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.237 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.151 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.237
1962 0.235
1963 0.232
1964 0.230
1965 0.228
1966 0.225
1967 0.223
1968 0.220
1969 0.214
1970 0.210
1971 0.206
1972 0.202
1973 0.199
1974 0.198
1975 0.197
1976 0.197
1977 0.197
1978 0.198
1979 0.203
1980 0.199
1981 0.201
1982 0.204
1983 0.205
1984 0.206
1985 0.206
1986 0.208
1987 0.207
1988 0.207
1989 0.208
1990 0.203
1991 0.208
1992 0.205
1993 0.205
1994 0.207
1995 0.226
1996 0.227
1997 0.204
1998 0.203
1999 0.198
2000 0.196
2001 0.195
2002 0.193
2003 0.191
2004 0.189
2005 0.186
2006 0.184
2007 0.181
2008 0.177
2009 0.173
2010 0.169
2011 0.165
2012 0.162
2013 0.159
2014 0.157
2015 0.156
2016 0.154
2017 0.152
2018 0.151

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Norway was 2.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 2.72 in 1996, while its lowest value was 2.16 in 1973.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 2.34
1962 2.34
1963 2.33
1964 2.33
1965 2.32
1966 2.32
1967 2.31
1968 2.30
1969 2.26
1970 2.22
1971 2.20
1972 2.17
1973 2.16
1974 2.17
1975 2.16
1976 2.17
1977 2.18
1978 2.20
1979 2.27
1980 2.23
1981 2.26
1982 2.29
1983 2.32
1984 2.33
1985 2.34
1986 2.37
1987 2.37
1988 2.38
1989 2.40
1990 2.35
1991 2.43
1992 2.40
1993 2.42
1994 2.45
1995 2.70
1996 2.72
1997 2.46
1998 2.46
1999 2.41
2000 2.41
2001 2.41
2002 2.40
2003 2.38
2004 2.38
2005 2.36
2006 2.35
2007 2.33
2008 2.31
2009 2.29
2010 2.26
2011 2.24
2012 2.22
2013 2.21
2014 2.21
2015 2.21
2016 2.20
2017 2.20
2018 2.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use