Agricultural land in Norway

Agricultural land made up 2.7% of the land area of Norway in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Norway, 2024 2.7% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 2.7%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Norway (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 40.1% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 202nd of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Norway over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period NorwayWorld
2024 2.7% –
2023 2.7% 36.9%
2022 2.7% 37.0%
2021 2.7% 37.0%
2020 2.7% 36.9%
2019 2.7% 36.9%
2018 2.7% 36.9%
2017 2.7% 37.0%
2016 2.7% 36.8%
2015 2.7% 36.8%
2014 2.7% 37.0%
2013 2.7% 37.0%
2012 2.7% 37.0%
2011 2.7% 36.7%
2010 2.8% 36.5%
2009 2.8% 36.5%
2008 2.8% 36.5%
2007 2.8% 36.6%
2006 2.8% 36.6%
2005 2.8% 36.6%
2004 2.8% 36.6%
2003 2.8% 37.0%
2002 2.9% 37.1%
2001 2.9% 37.2%
2000 2.9% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 2.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2.7%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Norway has the 202nd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Norway
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)