Forest area in Norway

Forests covered 33.2% of the land area of Norway in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Norway, 2024 33.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 33.3%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Norway (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 34.3% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 103rd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area 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.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period NorwayWorld
2024 33.2% –
2023 33.3% 31.1%
2022 33.3% 31.1%
2021 33.3% 31.2%
2020 33.3% 31.2%
2019 33.2% 31.2%
2018 33.2% 31.3%
2017 33.2% 31.3%
2016 33.2% 31.3%
2015 33.2% 31.4%
2014 33.2% 31.4%
2013 33.2% 31.4%
2012 33.2% 31.5%
2011 33.3% 31.9%
2010 33.3% 31.9%
2009 33.3% 32.0%
2008 33.3% 32.0%
2007 33.3% 32.1%
2006 33.3% 32.1%
2005 33.3% 32.1%
2004 33.3% 32.2%
2003 33.4% 32.3%
2002 33.4% 32.3%
2001 33.4% 32.3%
2000 33.4% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 33.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 33.2%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Norway has the 103rd 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.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 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)