Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in Norway

Norway: Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC was 70,369 ha in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
70,369 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
17th
of 32 countries
All-time high
70,369 ha
in 2020
All-time low
64,904 ha
in 1990
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in Norway, 1990–2020

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k1990200520201990: 64.9k ha1991: 64.9k ha1992: 64.9k ha1993: 64.9k ha1994: 65.0k ha1995: 65.0k ha1996: 65.2k ha1997: 65.6k ha1998: 66.0k ha1999: 66.5k ha2000: 66.9k ha2001: 67.3k ha2002: 67.5k ha2003: 67.7k ha2004: 68.0k ha2005: 68.4k ha2006: 68.2k ha2007: 68.2k ha2008: 68.1k ha2009: 67.9k ha2010: 67.7k ha2011: 68.0k ha2012: 68.2k ha2013: 68.4k ha2014: 68.8k ha2015: 69.2k ha2016: 69.4k ha2017: 69.7k ha2018: 70.0k ha2019: 70.2k ha2020: 70.4k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Norway recorded 70,369 ha for drained organic soils — area — unfccc in 2020. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Norway peaked at 70,369 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 64,904 ha, in 1990.

That places Norway 17th out of 32 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 65,288 ha 64,904 ha 66,457 ha 10
2000s 67,818 ha 66,890 ha 68,404 ha 10
2010s 68,952 ha 67,683 ha 70,179 ha 10
2020s 70,369 ha 70,369 ha 70,369 ha 1

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 14 Japan 142,303 ha compare
  2. 15 Sweden 135,050 ha compare
  3. 16 Lithuania 132,189 ha compare
  4. 18 Estonia 37,236 ha compare
  5. 19 Italy 23,195 ha compare
  6. 20 Türkiye 21,840 ha compare

See the full ranking of 33 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Norway?
Drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Norway was 70,369 ha in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — area — unfccc recorded in Norway?
The highest recorded value was 70,369 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area — unfccc recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 64,904 ha in 1990.
How does Norway rank for drained organic soils — area — unfccc?
Norway ranks 17th out of 32 countries with data for 2020.
Is drained organic soils — area — unfccc rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
33 places, 997 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.