Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in Norway
Norway: Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC was 70,369 ha in 2020. ▲ Rising
Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in Norway, 1990–2020
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More climate change data for Norway
- Share co2 vs population 0.0532 (2100)
- Population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Population, total 5.61 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Urban population 4.69 million (2025)
- Urban population 83.6% (2025)
- Co2 emissions vs gdp 6.67 (2024)
- Cumulative co emissions 2.79 billion (2024)
- Co emissions per capita 6.67 (2024)
- Co2 per capita vs renewable electricity 6.67 (2024)
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
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.