# Norway’s agricultural food waste rose to 53,169 tonnes in 2025 > The agency’s 2025 survey found primary-sector food waste rose 24% from the previous year. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Business - Country: Norway - Published: 2026-10-15T22:33:53+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-15T22:33:53+00:00 - Event / data period: 2025 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report.md) A report published on October 9, 2026 by the Norwegian Agriculture Agency said food waste in the agricultural sector reached 53,169 tonnes in 2025, up 24% from 2024. Waste equalled 2.04% of production, a rise of 0.25 percentage points year on year. Vegetables accounted for 44,345 tonnes, about 83% of the total. The report breaks results down by producer, product group and type of loss. Its scope is the agricultural primary stage rather than the entire food chain, and the report does not establish a single cause for the increase. ## Data ### 2025 agricultural primary-sector food waste assessment Statistics cover food waste at Norway’s agricultural primary-production stage. Methodology: Statistics cover food waste at Norway’s agricultural primary-production stage. | date | label | description | status | |---|---|---|---| | 2026-10-09 | 2025 agricultural primary-sector food waste assessment | Statistics cover food waste at Norway’s agricultural primary-production stage. | occurred | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report/data/reported-event?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report/data/reported-event?lang=en&format=csv) ### Food waste in agricultural primary production Agency estimate of total food waste in Norway’s agricultural primary sector in 2025. Methodology: The report gives 53,169 tonnes for 2025. The measure covers food waste at the agricultural primary-production stage, not the entire food chain. | label | value | unit | period | basis | |---|---|---|---|---| | Food waste | 53169 | tonnes | 2025 | observed | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report/data/norway-agricultural-food-waste-total?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/norway-agricultural-food-waste-2025-report/data/norway-agricultural-food-waste-total?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Norwegian Agriculture Agency]() (Source checked: 2026-10-15; Published: 2026-10-09) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)