The quantity of timber in Norwegian forests continues to increase. The latest inventories of the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute indicate that from 2005 to 2006 there was a volume increase of 12.3 million cubic metres.
The total quantity of timber in Norwegian forests amounts to 748 million cubic metres. Today there is 70 % more standing timber than 40 years ago.

Annual growth seems to have stabilized on a level somewhat over 25 million cubic metres. For the first time the inventory made in 2006 shows a slight decrease in annual growth. Annual growth has, however, increased up to present 25 million cubic metres from 10 million cubic metres in 1933.
Except the Finnmark county the productive forest area in the coniferous belt is estimated at 7.4 million hectares. There are also 1.7 million hectares of non-productive forest. Approximately 12 million hectares of the Norwegian land area are covered by forest.