Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 39.21 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Viet Nam, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agricultural land — share in land area in Viet Nam is 39.21 %, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Viet Nam peaked at 39.52 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 19.33 %, in 1961.
Viet Nam ranks 8th of 22 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.43 % | 19.33 % | 19.61 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.28 % | 19.71 % | 21.05 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.91 % | 20.62 % | 21.23 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.69 % | 20.66 % | 26.03 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.49 % | 28.72 % | 33.57 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.72 % | 34.35 % | 39.52 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.3 % | 39.21 % | 39.43 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 5 Turkmenistan 84.32 % compare
- 6 Saudi Arabia 81.68 % compare
- 7 Uganda 80.28 % compare
- 8 South Africa 79.42 % compare
- 9 Kazakhstan 79.19 % compare
- 10 Comoros 78.91 % compare
- 11 Nigeria 77.09 % compare
More environment data for Viet Nam
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.6413 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2718 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.817 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.22 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 642 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.05 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,791 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 12,291 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Viet Nam?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Viet Nam was 39.21 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 39.52 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.33 % in 1961.
- How does Viet Nam rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Viet Nam ranks 8th out of 22 regions with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.