Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Arable land — Share in Agricultural land was 54.74 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Viet Nam, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land — share in agricultural land in Viet Nam is 54.74 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — share in agricultural land in Viet Nam peaked at 88.21 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 54.74 %, in 2023.
Viet Nam ranks 10th of 46 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87.95 % | 87.75 % | 88.21 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 87.63 % | 87.15 % | 87.79 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.72 % | 80.42 % | 86.61 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.56 % | 71.52 % | 79.51 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 65.69 % | 60.57 % | 71.12 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.16 % | 54.76 % | 59.83 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.86 % | 54.74 % | 55.06 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More environment data for Viet Nam
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (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)
- Agriculture — Area 12,291 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 4,585 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — share in agricultural land in Viet Nam?
- Arable land — share in agricultural land in Viet Nam was 54.74 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 88.21 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.74 % in 2023.
- How does Viet Nam rank for arable land — share in agricultural land?
- Viet Nam ranks 10th out of 46 regions with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable land — Share in Agricultural land. 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.