Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Vietnam

Arable land in Vietnam in 2023 — 6,728,480 ha. Ranked 38 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 21.2%.

2023 6.73M ha −0.36% vs 2022
World rank 38of 206
Period maximum 7M ha2015
Period minimum 5.34M ha1990

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Vietnam, 1961–20235M5.5M6M6.5M7M7.5M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 5,550,000 ha1963: 5,550,000 ha1965: 5,550,000 ha1967: 5,570,000 ha1969: 5,600,000 ha1971: 5,630,000 ha1973: 5,680,000 ha1975: 5,700,000 ha1977: 5,980,000 ha1979: 5,970,000 ha1981: 5,910,000 ha1983: 5,850,000 ha1985: 5,616,000 ha1987: 5,527,000 ha1989: 5,400,000 ha1991: 5,368,000 ha1993: 5,516,000 ha1995: 5,403,000 ha1997: 5,668,000 ha1999: 6,000,000 ha2001: 6,649,000 ha2003: 6,581,000 ha2005: 6,358,000 ha2007: 6,309,600 ha2009: 6,300,000 ha2011: 6,437,600 ha2013: 6,422,800 ha2015: 7,002,800 ha2017: 6,988,300 ha2019: 6,784,000 ha2021: 6,793,280 ha2023: 6,728,480 ha
Change over the period: +1.18M (+21.23%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Vietnam

Vietnam 6.73M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
East Asia & Pacific computed 213M ha
South-Eastern Asia computed 63.19M ha
Arable land — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 6.73M −24,520 −0.36%
2022 6.75M −40,280 −0.59%
2021 6.79M +6,280 +0.09%
2020 6.79M +3,000 +0.04%
2019 6.78M −168,100 −2.42%
2018 6.95M −36,200 −0.52%
2017 6.99M −9,700 −0.14%
2016 7M −4,800 −0.07%
2015 7M +593,300 +9.26%
2014 6.41M −13,300 −0.21%
2013 6.42M +21,500 +0.34%
2012 6.4M −36,300 −0.56%
2011 6.44M +200 +0%
2010 6.44M +137,400 +2.18%
2009 6.3M +17,500 +0.28%
2008 6.28M −27,100 −0.43%
2007 6.31M −38,400 −0.6%
2006 6.35M −10,000 −0.16%
2005 6.36M −111,500 −1.72%
2004 6.47M −111,500 −1.69%
2003 6.58M −19,000 −0.29%
2002 6.6M −49,000 −0.74%
2001 6.65M +449,000 +7.24%
2000 6.2M +200,000 +3.33%
1999 6M +237,000 +4.11%
1998 5.76M +95,000 +1.68%
1997 5.67M +114,000 +2.05%
1996 5.55M +151,000 +2.79%
1995 5.4M −61,000 −1.12%
1994 5.46M −52,000 −0.94%
1993 5.52M +10,000 +0.18%
1992 5.51M +138,000 +2.57%
1991 5.37M +29,000 +0.54%
1990 5.34M −61,000 −1.13%
1989 5.4M −60,000 −1.1%
1988 5.46M −67,000 −1.21%
1987 5.53M −43,000 −0.77%
1986 5.57M −46,000 −0.82%
1985 5.62M −204,000 −3.51%
1984 5.82M −30,000 −0.51%
1983 5.85M −30,000 −0.51%
1982 5.88M −30,000 −0.51%
1981 5.91M −30,000 −0.51%
1980 5.94M −30,000 −0.5%
1979 5.97M −29,000 −0.48%
1978 6M +19,000 +0.32%
1977 5.98M +80,000 +1.36%
1976 5.9M +200,000 +3.51%
1975 5.7M +0 +0%
1974 5.7M +20,000 +0.35%
1973 5.68M +30,000 +0.53%
1972 5.65M +20,000 +0.36%
1971 5.63M +0 +0%
1970 5.63M +30,000 +0.54%
1969 5.6M +10,000 +0.18%
1968 5.59M +20,000 +0.36%
1967 5.57M +20,000 +0.36%
1966 5.55M +0 +0%
1965 5.55M +0 +0%
1964 5.55M +0 +0%
1963 5.55M +0 +0%
1962 5.55M +0 +0%
1961 5.55M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.