Vietnam - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Vietnam was 6,988,300 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,002,800 in 2015 and a minimum value of 5,339,000 in 1990.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 5,550,000
1962 5,550,000
1963 5,550,000
1964 5,550,000
1965 5,550,000
1966 5,550,000
1967 5,570,000
1968 5,590,000
1969 5,600,000
1970 5,630,000
1971 5,630,000
1972 5,650,000
1973 5,680,000
1974 5,700,000
1975 5,700,000
1976 5,900,000
1977 5,980,000
1978 5,999,000
1979 5,970,000
1980 5,940,000
1981 5,910,000
1982 5,880,000
1983 5,850,000
1984 5,820,000
1985 5,616,000
1986 5,570,000
1987 5,527,000
1988 5,460,000
1989 5,400,000
1990 5,339,000
1991 5,368,000
1992 5,506,000
1993 5,516,000
1994 5,464,000
1995 5,403,000
1996 5,554,000
1997 5,668,000
1998 5,763,000
1999 6,000,000
2000 6,200,000
2001 6,649,000
2002 6,600,000
2003 6,581,000
2004 6,469,500
2005 6,358,000
2006 6,348,000
2007 6,309,600
2008 6,282,500
2009 6,300,000
2010 6,437,400
2011 6,437,600
2012 6,401,300
2013 6,422,800
2014 6,409,500
2015 7,002,800
2016 6,998,000
2017 6,988,300
2018 6,988,300

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Vietnam was 0.073 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.165 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.070 in 2014.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 0.165
1962 0.160
1963 0.155
1964 0.151
1965 0.147
1966 0.142
1967 0.139
1968 0.136
1969 0.132
1970 0.130
1971 0.127
1972 0.124
1973 0.122
1974 0.120
1975 0.117
1976 0.119
1977 0.118
1978 0.115
1979 0.112
1980 0.109
1981 0.106
1982 0.103
1983 0.101
1984 0.098
1985 0.092
1986 0.089
1987 0.087
1988 0.084
1989 0.081
1990 0.079
1991 0.077
1992 0.078
1993 0.076
1994 0.074
1995 0.072
1996 0.073
1997 0.073
1998 0.074
1999 0.076
2000 0.078
2001 0.082
2002 0.081
2003 0.080
2004 0.078
2005 0.076
2006 0.075
2007 0.074
2008 0.073
2009 0.072
2010 0.073
2011 0.072
2012 0.071
2013 0.071
2014 0.070
2015 0.076
2016 0.075
2017 0.074
2018 0.073

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Vietnam was 22.54 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 22.58 in 2015, while its lowest value was 16.40 in 1990.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 17.05
1962 17.05
1963 17.05
1964 17.05
1965 17.05
1966 17.05
1967 17.11
1968 17.17
1969 17.20
1970 17.30
1971 17.30
1972 17.36
1973 17.45
1974 17.51
1975 17.51
1976 18.13
1977 18.37
1978 18.43
1979 18.34
1980 18.25
1981 18.16
1982 18.07
1983 17.97
1984 17.88
1985 17.25
1986 17.11
1987 16.98
1988 16.77
1989 16.59
1990 16.40
1991 16.49
1992 16.92
1993 16.95
1994 16.79
1995 16.60
1996 17.06
1997 17.41
1998 17.71
1999 18.43
2000 19.93
2001 21.37
2002 21.25
2003 21.22
2004 20.86
2005 20.51
2006 20.47
2007 20.35
2008 20.26
2009 20.32
2010 20.76
2011 20.76
2012 20.64
2013 20.71
2014 20.67
2015 22.58
2016 22.57
2017 22.54
2018 22.54

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use