Agricultural land in Viet Nam

Agricultural land made up 39.2% of the land area of Viet Nam in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Viet Nam, 2024 39.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 39.2%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Viet Nam (2024).
Position in 2024 96th of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Viet Nam over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period Viet NamWorld
2024 39.2% –
2023 39.2% 36.9%
2022 39.3% 37.0%
2021 39.4% 37.0%
2020 39.4% 36.9%
2019 39.5% 36.9%
2018 38.7% 36.9%
2017 38.8% 37.0%
2016 38.8% 36.8%
2015 38.8% 36.8%
2014 34.7% 37.0%
2013 34.7% 37.0%
2012 34.4% 37.0%
2011 34.4% 36.7%
2010 34.3% 36.5%
2009 33.6% 36.5%
2008 32.7% 36.5%
2007 32.2% 36.6%
2006 32.2% 36.6%
2005 32.1% 36.6%
2004 31.6% 36.6%
2003 30.8% 37.0%
2002 30.4% 37.1%
2001 30.5% 37.2%
2000 28.7% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.7%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Viet Nam has the 96th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Viet Nam
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)