Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production was 6.04 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
6.04 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
29th
of 186 countries
All-time high
6.04 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
All-time low
1.68 tonnes per hectare
in 1968
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Viet Nam, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 6.04 tonnes per hectare for change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Viet Nam peaked at 6.04 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.68 tonnes per hectare, in 1968.
Viet Nam ranks 29th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | -7.2% |
| 1967 | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | -10.5% |
| 1969 | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | +19.7% |
| 1971 | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 2 tonnes per hectare | +14.7% |
| 1980 | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | +14.4% |
| 1983 | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 2.65 tonnes per hectare | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 2.69 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 2.72 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 2.85 tonnes per hectare | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 3.07 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 3.21 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 3.36 tonnes per hectare | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 3.46 tonnes per hectare | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 3.57 tonnes per hectare | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 3.67 tonnes per hectare | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 3.76 tonnes per hectare | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 3.88 tonnes per hectare | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 3.97 tonnes per hectare | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 4.11 tonnes per hectare | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 4.17 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 4.44 tonnes per hectare | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 4.51 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 4.69 tonnes per hectare | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 4.73 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 4.75 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 4.85 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 4.9 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5.08 tonnes per hectare | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 5.18 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 5.38 tonnes per hectare | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 5.46 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 5.43 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 5.58 tonnes per hectare | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 5.6 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 5.44 tonnes per hectare | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 5.43 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 5.69 tonnes per hectare | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 5.72 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 5.8 tonnes per hectare | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 5.95 tonnes per hectare | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 5.9 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 6 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 6.04 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.5 tonnes per hectare | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | 3.97 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.62 tonnes per hectare | 4.11 tonnes per hectare | 5.08 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.49 tonnes per hectare | 5.18 tonnes per hectare | 5.72 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.94 tonnes per hectare | 5.8 tonnes per hectare | 6.04 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More agriculture & rural data for Viet Nam
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 589.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0489 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6117 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Viet Nam?
- Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Viet Nam was 6.04 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 6.04 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.68 tonnes per hectare in 1968.
- How does Viet Nam rank for change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production?
- Viet Nam ranks 29th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.