Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 862,053 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Viet Nam, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Viet Nam stood at 862,053 ha.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Viet Nam peaked at 1.44 million ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 230,000 ha, in 1967.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 260,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 262,020 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 272,750 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 257,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 277,400 ha | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 267,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 230,000 ha | -14.0% |
| 1968 | 239,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 242,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 233,700 ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 236,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 235,500 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 240,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 250,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 267,100 ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 336,600 ha | +26.0% |
| 1977 | 402,900 ha | +19.7% |
| 1978 | 392,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 374,300 ha | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 389,600 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 384,600 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 381,400 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 378,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 386,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 397,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 400,900 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 405,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 510,500 ha | +25.9% |
| 1989 | 509,400 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 431,800 ha | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 447,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 478,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 496,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 534,700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 556,800 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 615,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 662,900 ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 652,377 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 691,800 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 730,200 ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 729,500 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 816,400 ha | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 912,700 ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 991,100 ha | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 1.05 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 1.03 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.10 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 1.44 million ha | +31.4% |
| 2009 | 1.09 million ha | -24.4% |
| 2010 | 1.13 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 1.12 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.16 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 1.17 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.18 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.16 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.15 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.10 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 1.03 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 985,162 ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 939,563 ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 900,673 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 885,435 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 880,209 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 862,053 ha | -2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Viet Nam changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +31.4% | 1.10 million ha | 1.44 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 256,430 ha | 230,000 ha | 277,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 296,870 ha | 233,700 ha | 402,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 414,410 ha | 378,300 ha | 510,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 556,768 ha | 431,800 ha | 691,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 989,110 ha | 729,500 ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.12 million ha | 985,162 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 893,587 ha | 862,053 ha | 939,563 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 3 Brazil 21.19 million ha compare
- 4 India 11.35 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 5.74 million ha compare
- 5 Argentina 8.74 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.11 million ha compare
- 6 Mexico 6.57 million ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 5.50 million ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 789,379 ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 4.07 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 652,727 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 585,000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 3.40 million ha compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8196 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -0.267 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6306 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Viet Nam?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Viet Nam was 862,053 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 1.44 million ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 230,000 ha in 1967.
- How does Viet Nam rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Viet Nam ranks 6th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.