Rice — Area harvested in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Rice — Area harvested was 7.06 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Viet Nam, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Viet Nam is 7.06 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Viet Nam peaked at 7.90 million ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.50 million ha, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.74 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 4.89 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 4.50 million ha | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 4.99 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1965 | 4.83 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 4.68 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 4.80 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 4.89 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 4.93 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 4.72 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 4.69 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 4.90 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 5.03 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 5.11 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 4.86 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 5.30 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 5.47 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 5.46 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 5.49 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 5.60 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 5.65 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 5.71 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 5.61 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 5.67 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 5.72 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 5.70 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 5.60 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 5.74 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 5.91 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 6.04 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 6.30 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 6.48 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 6.56 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 6.60 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 6.77 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 7.00 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 7.10 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 7.35 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 7.65 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 7.67 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 7.49 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 7.50 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 7.45 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 7.45 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 7.33 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 7.32 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 7.21 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 7.40 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 7.44 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 7.49 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 7.66 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 7.76 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 7.90 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 7.82 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 7.83 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 7.73 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 7.71 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 7.57 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 7.45 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 7.22 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 7.22 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 7.09 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 7.12 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 7.06 million ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.80 million ha | 4.50 million ha | 4.99 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.10 million ha | 4.69 million ha | 5.49 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.69 million ha | 5.60 million ha | 5.91 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.79 million ha | 6.04 million ha | 7.65 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.43 million ha | 7.21 million ha | 7.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.69 million ha | 7.45 million ha | 7.90 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.14 million ha | 7.06 million ha | 7.22 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 1 India 50.51 million ha compare
- 2 China 29.26 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 29.01 million ha compare
- 4 Bangladesh 11.45 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.84 million ha compare
- 5 Thailand 11.25 million ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 10.05 million ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1.30 million ha compare
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- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.4916 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6306 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.1419 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.9155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -0.267 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8196 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Viet Nam?
- Rice — area harvested in Viet Nam was 7.06 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 7.90 million ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.50 million ha in 1963.
- How does Viet Nam rank for rice — area harvested?
- Viet Nam ranks 3rd out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. 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, published as part of Rice — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.