Viet Nam | Land area (sq. km)
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Viet Nam
Records
63
Source
Viet Nam | Land area (sq. km)
1960
325490 1961
325490 1962
325490 1963
325490 1964
325490 1965
325490 1966
325490 1967
325490 1968
325490 1969
325490 1970
325490 1971
325490 1972
325490 1973
325490 1974
325490 1975
325490 1976
325490 1977
325490 1978
325490 1979
325490 1980
325490 1981
325490 1982
325490 1983
325490 1984
325490 1985
325490 1986
325490 1987
325490 1988
325490 1989
325490 1990
325490 1991
325490 1992
325490 1993
325490 1994
325490 1995
325490 1996
325490 1997
325490 1998
325490 1999
311060 2000
311090 2001
310550 2002
310070 2003
310070 2004
312837 2005
312795 2006
312558 2007
312792 2008
312762 2009
313294 2010
313284 2011
313457 2012
313007.33 2013
313371 2014
313383 2015
313387 2016
313403 2017
313429 2018
313429 2019
313429 2020
313429 2021
2022
Viet Nam | Land area (sq. km)
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Viet Nam
Records
63
Source