Viet Nam | Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. Development relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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 | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
331690 1961
331690 1962
331690 1963
331690 1964
331690 1965
331690 1966
331690 1967
331690 1968
331690 1969
331690 1970
331690 1971
331690 1972
331690 1973
331690 1974
331690 1975
331690 1976
329570 1977
329570 1978
331610 1979
331690 1980
331690 1981
331690 1982
331690 1983
331690 1984
331690 1985
331690 1986
330350 1987
330360 1988
330360 1989
331030 1990
331060 1991
331090 1992
331110 1993
331110 1994
331110 1995
331110 1996
331110 1997
331110 1998
331110 1999
329240 2000
329250 2001
329300 2002
329310 2003
329314 2004
331212 2005
331212 2006
331212 2007
331051 2008
331051 2009
330954 2010
330957 2011
330951 2012
330960 2013
331230 2014
331230 2015
331230 2016
331230 2017
331240 2018
331310 2019
331340 2020
331340 2021
2022

Viet Nam | Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. Development relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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