Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 3.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Viet Nam, 1986–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Viet Nam is 3.8%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Viet Nam peaked at 7.0% in 1989 and was at its lowest, -1.1%, in 1987.
Viet Nam ranks 67th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 3.0% | — |
| 1987 | -1.1% | -138.2% |
| 1988 | 3.6% | -419.6% |
| 1989 | 7.0% | +92.0% |
| 1990 | 1.0% | -85.8% |
| 1991 | 2.2% | +118.6% |
| 1992 | 6.9% | +216.1% |
| 1993 | 3.3% | -52.3% |
| 1994 | 3.4% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | +42.6% |
| 1996 | 4.4% | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 4.3% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 3.6% | -15.8% |
| 1999 | 5.2% | +45.8% |
| 2000 | 4.6% | -11.5% |
| 2001 | 3.2% | -31.6% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | +32.0% |
| 2003 | 3.7% | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 3.8% | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | -59.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | -74.6% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | +772.9% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | -32.3% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | -11.8% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | +26.6% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -21.7% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -34.0% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | +91.6% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | +29.9% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | -35.2% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | +22.1% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | -9.2% |
| 2025 | 3.8% | +5.6% |
Viet Nam compared with similar countries
- Viet Nam's 3.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.1%, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Viet Nam's 3.8% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.1%, 1.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +772.9% | 0.5% | 4.2% |
| 1988 | +419.6% | -1.1% | 3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.1% | -1.1% | 7.0% | 4 |
| 1990s | 3.9% | 1.0% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.9% | 1.9% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 0.5% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More economy & growth data for Viet Nam
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 600.00 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 5.94 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 20.17 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 9.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0423 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 199.73 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 3.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1663 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 842.34 includes gold, current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Viet Nam?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Viet Nam was 3.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 7.0% in 1989.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.1% in 1987.
- How does Viet Nam rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Viet Nam ranks 67th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.