Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Viet Nam

Viet Nam: Fires in organic soils — Burned Area was 889.29 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
889.29 ha
World rank
3rd
of 21 countries
All-time high
3,848 ha
in 2002
All-time low
0 ha
in 2001
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Viet Nam, 1990–2024

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k1990200720241990: 490.8 ha1991: 490.8 ha1992: 490.8 ha1993: 490.8 ha1994: 490.8 ha1995: 490.8 ha1996: 413.9 ha1997: 288.5 ha1998: 567 ha1999: 494.2 ha2000: 361.8 ha2001: 0 ha2002: 3.8k ha2003: 0 ha2004: 872.2 ha2005: 752.5 ha2006: 0 ha2007: 68.4 ha2008: 0 ha2009: 68.4 ha2010: 376.2 ha2011: 51.3 ha2012: 0 ha2013: 3.4k ha2014: 1.0k ha2015: 0 ha2016: 0 ha2017: 0 ha2018: 34.2 ha2019: 17.1 ha2020: 684.1 ha2021: 17.1 ha2022: 0 ha2023: 0 ha2024: 889.3 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fires in organic soils — burned area in Viet Nam is 889.29 ha, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 14.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — burned area in Viet Nam peaked at 3,848 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2001.

Viet Nam ranks 3rd of 21 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Viet Nam, year by year

Annual values for Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Viet Nam, 1990 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1990 490.82 ha
1991 490.82 ha +0.0%
1992 490.82 ha +0.0%
1993 490.82 ha +0.0%
1994 490.82 ha +0.0%
1995 490.82 ha +0.0%
1996 413.91 ha -15.7%
1997 288.48 ha -30.3%
1998 566.98 ha +96.5%
1999 494.22 ha -12.8%
2000 361.85 ha -26.8%
2001 0 ha -100.0%
2002 3,848 ha
2003 0 ha -100.0%
2004 872.22 ha
2005 752.49 ha -13.7%
2006 0 ha -100.0%
2007 68.41 ha
2008 0 ha -100.0%
2009 68.41 ha
2010 376.24 ha +450.0%
2011 51.31 ha -86.4%
2012 0 ha -100.0%
2013 3,386 ha
2014 1,043 ha -69.2%
2015 0 ha -100.0%
2016 0 ha
2017 0 ha
2018 34.2 ha
2019 17.1 ha -50.0%
2020 684.07 ha +3899.8%
2021 17.1 ha -97.5%
2022 0 ha -100.0%
2023 0 ha
2024 889.29 ha

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 470.85 ha 288.48 ha 566.98 ha 10
2000s 597.13 ha 0 ha 3,848 ha 10
2010s 490.83 ha 0 ha 3,386 ha 10
2020s 318.09 ha 0 ha 889.29 ha 5

Countries ranked near Viet Nam

  1. 1 Indonesia 28,346 ha compare
  2. 2 Malaysia 8,403 ha compare
  3. 3 Myanmar 5,858 ha compare
  4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 ha
  5. 4 Thailand 51.3 ha compare
  6. 4 Timor-Leste 0 ha
  7. 4 Türkiye 0 ha
  8. 5 Afghanistan 0 ha
  9. 5 Albania 0 ha
  10. 5 Algeria 0 ha
  11. 5 American Samoa 0 ha
  12. 5 Andorra 0 ha
  13. 5 Angola 0 ha
  14. 5 Anguilla 0 ha
  15. 5 Antigua and Barbuda 0 ha
  16. 5 Argentina 0 ha
  17. 5 Armenia 0 ha
  18. 5 Aruba 0 ha
  19. 5 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 ha
  20. 5 Australia 0 ha
  21. 5 Austria 0 ha
  22. 5 Azerbaijan 0 ha
  23. 5 Bahamas 0 ha
  24. 5 Bahrain 0 ha
  25. 5 Bangladesh 0 ha
  26. 5 Barbados 0 ha
  27. 5 Belarus 0 ha
  28. 5 Belgium 0 ha
  29. 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 ha
  30. 5 Belize 0 ha
  31. 5 Benin 0 ha
  32. 5 Bermuda 0 ha
  33. 5 Bhutan 0 ha
  34. 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 ha
  35. 5 Botswana 0 ha
  36. 5 Brazil 0 ha
  37. 5 British Virgin Islands 0 ha
  38. 5 Brunei Darussalam 0 ha compare
  39. 5 Bulgaria 0 ha
  40. 5 Burkina Faso 0 ha
  41. 5 Burundi 0 ha
  42. 5 Cabo Verde 0 ha
  43. 5 Cambodia 0 ha
  44. 5 Cameroon 0 ha
  45. 5 Canada 0 ha
  46. 5 Cayman Islands 0 ha
  47. 5 Central African Republic 0 ha
  48. 5 Chad 0 ha
  49. 5 Chile 0 ha
  50. 5 China 0 ha
  51. 5 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 ha
  52. 5 China, Macao SAR 0 ha
  53. 5 China, mainland 0 ha
  54. 5 China, Taiwan Province of 0 ha
  55. 5 Colombia 0 ha
  56. 5 Comoros 0 ha
  57. 5 Congo 0 ha
  58. 5 Cook Islands 0 ha
  59. 5 Costa Rica 0 ha
  60. 5 Croatia 0 ha
  61. 5 Cuba 0 ha
  62. 5 Cyprus 0 ha
  63. 5 Czechia 0 ha
  64. 5 Denmark 0 ha
  65. 5 Djibouti 0 ha
  66. 5 Dominica 0 ha
  67. 5 Dominican Republic 0 ha
  68. 5 Ecuador 0 ha
  69. 5 Egypt 0 ha
  70. 5 El Salvador 0 ha
  71. 5 Equatorial Guinea 0 ha
  72. 5 Eritrea 0 ha
  73. 5 Estonia 0 ha
  74. 5 Eswatini 0 ha
  75. 5 Ethiopia 0 ha
  76. 5 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 ha
  77. 5 Faroe Islands 0 ha
  78. 5 Fiji 0 ha
  79. 5 Finland 0 ha
  80. 5 France 0 ha
  81. 5 French Guiana 0 ha
  82. 5 French Polynesia 0 ha
  83. 5 Gabon 0 ha
  84. 5 Gambia 0 ha
  85. 5 Georgia 0 ha
  86. 5 Germany 0 ha
  87. 5 Ghana 0 ha
  88. 5 Gibraltar 0 ha
  89. 5 Greece 0 ha
  90. 5 Greenland 0 ha
  91. 5 Grenada 0 ha
  92. 5 Guadeloupe 0 ha
  93. 5 Guam 0 ha
  94. 5 Guatemala 0 ha
  95. 5 Guinea 0 ha
  96. 5 Guinea-Bissau 0 ha
  97. 5 Guyana 0 ha
  98. 5 Haiti 0 ha
  99. 5 Honduras 0 ha
  100. 5 Hungary 0 ha
  101. 5 Iceland 0 ha
  102. 5 India 0 ha
  103. 5 Iraq 0 ha
  104. 5 Ireland 0 ha
  105. 5 Isle of Man 0 ha
  106. 5 Israel 0 ha
  107. 5 Italy 0 ha
  108. 5 Jamaica 0 ha
  109. 5 Japan 0 ha
  110. 5 Jordan 0 ha
  111. 5 Kazakhstan 0 ha
  112. 5 Kenya 0 ha
  113. 5 Kiribati 0 ha
  114. 5 Kuwait 0 ha
  115. 5 Kyrgyzstan 0 ha
  116. 5 Latvia 0 ha
  117. 5 Lebanon 0 ha
  118. 5 Lesotho 0 ha
  119. 5 Liberia 0 ha
  120. 5 Libya 0 ha
  121. 5 Lithuania 0 ha
  122. 5 Luxembourg 0 ha
  123. 5 Madagascar 0 ha
  124. 5 Malawi 0 ha
  125. 5 Maldives 0 ha
  126. 5 Mali 0 ha
  127. 5 Malta 0 ha
  128. 5 Marshall Islands 0 ha
  129. 5 Martinique 0 ha
  130. 5 Mauritania 0 ha
  131. 5 Mauritius 0 ha
  132. 5 Mayotte 0 ha
  133. 5 Mexico 0 ha
  134. 5 Mongolia 0 ha
  135. 5 Montenegro 0 ha
  136. 5 Montserrat 0 ha
  137. 5 Morocco 0 ha
  138. 5 Mozambique 0 ha
  139. 5 Namibia 0 ha
  140. 5 Naoero 0 ha
  141. 5 Nepal 0 ha
  142. 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
  143. 5 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 ha
  144. 5 New Caledonia 0 ha
  145. 5 New Zealand 0 ha
  146. 5 Nicaragua 0 ha
  147. 5 Niger 0 ha
  148. 5 Nigeria 0 ha
  149. 5 Niue 0 ha
  150. 5 Norfolk Island 0 ha
  151. 5 North Macedonia 0 ha
  152. 5 Northern Mariana Islands 0 ha
  153. 5 Norway 0 ha
  154. 5 Oman 0 ha
  155. 5 Pakistan 0 ha
  156. 5 Palau 0 ha
  157. 5 Palestine, State of 0 ha
  158. 5 Panama 0 ha
  159. 5 Papua New Guinea 0 ha
  160. 5 Paraguay 0 ha
  161. 5 Peru 0 ha
  162. 5 Philippines 0 ha
  163. 5 Pitcairn 0 ha
  164. 5 Poland 0 ha
  165. 5 Portugal 0 ha
  166. 5 Puerto Rico 0 ha
  167. 5 Qatar 0 ha
  168. 5 Republic of Korea 0 ha
  169. 5 Réunion 0 ha
  170. 5 Romania 0 ha
  171. 5 Russian Federation 0 ha
  172. 5 Rwanda 0 ha
  173. 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ha
  174. 5 Saint Lucia 0 ha
  175. 5 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 ha
  176. 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 ha
  177. 5 Samoa 0 ha
  178. 5 Sao Tome and Principe 0 ha
  179. 5 Saudi Arabia 0 ha
  180. 5 Senegal 0 ha
  181. 5 Serbia 0 ha
  182. 5 Serbia and Montenegro 0 ha
  183. 5 Seychelles 0 ha
  184. 5 Sierra Leone 0 ha
  185. 5 Singapore 0 ha
  186. 5 Slovakia 0 ha
  187. 5 Slovenia 0 ha
  188. 5 Solomon Islands 0 ha
  189. 5 Somalia 0 ha
  190. 5 South Africa 0 ha
  191. 5 South Sudan 0 ha
  192. 5 Spain 0 ha
  193. 5 Sri Lanka 0 ha
  194. 5 Sudan 0 ha
  195. 5 Sudan (former) 0 ha
  196. 5 Suriname 0 ha
  197. 5 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 ha
  198. 5 Sweden 0 ha
  199. 5 Switzerland 0 ha
  200. 5 Tajikistan 0 ha
  201. 5 Togo 0 ha
  202. 5 Tokelau 0 ha
  203. 5 Tonga 0 ha
  204. 5 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ha
  205. 5 Tunisia 0 ha
  206. 5 Turkmenistan 0 ha
  207. 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 ha
  208. 5 Tuvalu 0 ha
  209. 5 Uganda 0 ha
  210. 5 Ukraine 0 ha
  211. 5 United Arab Emirates 0 ha
  212. 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 ha
  213. 5 United States Virgin Islands 0 ha
  214. 5 Uruguay 0 ha
  215. 5 Uzbekistan 0 ha
  216. 5 Vanuatu 0 ha
  217. 5 Western Sahara 0 ha
  218. 5 Yemen 0 ha
  219. 5 Zambia 0 ha
  220. 5 Zimbabwe 0 ha
  221. 5 Australia and New Zealand 0 ha
  222. 5 OECD 0 ha

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Frequently asked questions

What is fires in organic soils — burned area in Viet Nam?
Fires in organic soils — burned area in Viet Nam was 889.29 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fires in organic soils — burned area recorded in Viet Nam?
The highest recorded value was 3,848 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest fires in organic soils — burned area recorded in Viet Nam?
The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2001.
How does Viet Nam rank for fires in organic soils — burned area?
Viet Nam ranks 3rd out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
Is fires in organic soils — burned area rising or falling in Viet Nam?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Fires in organic soils — Burned Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fires in organic soils — Burned Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 9,224 data points, 1990–2024
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