Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 19,337 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 19,337 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 61,457 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 16,138 ha, in 2011.
That places Myanmar 17th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,600 ha | -6.0% |
| 1963 | 51,000 ha | +61.4% |
| 1964 | 56,300 ha | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 38,000 ha | -32.5% |
| 1966 | 58,700 ha | +54.5% |
| 1967 | 51,800 ha | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 55,875 ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 61,457 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 54,725 ha | -11.0% |
| 1971 | 37,402 ha | -31.7% |
| 1972 | 32,215 ha | -13.9% |
| 1973 | 40,496 ha | +25.7% |
| 1974 | 57,204 ha | +41.3% |
| 1975 | 57,498 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 56,053 ha | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 49,777 ha | -11.2% |
| 1978 | 51,396 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 50,586 ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 59,376 ha | +17.4% |
| 1981 | 47,571 ha | -19.9% |
| 1982 | 48,262 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 47,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 48,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 50,853 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 51,999 ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 49,686 ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 30,045 ha | -39.5% |
| 1989 | 38,048 ha | +26.6% |
| 1990 | 38,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 36,726 ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 33,537 ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 33,215 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 34,976 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 33,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 36,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 39,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 41,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 41,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 38,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 35,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 29,000 ha | -17.1% |
| 2004 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 33,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2007 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 27,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2009 | 20,471 ha | -24.2% |
| 2010 | 20,110 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 16,138 ha | -19.8% |
| 2012 | 16,338 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 19,380 ha | +18.6% |
| 2014 | 20,931 ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 17,420 ha | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 19,244 ha | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 19,879 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 19,760 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 19,469 ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 19,157 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 19,071 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 19,382 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 19,359 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 19,337 ha | -0.1% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 19,337 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,510 ha, 5.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 19,337 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 18,448 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Myanmar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +61.4% | 31,600 ha | 51,000 ha |
| 1966 | +54.5% | 38,000 ha | 58,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,704 ha | 31,600 ha | 61,457 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,735 ha | 32,215 ha | 57,498 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,084 ha | 30,045 ha | 59,376 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,850 ha | 33,000 ha | 41,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,447 ha | 20,471 ha | 41,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,867 ha | 16,138 ha | 20,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,261 ha | 19,071 ha | 19,382 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 14 Italy 22,950 ha compare
- 15 Saudi Arabia 21,746 ha compare
- 16 Latvia 20,300 ha compare
- 18 China 18,448 ha compare
- 19 China, mainland 18,246 ha compare
- 20 Czechoslovakia 18,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Myanmar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.253 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 376.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4495 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6942 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Myanmar was 19,337 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 61,457 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,138 ha in 2011.
- How does Myanmar rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 17th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — 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.