Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 208,391 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 208,391 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 13.8% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 312,193 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 59,442 ha, in 1991.
Myanmar ranks 22nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 139,645 ha | — |
| 1962 | 177,982 ha | +27.5% |
| 1963 | 219,257 ha | +23.2% |
| 1964 | 260,667 ha | +18.9% |
| 1965 | 253,548 ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 232,472 ha | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 197,902 ha | -14.9% |
| 1968 | 202,614 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 154,510 ha | -23.7% |
| 1970 | 151,787 ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 202,490 ha | +33.4% |
| 1972 | 263,337 ha | +30.0% |
| 1973 | 276,838 ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 264,031 ha | -4.6% |
| 1975 | 218,737 ha | -17.2% |
| 1976 | 199,249 ha | -8.9% |
| 1977 | 160,712 ha | -19.3% |
| 1978 | 189,397 ha | +17.8% |
| 1979 | 260,601 ha | +37.6% |
| 1980 | 237,867 ha | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 284,322 ha | +19.5% |
| 1982 | 235,127 ha | -17.3% |
| 1983 | 254,017 ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 253,340 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 279,755 ha | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 246,038 ha | -12.1% |
| 1987 | 202,052 ha | -17.9% |
| 1988 | 192,110 ha | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 204,735 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 173,040 ha | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 59,442 ha | -65.6% |
| 1992 | 61,644 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 73,954 ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 95,178 ha | +28.7% |
| 1995 | 257,154 ha | +170.2% |
| 1996 | 253,220 ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 231,486 ha | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 260,366 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 275,699 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 249,170 ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 222,237 ha | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 237,742 ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 247,382 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 254,386 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 278,222 ha | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 294,442 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 312,193 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 298,401 ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 284,968 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 278,140 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 258,502 ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 218,622 ha | -15.4% |
| 2013 | 233,164 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 238,890 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 226,257 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 203,332 ha | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 185,049 ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 193,415 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 168,843 ha | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 158,214 ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 159,570 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 186,103 ha | +16.6% |
| 2023 | 183,157 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 208,391 ha | +13.8% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 208,391 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 36,080 ha, 5.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 208,391 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 138,288 ha, 1.5× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +170.2% | 95,178 ha | 257,154 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 204,289 ha | 139,645 ha | 260,667 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 218,718 ha | 151,787 ha | 276,838 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 238,936 ha | 192,110 ha | 284,322 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 174,118 ha | 59,442 ha | 275,699 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 267,914 ha | 222,237 ha | 312,193 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 220,421 ha | 168,843 ha | 278,140 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 179,087 ha | 158,214 ha | 208,391 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Myanmar was 208,391 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 312,193 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,442 ha in 1991.
- How does Myanmar rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 22nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.