Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Myanmar
Myanmar: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 539.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 539.9 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Myanmar peaked at 758.8 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 121 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Myanmar 78th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 121 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 131.8 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 137.1 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 124.5 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1965 | 148.5 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1966 | 141.1 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 148.6 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 199.1 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1969 | 215.3 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 229.4 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 217.1 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 308.8 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1973 | 383.1 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1974 | 352.9 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 252.7 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1976 | 255.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 244.3 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 374 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 1979 | 439 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1980 | 480.9 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 439.2 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1982 | 283.1 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1983 | 388.1 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1984 | 359.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1985 | 344.3 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 345.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 370.4 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 350.3 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 331.9 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 322.1 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 568.1 kg/ha | +76.4% |
| 1992 | 522.7 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 610.5 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 467.3 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1995 | 310.6 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 1996 | 358.2 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1997 | 385.2 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 310 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1999 | 309.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 310.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 370.6 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2002 | 382.7 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 380.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 367.7 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 336.3 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 372.2 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 397.8 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 542.3 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2009 | 630.9 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 673.4 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 702 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 715.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 719.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 729.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 751.2 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 758.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 704.7 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 612.1 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 603.1 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 582.7 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 607.2 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 610.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 614.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 539.9 kg/ha | -12.1% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 539.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 539.9 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 916.6 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +76.4% | 322.1 kg/ha | 568.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 151.89 kg/ha | 121 kg/ha | 215.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 305.71 kg/ha | 217.1 kg/ha | 439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 369.34 kg/ha | 283.1 kg/ha | 480.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 416.39 kg/ha | 309.2 kg/ha | 610.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 409.12 kg/ha | 310.6 kg/ha | 630.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 696.99 kg/ha | 603.1 kg/ha | 758.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 590.96 kg/ha | 539.9 kg/ha | 614.3 kg/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 — yield in Myanmar?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Myanmar was 539.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 758.8 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 121 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Myanmar ranks 78th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.