Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1.23 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Myanmar stood at 1.23 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 1.23 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 445,964 ha, in 1997.
Myanmar ranks 8th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 469,528 ha | — |
| 1962 | 515,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1963 | 606,211 ha | +17.7% |
| 1964 | 558,200 ha | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 529,015 ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 518,388 ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 449,165 ha | -13.4% |
| 1968 | 502,848 ha | +12.0% |
| 1969 | 597,327 ha | +18.8% |
| 1970 | 595,704 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 693,050 ha | +16.3% |
| 1972 | 666,417 ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 609,868 ha | -8.5% |
| 1974 | 638,093 ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 660,243 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 661,166 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 570,751 ha | -13.7% |
| 1978 | 563,253 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 522,398 ha | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 455,731 ha | -12.8% |
| 1981 | 489,656 ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 555,344 ha | +13.4% |
| 1983 | 540,141 ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 523,760 ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 620,054 ha | +18.4% |
| 1986 | 548,744 ha | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 522,564 ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 505,179 ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 515,031 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 523,828 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 468,222 ha | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 484,814 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 466,198 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 496,550 ha | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 514,761 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 477,934 ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 445,964 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 490,479 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 560,085 ha | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 585,985 ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 567,370 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 580,320 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 654,377 ha | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 683,515 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 730,054 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 755,549 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 815,038 ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 844,175 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 866,433 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 876,955 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 887,072 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 911,353 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 930,778 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 949,393 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 949,756 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 989,174 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 1.03 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 1.13 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.19 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 1.22 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 1.23 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 1.23 million ha | -0.3% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 1.23 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 30.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 1.23 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,560 ha, 221.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 527,298 ha | 449,165 ha | 606,211 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 618,094 ha | 522,398 ha | 693,050 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 527,620 ha | 455,731 ha | 620,054 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 492,884 ha | 445,964 ha | 560,085 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 708,282 ha | 567,370 ha | 866,433 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 969,458 ha | 876,955 ha | 1.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.20 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 515,000 ha compare
- 5 Sudan 2.45 million ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 1.70 million ha compare
- 7 Senegal 1.27 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 148,103 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 57,642 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19,153 ha compare
- 9 Niger 1.04 million ha compare
- 10 Guinea 880,000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,175 ha compare
- 11 Chad 756,261 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 8,047 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Myanmar was 1.23 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 445,964 ha in 1997.
- How does Myanmar rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 8th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.