Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 960 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 960 ha for lentils, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and down 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 5,261 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 631 ha, in 1989.
Myanmar ranks 37th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,538 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,114 ha | -27.6% |
| 1963 | 1,761 ha | +58.1% |
| 1964 | 2,019 ha | +14.7% |
| 1965 | 1,528 ha | -24.3% |
| 1966 | 1,186 ha | -22.4% |
| 1967 | 1,284 ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 1,484 ha | +15.6% |
| 1969 | 3,972 ha | +167.7% |
| 1970 | 4,856 ha | +22.3% |
| 1971 | 5,261 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 4,905 ha | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 2,833 ha | -42.2% |
| 1974 | 2,433 ha | -14.1% |
| 1975 | 3,674 ha | +51.0% |
| 1976 | 3,803 ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 2,841 ha | -25.3% |
| 1978 | 2,994 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 3,277 ha | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 2,588 ha | -21.0% |
| 1981 | 2,140 ha | -17.3% |
| 1982 | 1,682 ha | -21.4% |
| 1983 | 1,290 ha | -23.3% |
| 1984 | 2,453 ha | +90.2% |
| 1985 | 3,825 ha | +55.9% |
| 1986 | 2,051 ha | -46.4% |
| 1987 | 2,737 ha | +33.4% |
| 1988 | 1,220 ha | -55.4% |
| 1989 | 631 ha | -48.3% |
| 1990 | 878 ha | +39.1% |
| 1991 | 2,023 ha | +130.4% |
| 1992 | 3,642 ha | +80.0% |
| 1993 | 3,237 ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 2,833 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 2,833 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,833 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,428 ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 2,023 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 3,642 ha | +80.0% |
| 2000 | 4,047 ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 2,833 ha | -30.0% |
| 2002 | 2,023 ha | -28.6% |
| 2003 | 2,428 ha | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 2,428 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,023 ha | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 3,642 ha | +80.0% |
| 2007 | 2,023 ha | -44.5% |
| 2008 | 2,023 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,428 ha | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 1,619 ha | -33.3% |
| 2011 | 1,619 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,619 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,619 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,619 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,619 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,461 ha | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 1,262 ha | -13.6% |
| 2018 | 1,137 ha | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 1,084 ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 1,041 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 1,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 924 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 926 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 960 ha | +3.7% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 960 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,114 ha, 45% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +167.7% | 1,484 ha | 3,972 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,765 ha | 1,114 ha | 3,972 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,688 ha | 2,433 ha | 5,261 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,062 ha | 631 ha | 3,825 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,637 ha | 878 ha | 3,642 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,590 ha | 2,023 ha | 4,047 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,466 ha | 1,084 ha | 1,619 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 970.2 ha | 924 ha | 1,041 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 34 Lebanon 2,000 ha compare
- 35 Madagascar 1,277 ha compare
- 36 Uzbekistan 1,088 ha compare
- 38 Palestine 678 ha compare
- 39 New Zealand 675 ha compare
- 40 Chile 629 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 lentils, dry — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Myanmar was 960 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 5,261 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 631 ha in 1989.
- How does Myanmar rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 37th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.7%. 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 Lentils, dry — 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.