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 41st of 63 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.
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
- 38 Lebanon 2,000 ha compare
- 39 Madagascar 1,277 ha compare
- 40 Uzbekistan 1,088 ha compare
- 42 Palestine 678 ha compare
- 43 New Zealand 675 ha compare
- 44 Chile 629 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Myanmar
- Agriculture share gdp 25.3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 69.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.08 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 25.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 26,644 t (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 41st out of 63 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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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.