Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 521,862 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Myanmar stood at 521,862 ha.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 606,000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 67,164 ha, in 1970.
That places Myanmar 50th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87,975 ha | 67,860 ha | 126,088 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 79,876 ha | 67,164 ha | 100,096 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 149,622 ha | 120,866 ha | 186,172 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 156,052 ha | 124,239 ha | 203,557 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 301,572 ha | 210,437 ha | 363,003 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 461,083 ha | 388,903 ha | 519,227 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 566,952 ha | 521,862 ha | 606,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 47 Guinea 650,000 ha compare
- 48 Côte d'Ivoire 640,000 ha compare
- 49 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 585,000 ha compare
- 51 Bulgaria 503,030 ha compare
- 52 Germany 498,400 ha compare
- 53 Bangladesh 496,681 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Myanmar was 521,862 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 606,000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,164 ha in 1970.
- How does Myanmar rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 50th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.