Millet — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Millet — Area harvested was 186,298 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Myanmar stood at 186,298 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 253,333 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 124,915 ha, in 1982.
That places Myanmar 19th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 153,798 ha | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 141,848 ha | -7.8% |
| 1964 | 143,642 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 144,529 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 133,306 ha | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 161,730 ha | +21.3% |
| 1968 | 172,718 ha | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 171,531 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 164,100 ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 146,054 ha | -11.0% |
| 1972 | 163,527 ha | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 152,552 ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 151,630 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 141,237 ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 150,140 ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 173,207 ha | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 167,942 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 196,646 ha | +17.1% |
| 1980 | 174,525 ha | -11.2% |
| 1981 | 165,026 ha | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 124,915 ha | -24.3% |
| 1983 | 236,394 ha | +89.2% |
| 1984 | 206,476 ha | -12.7% |
| 1985 | 200,306 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 201,901 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 149,118 ha | -26.1% |
| 1988 | 156,244 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 175,342 ha | +12.2% |
| 1990 | 168,093 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 177,657 ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 203,557 ha | +14.6% |
| 1993 | 205,176 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 200,724 ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 227,029 ha | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 223,791 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 242,812 ha | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 237,955 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 251,310 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 250,096 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 229,862 ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 231,885 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 231,076 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 229,457 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 253,333 ha | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 238,765 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 203,962 ha | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 206,795 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 223,791 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 220,554 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 222,173 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 218,126 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 225,815 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 235,527 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 238,360 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 237,804 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 215,492 ha | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 174,524 ha | -19.0% |
| 2019 | 160,553 ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 160,466 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 162,573 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 155,418 ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 187,275 ha | +20.5% |
| 2024 | 186,298 ha | -0.5% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 186,298 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 2.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +89.2% | 124,915 ha | 236,394 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 151,456 ha | 133,306 ha | 172,718 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 160,704 ha | 141,237 ha | 196,646 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 179,025 ha | 124,915 ha | 236,394 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 213,810 ha | 168,093 ha | 251,310 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 229,902 ha | 203,962 ha | 253,333 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 214,893 ha | 160,553 ha | 238,360 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 170,406 ha | 155,418 ha | 187,275 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 millet — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Millet — area harvested in Myanmar was 186,298 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 253,333 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 124,915 ha in 1982.
- How does Myanmar rank for millet — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 19th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. 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 Millet — 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.