Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Myanmar
Myanmar: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 13,956 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 13,956 kg/ha for plantains and cooking bananas — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Myanmar peaked at 13,956 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,767 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Myanmar 16th out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,789 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,767 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 3,954 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 4,066 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 4,393 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 4,228 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 4,209 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 4,263 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 4,298 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 4,414 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 4,408 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 4,235 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 4,160 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 4,378 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 4,299 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 4,264 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 5,009 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1978 | 4,340 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1979 | 4,324 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 4,461 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 4,521 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 4,789 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 5,089 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 5,049 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 5,159 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 5,413 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 5,783 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 5,811 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 5,924 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 5,444 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1991 | 5,497 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 6,022 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 7,399 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1994 | 7,471 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 6,477 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 7,451 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 9,424 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1998 | 9,389 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 8,292 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2000 | 9,366 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2001 | 9,602 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 9,957 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 10,190 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 9,200 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 11,022 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2006 | 11,981 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 11,961 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 11,530 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 12,309 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 12,700 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 12,893 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 13,084 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 13,377 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 13,751 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 13,829 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 13,577 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 13,292 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 13,930 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 13,073 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 13,015 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 13,921 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 13,196 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 13,464 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 13,956 kg/ha | +3.7% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 13,956 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,583 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 13,956 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,836 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,107 kg/ha | 3,767 kg/ha | 4,393 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,383 kg/ha | 4,160 kg/ha | 5,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,200 kg/ha | 4,461 kg/ha | 5,924 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,287 kg/ha | 5,444 kg/ha | 9,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,712 kg/ha | 9,200 kg/ha | 12,309 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,351 kg/ha | 12,700 kg/ha | 13,930 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,511 kg/ha | 13,015 kg/ha | 13,956 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 13 Guatemala 15,204 kg/ha compare
- 14 Panama 15,026 kg/ha compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 3,842 kg/ha compare
- 15 Saint Lucia 14,035 kg/ha compare
- 17 El Salvador 13,750 kg/ha compare
- 18 Kenya 12,277 kg/ha compare
- 19 Dominica 12,105 kg/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 plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Myanmar?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Myanmar was 13,956 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 13,956 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,767 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Myanmar rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Myanmar ranks 16th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield. 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.