Potatoes — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Potatoes — Area harvested was 26,999 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Myanmar stood at 26,999 ha.
The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 38,850 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7,262 ha, in 1968.
Myanmar ranks 61st of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,196 ha | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 20,196 ha | -4.7% |
| 1964 | 16,061 ha | -20.5% |
| 1965 | 14,519 ha | -9.6% |
| 1966 | 13,618 ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 7,669 ha | -43.7% |
| 1968 | 7,262 ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 8,740 ha | +20.4% |
| 1970 | 8,094 ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 8,743 ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 7,944 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 10,117 ha | +27.4% |
| 1974 | 10,542 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 10,552 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 11,244 ha | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 11,945 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 11,234 ha | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 11,133 ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 12,034 ha | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 14,139 ha | +17.5% |
| 1982 | 14,539 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 14,984 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 15,426 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 16,586 ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 17,151 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 16,378 ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 15,083 ha | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 13,916 ha | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 13,834 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 15,378 ha | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 15,378 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 16,187 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 15,783 ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 19,425 ha | +23.1% |
| 1996 | 20,639 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 22,258 ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 23,472 ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 25,900 ha | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 29,137 ha | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 29,319 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 31,566 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 32,780 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 34,803 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 34,803 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 36,422 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 36,826 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 37,636 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 38,040 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 38,850 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 37,231 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 36,826 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 36,422 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 36,422 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 36,826 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 36,534 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 32,705 ha | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 31,931 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 31,355 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 30,186 ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 30,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 28,574 ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 28,073 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 26,999 ha | -3.8% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 26,999 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 26,999 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,358 ha, 2.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | -43.7% | 13,618 ha | 7,669 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,207 ha | 7,262 ha | 21,196 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,155 ha | 7,944 ha | 11,945 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,024 ha | 12,034 ha | 17,151 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,825 ha | 13,834 ha | 25,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,133 ha | 29,137 ha | 38,040 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,510 ha | 31,355 ha | 38,850 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,766 ha | 26,999 ha | 30,186 ha | 5 |
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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 potatoes — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Myanmar was 26,999 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 38,850 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,262 ha in 1968.
- How does Myanmar rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 61st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. 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 Potatoes — 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.