Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 3.39 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Myanmar is 3.39 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.8% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 4.51 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 492,910 ha, in 1962.
Myanmar ranks 5th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 | 584,692 ha | 492,910 ha | 663,095 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 609,620 ha | 574,977 ha | 658,798 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 648,688 ha | 518,435 ha | 736,268 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.48 million ha | 673,748 ha | 2.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.20 million ha | 2.44 million ha | 3.90 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.15 million ha | 3.89 million ha | 4.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.71 million ha | 3.39 million ha | 3.82 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
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 pulses, total — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Myanmar was 3.39 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 4.51 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 492,910 ha in 1962.
- How does Myanmar rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 5th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.