Rice — Yield in Myanmar
Myanmar: Rice — Yield was 3,941 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 3,941 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Myanmar peaked at 4,066 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,469 kg/ha, in 1966.
Myanmar ranks 58th of 114 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.
Rice — Yield in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,607 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,647 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 1,596 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 1,710 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 1,661 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 1,469 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1967 | 1,651 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 1,684 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 1,709 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 1,697 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 1,716 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 1,625 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 1,763 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1974 | 1,757 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 1,831 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 1,897 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 1,945 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 2,101 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 2,352 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 2,774 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1981 | 2,942 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 3,150 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 3,067 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 3,098 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 3,072 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 3,028 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 3,042 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 2,908 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 2,917 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 2,935 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 2,886 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 2,934 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 3,054 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 3,168 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,976 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 3,064 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 3,079 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 3,128 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 3,240 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 3,383 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 3,418 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 3,419 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,544 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 3,636 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 3,750 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 3,830 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 3,926 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 4,032 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 4,056 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 4,066 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 3,834 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 3,812 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 3,854 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 3,908 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 3,934 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 3,879 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 3,860 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,919 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 3,857 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,865 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,896 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 3,947 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 3,982 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 3,941 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 3,941 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 3,941 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,792 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,637 kg/ha | 1,469 kg/ha | 1,710 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,869 kg/ha | 1,625 kg/ha | 2,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,000 kg/ha | 2,774 kg/ha | 3,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,047 kg/ha | 2,886 kg/ha | 3,240 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,699 kg/ha | 3,383 kg/ha | 4,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,892 kg/ha | 3,812 kg/ha | 4,066 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,926 kg/ha | 3,865 kg/ha | 3,982 kg/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 rice — yield in Myanmar?
- Rice — yield in Myanmar was 3,941 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 4,066 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,469 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Myanmar rank for rice — yield?
- Myanmar ranks 58th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 Rice — Yield. 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.