Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 207,823 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 207,823 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 13.8% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 279,638 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 26,305 ha, in 1993.
That places Myanmar 19th out of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 133,723 ha | — |
| 1962 | 168,776 ha | +26.2% |
| 1963 | 200,303 ha | +18.7% |
| 1964 | 235,102 ha | +17.4% |
| 1965 | 232,412 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 204,197 ha | -12.1% |
| 1967 | 173,313 ha | -15.1% |
| 1968 | 169,872 ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 121,425 ha | -28.5% |
| 1970 | 118,979 ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 160,700 ha | +35.1% |
| 1972 | 182,225 ha | +13.4% |
| 1973 | 170,348 ha | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 170,471 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 171,135 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 155,745 ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 126,075 ha | -19.1% |
| 1978 | 130,168 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 164,686 ha | +26.5% |
| 1980 | 143,174 ha | -13.1% |
| 1981 | 192,420 ha | +34.4% |
| 1982 | 200,565 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 194,400 ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 201,129 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 228,932 ha | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 200,284 ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 159,995 ha | -20.1% |
| 1988 | 155,095 ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 161,519 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 141,461 ha | -12.4% |
| 1991 | 33,588 ha | -76.3% |
| 1992 | 34,398 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 26,305 ha | -23.5% |
| 1994 | 64,345 ha | +144.6% |
| 1995 | 219,340 ha | +240.9% |
| 1996 | 205,580 ha | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 187,774 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 225,815 ha | +20.3% |
| 1999 | 237,551 ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 211,246 ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 176,038 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 184,132 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 192,631 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 211,651 ha | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 251,310 ha | +18.7% |
| 2006 | 263,451 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 278,019 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 279,638 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 272,354 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 267,093 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 247,668 ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 212,055 ha | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 229,457 ha | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 237,146 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 224,883 ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 201,951 ha | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 183,904 ha | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 192,868 ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 168,300 ha | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 157,801 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 159,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 185,480 ha | +16.4% |
| 2023 | 182,599 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 207,823 ha | +13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 182,125 ha | 121,425 ha | 235,102 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 155,053 ha | 118,979 ha | 182,225 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 183,751 ha | 143,174 ha | 228,932 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 137,616 ha | 26,305 ha | 237,551 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 232,047 ha | 176,038 ha | 279,638 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 216,532 ha | 168,300 ha | 267,093 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,601 ha | 157,801 ha | 207,823 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Myanmar was 207,823 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 279,638 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,305 ha in 1993.
- How does Myanmar rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 19th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. 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.