Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Myanmar
Myanmar: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,540 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 1,540 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.1% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Myanmar peaked at 2,169 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 221.8 kg/ha, in 1974.
Myanmar ranks 39th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 261.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 286.4 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 275.2 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 226 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1965 | 293.1 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1966 | 226.4 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1967 | 245.6 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 292.1 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1969 | 271.4 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 290.4 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 266.5 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 236.6 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1973 | 257.7 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 221.8 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1975 | 250.8 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1976 | 239.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 253.3 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 320.4 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1979 | 315.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 347.1 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1981 | 384.6 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 475 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1983 | 501.7 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 517.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 549.2 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 498.3 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 498.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 470.3 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 373.2 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1990 | 443.2 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1991 | 789 kg/ha | +78.0% |
| 1992 | 802.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 691.9 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1994 | 764.6 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 587.2 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1996 | 660.6 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 753.6 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1998 | 598.3 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1999 | 615.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 582.3 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 628.3 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 624 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 660.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 759.7 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2005 | 805 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 871.1 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 960.4 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 1,463 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 2009 | 1,752 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2010 | 1,889 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 1,975 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 2,026 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 2,046 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 2,081 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 2,144 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 2,169 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,009 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 1,746 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 1,720 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,662 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,733 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 1,742 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,752 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,540 kg/ha | -12.1% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 1,540 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 1,540 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,661 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +78.0% | 443.2 kg/ha | 789 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 264.21 kg/ha | 226 kg/ha | 293.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 265.2 kg/ha | 221.8 kg/ha | 320.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 461.49 kg/ha | 347.1 kg/ha | 549.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 670.67 kg/ha | 443.2 kg/ha | 802.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 910.68 kg/ha | 582.3 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,981 kg/ha | 1,720 kg/ha | 2,169 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,686 kg/ha | 1,540 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Myanmar?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Myanmar was 1,540 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 2,169 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 221.8 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Myanmar rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Myanmar ranks 39th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.