Sesame seed — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 1.52 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Myanmar stood at 1.52 million ha.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 1.56 million ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 383,405 ha, in 1964.
Myanmar ranks 3rd of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 419,457 ha | — |
| 1962 | 447,712 ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 464,769 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 383,405 ha | -17.5% |
| 1965 | 703,119 ha | +83.4% |
| 1966 | 478,727 ha | -31.9% |
| 1967 | 477,889 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 645,912 ha | +35.2% |
| 1969 | 561,703 ha | -13.0% |
| 1970 | 664,096 ha | +18.2% |
| 1971 | 793,243 ha | +19.4% |
| 1972 | 698,384 ha | -12.0% |
| 1973 | 496,694 ha | -28.9% |
| 1974 | 794,402 ha | +59.9% |
| 1975 | 655,534 ha | -17.5% |
| 1976 | 664,237 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 598,291 ha | -9.9% |
| 1978 | 605,677 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 957,739 ha | +58.1% |
| 1980 | 630,724 ha | -34.1% |
| 1981 | 712,995 ha | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 772,620 ha | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 935,562 ha | +21.1% |
| 1984 | 769,632 ha | -17.7% |
| 1985 | 1.01 million ha | +30.7% |
| 1986 | 1.00 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 798,132 ha | -20.3% |
| 1988 | 628,500 ha | -21.3% |
| 1989 | 644,095 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 924,546 ha | +43.5% |
| 1991 | 802,897 ha | -13.2% |
| 1992 | 991,885 ha | +23.5% |
| 1993 | 946,156 ha | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 1.13 million ha | +19.6% |
| 1995 | 904,069 ha | -20.1% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 723,983 ha | -28.7% |
| 1998 | 615,527 ha | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 963,557 ha | +56.5% |
| 2000 | 1.24 million ha | +28.7% |
| 2001 | 1.16 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 1.27 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 1.33 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 1.34 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.19 million ha | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 1.37 million ha | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 1.43 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 1.43 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.56 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 1.52 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 1.53 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.49 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.52 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.46 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1.51 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.50 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.48 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.49 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.51 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.45 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 1.55 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 1.53 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.50 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.52 million ha | +1.3% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 1.52 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,856 ha, 118.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 1.52 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 45,000 ha, 33.8× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 509,188 ha | 383,405 ha | 703,119 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 692,830 ha | 496,694 ha | 957,739 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 789,902 ha | 628,500 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 901,989 ha | 615,527 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.33 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.50 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 1 Sudan 2.24 million ha compare
- 2 India 1.55 million ha compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 1.48 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 366,464 ha compare
- 5 Pakistan 738,816 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 46,876 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 608,111 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,000 ha compare
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 sesame seed — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Myanmar was 1.52 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.56 million ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 383,405 ha in 1964.
- How does Myanmar rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 3rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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 Sesame seed — 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.