Sorghum — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sorghum — Area harvested was 173,862 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Myanmar is 173,862 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 253,300 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 160,619 ha, in 2019.
That places Myanmar 34th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 245,733 ha | 239,500 ha | 251,700 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 229,937 ha | 203,900 ha | 253,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 215,670 ha | 160,619 ha | 238,214 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 175,803 ha | 172,371 ha | 183,566 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 sorghum — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Myanmar was 173,862 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 253,300 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 160,619 ha in 2019.
- How does Myanmar rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 34th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — 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.