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 32nd out of 120 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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 246,000 ha | — |
| 1998 | 239,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 251,700 ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 250,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 229,900 ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 232,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 230,700 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 229,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 253,300 ha | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 238,700 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 203,900 ha | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 206,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 223,768 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 220,706 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 222,060 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 224,677 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 227,167 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 235,372 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 238,214 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 237,809 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 215,481 ha | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 174,598 ha | -19.0% |
| 2019 | 160,619 ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 183,566 ha | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 172,928 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 172,371 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 176,288 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 173,862 ha | -1.4% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 173,862 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 6.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 173,862 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,129 ha, 154.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
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, 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 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 32nd out of 120 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.