Soya beans — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Soya beans — Area harvested was 132,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Myanmar is 132,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 170,777 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3,428 ha, in 1961.
That places Myanmar 26th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,428 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,164 ha | +313.2% |
| 1963 | 15,449 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 12,662 ha | -18.0% |
| 1965 | 12,355 ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 14,940 ha | +20.9% |
| 1967 | 14,770 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 16,997 ha | +15.1% |
| 1969 | 16,997 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18,211 ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 19,557 ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 19,408 ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 20,235 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 18,616 ha | -8.0% |
| 1975 | 20,997 ha | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 21,502 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 23,932 ha | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 23,147 ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 22,751 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 21,651 ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 24,700 ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 26,821 ha | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 26,584 ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 27,282 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 28,170 ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 28,029 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 30,359 ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 33,376 ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 33,524 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 31,603 ha | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 33,184 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 37,231 ha | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 43,706 ha | +17.4% |
| 1994 | 59,894 ha | +37.0% |
| 1995 | 71,629 ha | +19.6% |
| 1996 | 68,392 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 77,700 ha | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 101,576 ha | +30.7% |
| 1999 | 107,646 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 114,121 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 117,759 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 116,145 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 135,165 ha | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 145,282 ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 155,804 ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 157,423 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 158,232 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 166,326 ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 170,777 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 169,159 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 157,423 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 157,423 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 154,995 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 150,948 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 148,520 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 143,006 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 139,743 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 138,988 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 137,474 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 131,247 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 130,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 132,246 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 130,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 132,000 ha | +1.5% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 132,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 4.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 132,000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22,000 ha, 6.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +313.2% | 3,428 ha | 14,164 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,529 ha | 3,428 ha | 16,997 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,836 ha | 18,211 ha | 23,932 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,050 ha | 21,651 ha | 33,524 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,256 ha | 31,603 ha | 107,646 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 143,703 ha | 114,121 ha | 170,777 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 149,768 ha | 137,474 ha | 169,159 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 131,099 ha | 130,000 ha | 132,246 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 23 Romania 146,030 ha compare
- 24 Ghana 145,000 ha compare
- 25 Indonesia 133,376 ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 391 ha compare
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 130,936 ha compare
- 28 Mexico 125,125 ha compare
- 29 Burkina Faso 118,803 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 soya beans — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Myanmar was 132,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 170,777 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,428 ha in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 26th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. 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 Soya beans — 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.