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 27th out of 120 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.
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 |
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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 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 27th out of 120 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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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.