Sugar cane — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 178,646 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Myanmar is 178,646 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 182,158 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 27,093 ha, in 1961.
Myanmar ranks 17th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,093 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,720 ha | +28.2% |
| 1963 | 46,822 ha | +34.9% |
| 1964 | 33,866 ha | -27.7% |
| 1965 | 34,771 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 41,799 ha | +20.2% |
| 1967 | 46,687 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 45,545 ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 39,894 ha | -12.4% |
| 1970 | 39,654 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 42,450 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 46,692 ha | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 56,657 ha | +21.3% |
| 1974 | 46,588 ha | -17.8% |
| 1975 | 36,039 ha | -22.6% |
| 1976 | 46,054 ha | +27.8% |
| 1977 | 44,379 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 50,444 ha | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 49,824 ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 41,572 ha | -16.6% |
| 1981 | 45,071 ha | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 51,800 ha | +14.9% |
| 1983 | 59,500 ha | +14.9% |
| 1984 | 57,500 ha | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 60,700 ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 63,900 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 56,700 ha | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 55,800 ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 48,200 ha | -13.6% |
| 1990 | 48,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 51,395 ha | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 71,629 ha | +39.4% |
| 1993 | 60,703 ha | -15.3% |
| 1994 | 49,776 ha | -18.0% |
| 1995 | 63,536 ha | +27.6% |
| 1996 | 81,747 ha | +28.7% |
| 1997 | 103,195 ha | +26.2% |
| 1998 | 122,620 ha | +18.8% |
| 1999 | 125,453 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 132,737 ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 157,828 ha | +18.9% |
| 2002 | 142,449 ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 146,496 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 139,617 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 129,095 ha | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 144,473 ha | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 165,921 ha | +14.8% |
| 2008 | 161,874 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 157,828 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 150,139 ha | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 153,376 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 153,781 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 169,159 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 178,467 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 161,874 ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 163,650 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 163,256 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 179,956 ha | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 182,158 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 177,308 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 173,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 165,274 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 167,149 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 178,646 ha | +6.9% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 178,646 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 5.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 178,646 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28,664 ha, 6.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,022 ha | 27,093 ha | 46,822 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,878 ha | 36,039 ha | 56,657 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 54,074 ha | 41,572 ha | 63,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,825 ha | 48,200 ha | 125,453 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 147,832 ha | 129,095 ha | 165,921 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 165,582 ha | 150,139 ha | 182,158 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 172,275 ha | 165,274 ha | 178,646 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Myanmar was 178,646 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 182,158 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,093 ha in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 17th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.