Sugar cane — Yield in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sugar cane — Yield was 67,160 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — yield in Myanmar is 67,160 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Myanmar peaked at 67,160 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27,595 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Myanmar 39th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,979 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,370 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 27,595 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1964 | 34,565 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1965 | 31,184 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1966 | 34,636 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 33,921 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 31,741 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1969 | 32,785 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 33,089 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 33,834 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 34,950 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 35,872 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 36,220 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 33,411 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 35,418 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 36,632 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 35,508 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 36,945 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 35,152 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 45,158 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1982 | 52,818 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1983 | 62,491 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1984 | 63,697 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 62,061 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 60,293 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 60,547 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 63,909 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 48,680 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1990 | 40,056 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1991 | 40,961 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 45,079 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1993 | 44,087 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 44,569 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 50,353 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 48,671 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 48,994 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 43,581 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 42,751 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 43,699 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 44,376 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 44,418 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 46,447 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 51,533 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 54,789 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 55,643 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 58,327 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 60,196 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 60,585 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 61,606 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 62,183 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 61,211 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 60,933 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 62,356 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 62,656 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 63,777 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 63,520 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 63,333 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 65,032 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 65,147 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 65,511 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 65,834 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 66,019 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 67,160 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 67,160 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56,789 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 67,160 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49,001 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +28.5% | 35,152 kg/ha | 45,158 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +25.3% | 27,595 kg/ha | 34,565 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,975 kg/ha | 27,595 kg/ha | 34,636 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,188 kg/ha | 33,089 kg/ha | 36,945 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,481 kg/ha | 35,152 kg/ha | 63,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,910 kg/ha | 40,056 kg/ha | 50,353 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,001 kg/ha | 43,699 kg/ha | 60,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,661 kg/ha | 60,933 kg/ha | 65,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,934 kg/ha | 65,147 kg/ha | 67,160 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 36 South Africa 69,101 kg/ha compare
- 37 Mexico 67,638 kg/ha compare
- 38 Sudan 67,499 kg/ha compare
- 40 China, Taiwan Province of 66,629 kg/ha compare
- 41 Haiti 66,395 kg/ha compare
- 42 Antigua and Barbuda 64,639 kg/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 sugar cane — yield in Myanmar?
- Sugar cane — yield in Myanmar was 67,160 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 67,160 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,595 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Myanmar rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Myanmar ranks 39th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.