Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 212,339 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 212,339 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 215,647 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 40,093 ha, in 1961.
That places Myanmar 24th out of 155 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.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,093 ha | — |
| 1962 | 47,720 ha | +19.0% |
| 1963 | 59,822 ha | +25.4% |
| 1964 | 47,666 ha | -20.3% |
| 1965 | 48,571 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 56,799 ha | +16.9% |
| 1967 | 60,087 ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 58,545 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 52,894 ha | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 53,854 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 56,650 ha | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 61,292 ha | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 70,857 ha | +15.6% |
| 1974 | 60,788 ha | -14.2% |
| 1975 | 50,239 ha | -17.4% |
| 1976 | 60,254 ha | +19.9% |
| 1977 | 58,579 ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 64,644 ha | +10.4% |
| 1979 | 64,024 ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 55,772 ha | -12.9% |
| 1981 | 59,271 ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 66,000 ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 73,700 ha | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 71,700 ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 75,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 78,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 72,500 ha | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 70,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 64,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 67,595 ha | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 87,829 ha | +29.9% |
| 1993 | 76,903 ha | -12.4% |
| 1994 | 65,976 ha | -14.2% |
| 1995 | 81,336 ha | +23.3% |
| 1996 | 99,147 ha | +21.9% |
| 1997 | 120,195 ha | +21.2% |
| 1998 | 139,620 ha | +16.2% |
| 1999 | 145,653 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 154,637 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 182,128 ha | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 168,449 ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 172,396 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 165,917 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 156,195 ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 171,573 ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 193,421 ha | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 188,974 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 184,928 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 178,183 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 183,515 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 183,807 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 199,587 ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 209,448 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 193,799 ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 196,120 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 195,983 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 213,006 ha | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 215,647 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 211,433 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 206,555 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 198,997 ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 200,949 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 212,339 ha | +5.7% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 212,339 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23,189 ha, 9.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 212,339 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 53,114 ha, 4.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,466 ha | 40,093 ha | 60,087 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,118 ha | 50,239 ha | 70,857 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,714 ha | 55,772 ha | 78,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,825 ha | 64,000 ha | 145,653 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 173,862 ha | 154,637 ha | 193,421 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 196,910 ha | 178,183 ha | 215,647 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 206,055 ha | 198,997 ha | 212,339 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 21 Ukraine 253,600 ha compare
- 22 South Africa 242,267 ha compare
- 23 Guatemala 218,690 ha compare
- 25 Czechoslovakia 169,531 ha compare
- 26 Yugoslav SFR 142,555 ha compare
- 27 Kenya 134,900 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 crops primary — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Myanmar was 212,339 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 215,647 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,093 ha in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 24th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 Crops Primary — 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.