Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 230,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in Myanmar is 230,000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 882,940 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1961.
That places Myanmar 16th out of 84 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.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 315 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 330 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 335 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 782 ha | +133.4% |
| 1967 | 681 ha | -12.9% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 1,070 ha | +18.9% |
| 1972 | 1,505 ha | +40.7% |
| 1973 | 1,410 ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 2,476 ha | +75.6% |
| 1975 | 3,232 ha | +30.5% |
| 1976 | 3,514 ha | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 8,495 ha | +141.7% |
| 1978 | 34,113 ha | +301.6% |
| 1979 | 49,447 ha | +45.0% |
| 1980 | 22,119 ha | -55.3% |
| 1981 | 49,040 ha | +121.7% |
| 1982 | 92,755 ha | +89.1% |
| 1983 | 91,763 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 127,704 ha | +39.2% |
| 1985 | 144,863 ha | +13.4% |
| 1986 | 209,302 ha | +44.5% |
| 1987 | 232,563 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 228,075 ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 176,607 ha | -22.6% |
| 1990 | 133,932 ha | -24.2% |
| 1991 | 145,211 ha | +8.4% |
| 1992 | 132,572 ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 143,981 ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 111,213 ha | -22.8% |
| 1995 | 179,504 ha | +61.4% |
| 1996 | 221,244 ha | +23.3% |
| 1997 | 121,684 ha | -45.0% |
| 1998 | 114,620 ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 319,340 ha | +178.6% |
| 2000 | 450,667 ha | +41.1% |
| 2001 | 494,361 ha | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 486,053 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 509,138 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 505,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 510,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 655,000 ha | +28.4% |
| 2007 | 585,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 881,150 ha | +50.6% |
| 2009 | 881,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 882,940 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 543,112 ha | -38.5% |
| 2012 | 540,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 496,166 ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 480,643 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 465,672 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 408,091 ha | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 275,098 ha | -32.6% |
| 2018 | 257,141 ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 251,698 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 239,610 ha | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 228,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 230,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 234,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 230,000 ha | -1.7% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 230,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,923 ha, 23.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +301.6% | 8,495 ha | 34,113 ha |
| 1999 | +178.6% | 114,620 ha | 319,340 ha |
| 1977 | +141.7% | 3,514 ha | 8,495 ha |
| 1966 | +133.4% | 335 ha | 782 ha |
| 1981 | +121.7% | 22,119 ha | 49,040 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 509.22 ha | 300 ha | 800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,616 ha | 900 ha | 49,447 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 137,479 ha | 22,119 ha | 232,563 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 162,330 ha | 111,213 ha | 319,340 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 595,752 ha | 450,667 ha | 881,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 460,056 ha | 251,698 ha | 882,940 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 232,322 ha | 228,000 ha | 239,610 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 13 South Africa 529,000 ha compare
- 14 Uganda 280,000 ha compare
- 15 Serbia 248,607 ha compare
- 17 Yugoslav SFR 220,656 ha compare
- 18 Serbia and Montenegro 197,843 ha compare
- 19 India 157,662 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Myanmar was 230,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 882,940 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 16th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.1%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.