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 18th out of 90 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 | 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
- 15 Republic of Moldova 416,859 ha compare
- 16 Uganda 280,000 ha compare
- 17 Serbia 248,607 ha compare
- 19 Yugoslav SFR 220,656 ha compare
- 20 Serbia and Montenegro 197,843 ha compare
- 21 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 178,689 ha compare
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 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 18th out of 90 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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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.