Sunflower seed yields in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sunflower seed yields was 0.8696 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8696 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
66th
of 78 countries
All-time high
1.09 tonnes per hectare
in 1987
All-time low
0.2731 tonnes per hectare
in 1967
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Sunflower seed yields in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 0.8696 tonnes per hectare for sunflower seed yields in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed yields in Myanmar peaked at 1.09 tonnes per hectare in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.2731 tonnes per hectare, in 1967.
That places Myanmar 66th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed yields in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3333 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.3175 tonnes per hectare | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 0.303 tonnes per hectare | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 0.3235 tonnes per hectare | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 0.3433 tonnes per hectare | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 0.2775 tonnes per hectare | -19.2% |
| 1967 | 0.2731 tonnes per hectare | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.2857 tonnes per hectare | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 0.2875 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.3333 tonnes per hectare | +15.9% |
| 1971 | 0.4458 tonnes per hectare | +33.8% |
| 1972 | 0.3814 tonnes per hectare | -14.4% |
| 1973 | 0.3738 tonnes per hectare | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.3449 tonnes per hectare | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 0.3407 tonnes per hectare | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.3466 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.3503 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.3747 tonnes per hectare | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 0.3015 tonnes per hectare | -19.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5968 tonnes per hectare | +97.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6709 tonnes per hectare | +12.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7615 tonnes per hectare | +13.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7697 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8898 tonnes per hectare | +15.6% |
| 1985 | 0.9777 tonnes per hectare | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 0.967 tonnes per hectare | -11.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7292 tonnes per hectare | -24.6% |
| 1990 | 0.6664 tonnes per hectare | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 0.661 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.6553 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.6668 tonnes per hectare | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7474 tonnes per hectare | +12.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6521 tonnes per hectare | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7281 tonnes per hectare | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7592 tonnes per hectare | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 0.7765 tonnes per hectare | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.5825 tonnes per hectare | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3484 tonnes per hectare | -40.2% |
| 2001 | 0.534 tonnes per hectare | +53.3% |
| 2002 | 0.5658 tonnes per hectare | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5264 tonnes per hectare | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6614 tonnes per hectare | +25.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7431 tonnes per hectare | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8412 tonnes per hectare | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8444 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7853 tonnes per hectare | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8849 tonnes per hectare | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8859 tonnes per hectare | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9016 tonnes per hectare | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6481 tonnes per hectare | -28.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9288 tonnes per hectare | +43.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9487 tonnes per hectare | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9446 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9501 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9035 tonnes per hectare | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.911 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8991 tonnes per hectare | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8781 tonnes per hectare | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.886 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.8913 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.8846 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.8696 tonnes per hectare | -1.7% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 0.8696 tonnes per hectare is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.09 tonnes per hectare, 80% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed yields 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +97.9% | 0.3015 tonnes per hectare | 0.5968 tonnes per hectare |
| 2001 | +53.3% | 0.3484 tonnes per hectare | 0.534 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3049 tonnes per hectare | 0.2731 tonnes per hectare | 0.3433 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3593 tonnes per hectare | 0.3015 tonnes per hectare | 0.4458 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8479 tonnes per hectare | 0.5968 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6895 tonnes per hectare | 0.5825 tonnes per hectare | 0.7765 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6735 tonnes per hectare | 0.3484 tonnes per hectare | 0.8849 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8921 tonnes per hectare | 0.6481 tonnes per hectare | 0.9501 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8819 tonnes per hectare | 0.8696 tonnes per hectare | 0.8913 tonnes per hectare | 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 sunflower seed yields in Myanmar?
- Sunflower seed yields in Myanmar was 0.8696 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sunflower seed yields recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 tonnes per hectare in 1987.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed yields recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2731 tonnes per hectare in 1967.
- How does Myanmar rank for sunflower seed yields?
- Myanmar ranks 66th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed yields rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sunflower seed yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.