Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0105 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Myanmar, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Myanmar is 0.0105 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Myanmar peaked at 0.0138 ha per square kilometre in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0015 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
Myanmar ranks 64th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +13.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +45.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | +16.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0048 ha per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0048 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0055 ha per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0061 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0061 ha per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 0.007 ha per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0072 ha per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0076 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.006 ha per square kilometre | -21.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0079 ha per square kilometre | +32.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0076 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0102 ha per square kilometre | +22.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0131 ha per square kilometre | +28.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | -22.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.011 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0104 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0104 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +45.7% | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre |
| 1987 | +32.0% | 0.006 ha per square kilometre | 0.0079 ha per square kilometre |
| 2001 | +28.9% | 0.0102 ha per square kilometre | 0.0131 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0072 ha per square kilometre | 0.006 ha per square kilometre | 0.0079 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0116 ha per square kilometre | 0.0102 ha per square kilometre | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | 0.0104 ha per square kilometre | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0104 ha per square kilometre | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 61 New Caledonia 0.013 ha per square kilometre compare
- 62 Senegal 0.0128 ha per square kilometre compare
- 63 Palestine 0.0123 ha per square kilometre compare
- 65 Portugal 0.0104 ha per square kilometre compare
- 66 Egypt 0.0103 ha per square kilometre compare
- 67 Ecuador 0.0084 ha per square kilometre 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Myanmar?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Myanmar was 0.0105 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0138 ha per square kilometre in 2002.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0015 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Myanmar ranks 64th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.