Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 6,837 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Myanmar is 6,837 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 9,000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 970 ha, in 1961.
That places Myanmar 47th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 970 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,070 ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 1,160 ha | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 1,313 ha | +13.2% |
| 1965 | 1,913 ha | +45.7% |
| 1966 | 1,873 ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 2,184 ha | +16.6% |
| 1968 | 2,475 ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 2,770 ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 3,070 ha | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 3,530 ha | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 3,152 ha | -10.7% |
| 1973 | 3,162 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 3,602 ha | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 3,769 ha | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 3,809 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 3,960 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 4,185 ha | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 4,160 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 4,005 ha | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 4,365 ha | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 4,543 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 4,728 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 5,025 ha | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 4,945 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 3,891 ha | -21.3% |
| 1987 | 5,135 ha | +32.0% |
| 1988 | 5,100 ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 5,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,994 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 4,858 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 4,809 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 5,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,414 ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 6,641 ha | +22.7% |
| 2001 | 8,562 ha | +28.9% |
| 2002 | 9,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 2005 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 7,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 7,144 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 7,151 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 6,886 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 6,837 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 6,785 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 6,864 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 6,903 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 6,883 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 6,832 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 6,775 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 6,720 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 6,894 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 6,832 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 6,834 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,837 ha | +0.0% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 6,837 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 69% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 6,837 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,397 ha, 1.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +45.7% | 1,313 ha | 1,913 ha |
| 1987 | +32.0% | 3,891 ha | 5,135 ha |
| 2001 | +28.9% | 6,641 ha | 8,562 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,748 ha | 970 ha | 2,770 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,640 ha | 3,070 ha | 4,185 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,684 ha | 3,891 ha | 5,135 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,018 ha | 4,809 ha | 5,414 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,550 ha | 6,641 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,906 ha | 6,775 ha | 7,151 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,823 ha | 6,720 ha | 6,894 ha | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Myanmar was 6,837 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 9,000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 970 ha in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 47th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.