Tea leaves — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 95,223 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — area harvested in Myanmar is 95,223 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 95,223 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40,900 ha, in 1964.
That places Myanmar 7th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 48,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 40,900 ha | -15.8% |
| 1965 | 46,500 ha | +13.7% |
| 1966 | 46,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 47,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 47,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 47,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 47,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 48,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 49,800 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 50,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 50,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 50,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 50,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 51,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 51,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 51,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 52,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 52,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 52,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 53,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 53,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 54,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 55,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 55,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 57,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 57,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 57,100 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 57,870 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 58,275 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 58,275 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 59,489 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 59,894 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 61,108 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 67,987 ha | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 62,726 ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 66,773 ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 67,178 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 68,797 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 70,820 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 71,629 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 72,439 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 74,058 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 76,081 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 76,890 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 78,104 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 78,914 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 79,318 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 78,509 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 80,128 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 81,747 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 83,770 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 83,753 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 86,219 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 88,808 ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 89,324 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 89,874 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 90,496 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 91,100 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 92,266 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 93,223 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 95,223 ha | +2.1% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 95,223 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,760 ha, 4.6× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 95,223 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 35,100 ha, 2.7× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,778 ha | 40,900 ha | 48,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,120 ha | 47,800 ha | 51,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 54,280 ha | 52,000 ha | 57,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,950 ha | 57,100 ha | 67,987 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,491 ha | 67,178 ha | 78,914 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,145 ha | 78,509 ha | 89,874 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,462 ha | 90,496 ha | 95,223 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 4 Sri Lanka 268,829 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 81,010 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 228,400 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 33,157 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 103,605 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 17,185 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,263 ha compare
- 8 USSR 76,600 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 58,754 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,735 ha compare
- 10 Uganda 44,765 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Myanmar was 95,223 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 95,223 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,900 ha in 1964.
- How does Myanmar rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 7th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. 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 Tea leaves — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.