Tea leaves — Yield in Myanmar
Myanmar: Tea leaves — Yield was 1,279 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — yield in Myanmar is 1,279 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Myanmar peaked at 1,607 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 107.9 kg/ha, in 1962.
Myanmar ranks 34th of 45 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Yield in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 108.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 107.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 109.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 210.3 kg/ha | +92.8% |
| 1965 | 225.8 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 240.8 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 239.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 228 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 228 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 228 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 228.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 232.9 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 280.9 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1974 | 276.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 276.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 276.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 290.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 278.2 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 243.1 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 242.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 245.2 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 262.4 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 358.5 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1984 | 279 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1985 | 286 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 274.5 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 254.5 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 259.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 255.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 260.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 817.3 kg/ha | +213.3% |
| 1992 | 861.4 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 921.5 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 872.4 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 874.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 893.5 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 967.8 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 964.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 924 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 937.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 976.8 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 977.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,025 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 1,044 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1,067 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1,091 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 1,132 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,152 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,173 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 1,191 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 1,178 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 1,181 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,178 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,177 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,196 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 1,188 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,180 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,607 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2019 | 1,474 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 1,242 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2021 | 1,089 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2022 | 1,176 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 1,271 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 1,279 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 1,279 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,144 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 1,279 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6,351 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +213.3% | 260.9 kg/ha | 817.3 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +92.8% | 109.1 kg/ha | 210.3 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +36.6% | 262.4 kg/ha | 358.5 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +36.3% | 1,180 kg/ha | 1,607 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 188.68 kg/ha | 107.9 kg/ha | 240.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 261.16 kg/ha | 228 kg/ha | 290.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 271.72 kg/ha | 242.3 kg/ha | 358.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 835.82 kg/ha | 260.9 kg/ha | 967.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,057 kg/ha | 937.8 kg/ha | 1,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,255 kg/ha | 1,177 kg/ha | 1,607 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,211 kg/ha | 1,089 kg/ha | 1,279 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Myanmar?
- Tea leaves — yield in Myanmar was 1,279 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,607 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 107.9 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Myanmar rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Myanmar ranks 34th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. 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 Tea leaves — Yield. 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.