Wheat — Area harvested in Myanmar
Myanmar: Wheat — Area harvested was 55,000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Wheat — Area harvested in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Myanmar is 55,000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Myanmar peaked at 151,770 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 24,156 ha, in 1961.
Myanmar ranks 77th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Wheat — Area harvested in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,156 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,917 ha | +48.7% |
| 1963 | 58,110 ha | +61.8% |
| 1964 | 80,107 ha | +37.9% |
| 1965 | 111,356 ha | +39.0% |
| 1966 | 151,770 ha | +36.3% |
| 1967 | 134,148 ha | -11.6% |
| 1968 | 88,753 ha | -33.8% |
| 1969 | 55,177 ha | -37.8% |
| 1970 | 60,216 ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 64,233 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 48,925 ha | -23.8% |
| 1973 | 48,721 ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 54,126 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 85,309 ha | +57.6% |
| 1976 | 86,669 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 86,979 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 91,354 ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 82,662 ha | -9.5% |
| 1980 | 82,114 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 105,196 ha | +28.1% |
| 1982 | 92,884 ha | -11.7% |
| 1983 | 102,966 ha | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 133,961 ha | +30.1% |
| 1985 | 118,334 ha | -11.7% |
| 1986 | 110,880 ha | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 110,843 ha | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 119,770 ha | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 121,204 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 130,103 ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 147,306 ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 145,282 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 114,526 ha | -21.2% |
| 1994 | 106,837 ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 91,054 ha | -14.8% |
| 1996 | 90,245 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 87,817 ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 95,911 ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 105,214 ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 80,128 ha | -23.8% |
| 2001 | 79,315 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 83,365 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 95,101 ha | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 107,646 ha | +13.2% |
| 2005 | 112,098 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 91,864 ha | -18.1% |
| 2007 | 98,339 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 99,553 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 103,600 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 101,576 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 95,506 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 99,553 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 101,172 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 98,743 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 96,315 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 86,548 ha | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 65,448 ha | -24.4% |
| 2018 | 61,940 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 58,866 ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 56,593 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 53,500 ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 52,400 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 58,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 55,000 ha | -5.2% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 55,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 55,000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 143,400 ha, 38% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82,166 ha | 24,156 ha | 151,770 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 70,919 ha | 48,721 ha | 91,354 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 109,815 ha | 82,114 ha | 133,961 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 111,430 ha | 87,817 ha | 147,306 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 95,101 ha | 79,315 ha | 112,098 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 86,567 ha | 58,866 ha | 101,576 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,099 ha | 52,400 ha | 58,000 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 wheat — area harvested in Myanmar?
- Wheat — area harvested in Myanmar was 55,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 151,770 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,156 ha in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Myanmar ranks 77th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.