Yields of key staple crops in Myanmar
Myanmar: Yields of key staple crops was 1.45 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.45 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 5.5%
World rank
105th
of 126 countries
All-time high
1.88 tonnes per hectare
in 2017
All-time low
0.3078 tonnes per hectare
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Yields of key staple crops in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, yields of key staple crops in Myanmar stood at 1.45 tonnes per hectare.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and down 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Myanmar peaked at 1.88 tonnes per hectare in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.3078 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
That places Myanmar 105th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yields of key staple crops in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3078 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.4124 tonnes per hectare | +34.0% |
| 1963 | 0.5582 tonnes per hectare | +35.4% |
| 1964 | 0.6762 tonnes per hectare | +21.1% |
| 1965 | 0.6445 tonnes per hectare | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 0.6344 tonnes per hectare | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 0.4979 tonnes per hectare | -21.5% |
| 1968 | 0.5763 tonnes per hectare | +15.7% |
| 1969 | 0.4684 tonnes per hectare | -18.7% |
| 1970 | 0.555 tonnes per hectare | +18.5% |
| 1971 | 0.6243 tonnes per hectare | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5499 tonnes per hectare | -11.9% |
| 1973 | 0.5479 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.4555 tonnes per hectare | -16.9% |
| 1975 | 0.7452 tonnes per hectare | +63.6% |
| 1976 | 0.6526 tonnes per hectare | -12.4% |
| 1977 | 0.8783 tonnes per hectare | +34.6% |
| 1978 | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | +16.8% |
| 1979 | 0.5037 tonnes per hectare | -50.9% |
| 1980 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | +119.7% |
| 1981 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | +20.2% |
| 1983 | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | +26.2% |
| 1985 | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | -24.3% |
| 1989 | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | -18.0% |
| 1990 | 0.9544 tonnes per hectare | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 0.9579 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.9389 tonnes per hectare | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9334 tonnes per hectare | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8209 tonnes per hectare | -12.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8424 tonnes per hectare | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.9463 tonnes per hectare | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 0.9592 tonnes per hectare | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.85 tonnes per hectare | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | -36.3% |
| 2017 | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | +58.8% |
| 2018 | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.85 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | -25.3% |
| 2024 | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | +5.5% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 1.45 tonnes per hectare is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.67 tonnes per hectare, 54% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 1.45 tonnes per hectare is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.03 tonnes per hectare, 72% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yields of key staple crops 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +119.7% | 0.5037 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5307 tonnes per hectare | 0.3078 tonnes per hectare | 0.6762 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6538 tonnes per hectare | 0.4555 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9482 tonnes per hectare | 0.8209 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 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 yields of key staple crops in Myanmar?
- Yields of key staple crops in Myanmar was 1.45 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.88 tonnes per hectare in 2017.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3078 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Myanmar ranks 105th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.