FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Myanmar

According to FAOSTAT, Myanmar produced 30.1 million t of cereals, 5.0 million t of vegetables, 2.9 million t of fruit, 1.3 million t of meat and 2.2 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were rice (27.6 million t), sugar cane (12.0 million t) and dry beans (2.4 million t).

Products recorded: 89
World #1: 1; products
World top 10: 27; products
Year: 2024

Myanmar ranks second or third in the world for dry beans, sesame seed, areca nuts, dry pigeon peas and 1 more products.

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in natural rubber (+70%), followed by plantains (+42%).

Livestock numbers: 10.8 million cattle, 7.8 million pigs, 540,000 sheep and 2.3 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All cereals	30,128,822	21	0.96%	+3.1%
All sugar crops	12,469,027	22	0.56%	+7.8%
All vegetables	5,024,092	26	0.43%	+1.7%
All pulses	3,210,798	7	3.31%	−27%
All fruit	2,851,601	50	0.3%	+21%
All milk	2,242,399	53	0.23%	+4.3%
All meat	1,260,214	40	0.34%	−55%
All roots and tubers	734,972	85	0.08%	−32%
All eggs	205,900	42	0.21%	−60%
All tree nuts	1,516	94	0.01%	+8.4%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Rice (paddy)	27,650,000	7	3.37%	+3.0%
Sugar cane	11,997,881	17	0.62%	+7.8%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	3,759,736	7	1.34%	+7.9%
Beans, dry	2,392,683	3	7.9%	−22%
Maize	2,050,000	47	0.17%	+21%
Cow milk	1,900,000	56	0.24%	−2.6%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	1,721,626	5	2.99%	+15%
Plantains	1,476,388	9	3.31%	+42%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	1,348,362	7	3.44%	+2.8%
Coconuts, in shell	1,329,374	7	2.03%	+4.4%
Onions, dry	1,055,522	22	0.97%	−15%
Sesame seed	720,000	2	10.78%	−10%
Chicken meat	707,500	33	0.55%	−49%
Other sugar crops n.e.c.	471,145	1	52.87%	+6.5%
Skim milk of cows	422,894	48	0.3%	−54%
Potatoes	422,111	70	0.11%	−22%
Chick peas, dry	419,221	5	2.48%	−27%
Natural rubber	330,300	11	2.23%	+70%
Buffalo milk	330,000	8	0.22%	+84%
Pork (pig meat)	330,000	35	0.26%	−60%
Seed cotton	320,000	18	0.44%	−35%
Areca nuts	262,835	3	11.27%	+49%
Cassava	252,188	46	0.07%	−47%
Pigeon peas, dry	251,615	3	5.4%	−56%
Raw sugar	243,573	54	0.13%	+954%
Groundnut oil	242,800	4	3.78%	+8.2%
Green garlic	208,834	10	0.7%	0.0%
Sunflower seed	200,000	20	0.38%	−56%
Hen eggs	177,600	42	0.19%	−62%
Millet	170,000	18	0.55%	−29%
Sorghum	166,004	32	0.26%	−32%
Cotton seed	160,000	22	0.39%	−43%
Cotton lint	153,213	18	0.62%	−21%
Chillies and peppers, dry	148,545	6	2.72%	+22%
Oil of sesame seed	148,500	3	12.36%	−26%
Soybeans	140,000	38	0.04%	−11%
Tea leaves	121,765	16	0.37%	+24%
Cow peas, dry	114,040	11	1.13%	−1.0%
Molasses	110,715	47	0.15%	+954%
Beef (cattle meat)	110,000	68	0.16%	−66%
Wheat	80,000	85	0.01%	−56%
Duck meat	63,000	11	0.86%	−51%
Sweet potatoes	60,674	53	0.07%	−0.3%
Cheese from skimmed cow milk	50,227	12	1.84%	−54%
Mustard seed	35,485	6	4.12%	−27%
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	35,200	32	0.16%	+3.8%
Peas, dry	32,573	31	0.23%	−33%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	30,880	9	0.93%	+312%
Buffalo meat	28,981	9	0.4%	−34%
Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c.	28,300	8	0.45%	−42%
Tea, packed	26,645	15	0.37%	+16%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	26,644	24	0.44%	−6.8%
Fat of pigs	24,265	22	0.21%	−60%
Mangoes and guavas	20,150	54	0.03%	+572%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	19,643	54	0.2%	−66%
Cottonseed oil	18,800	22	0.45%	−55%
Butter of cow milk	17,621	44	0.29%	−54%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	16,304	53	0.19%	−66%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	16,015	29	0.2%	−60%
Soya bean oil	15,400	62	0.03%	−52%
Cereals n.e.c.	12,819	26	0.16%	−5.5%
Castor oil seeds	12,594	6	0.69%	+13%
Goat meat	10,600	57	0.14%	−84%
Goat milk	9,806	76	0.05%	−39%
Coffee, green	8,904	35	0.08%	+6.0%
Goose meat	7,900	5	0.15%	−17%
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	6,701	47	0.03%	−2.7%
Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen	6,506	9	0.52%	−34%
Honey	5,641	42	0.28%	+61%
Buttermilk, dry	4,141	33	0.63%	—
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes	3,963	9	0.26%	−34%
Cattle fat, unrendered	3,143	57	0.09%	−66%
Sheep milk	2,594	66	0.03%	−33%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	2,446	50	0.17%	−84%
Sheep meat	2,200	103	0.02%	−77%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	2,120	52	0.14%	−84%
Cashew nuts, in shell	1,516	29	0.04%	+8.4%
Oil of maize	1,466	45	0.05%	—
Buffalo fat, unrendered	1,005	9	0.23%	−34%
Wool, greasy	809	60	0.05%	+16%
Lentils, dry	665	33	0.01%	−34%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	508	85	0.03%	−77%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	440	86	0.02%	−77%
Kenaf	354	18	0.15%	−75%
Goat fat, unrendered	326	60	0.1%	−84%
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c.	153	20	0.02%	−3.2%
Sheep fat, unrendered	85	88	0.01%	−77%
Pigeon and other bird meat	33	5	0.19%	−2.9%
Jute, raw or retted	8	18	0%	−56%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	135,000,000	36	0.49%	−48%
Ducks	11,500,000	10	0.9%	−43%
Cattle	10,800,000	32	0.68%	−30%
Pigs	7,800,000	23	0.81%	−43%
Geese	5,857,000	3	1.53%	+114%
Goats	2,300,000	58	0.19%	−59%
Buffalo	2,075,000	6	0.98%	−39%
Other birds	738,000	5	3.05%	+5.4%
Sheep	540,000	96	0.04%	−54%
Horses	117,653	44	0.21%	+2.0%
Bees	61,224	68	0.06%	−1.3%
Mules and hinnies	1,057	51	0.01%	+2.6%

Myanmar among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Myanmar, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Myanmar had 54.5 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Rice (paddy)	507	100	5.0×
Sugar cane	220	238	0.9×
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	69.0	34.5	2.0×
Beans, dry	43.9	3.71	11.8×
Maize	37.6	149	0.3×
Cow milk	34.9	97.7	0.4×
Groundnuts (peanuts)	31.6	7.05	4.5×
Plantains	27.1	5.46	5.0×
Other fruits, n.e.c.	24.7	4.81	5.1×
Coconuts, in shell	24.4	8.03	3.0×
Onions, dry	19.4	13.3	1.5×
Sesame seed	13.2	0.82	16.1×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Myanmar reported exports of 75 and imports of 56 of the products covered here; it was the world’s largest exporter of peppermint, spearmint; other sugar crops n.e.c.; beans, dry.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Beans, dry	1,581,399	USD 1.34 bn	0.84	1 of 139
Maize (corn)	2,760,606	USD 692 m	0.25	9 of 137
Pigeon peas, dry	289,046	USD 316 m	1.09	2 of 43
Plantains and cooking bananas	172,090	USD 171 m	0.99	4 of 92
Sesame seed	71,798	USD 111 m	1.54	10 of 124
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated)	171,001	USD 110 m	0.64	14 of 117
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw	23,490	USD 75.8 m	3.23	6 of 127
Other pulses n.e.c.	95,031	USD 66.4 m	0.70	2 of 94
Areca nuts	28,416	USD 60.8 m	2.14	4 of 76
Sugar cane	201,038	USD 54.0 m	0.27	2 of 56

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Palm oil	679,521	USD 566 m	0.83	16 of 191
Wheat	318,194	USD 114 m	0.36	73 of 176
Beer of barley, malted	163,926	USD 95.5 m	0.58	21 of 192
Maize (corn)	4,467	USD 17.6 m	3.94	149 of 190
Unmanufactured tobacco	1,758	USD 7.1 m	4.06	73 of 139
Whole milk powder	1,508	USD 5.4 m	3.56	86 of 190
Whey, condensed	4,136	USD 4.3 m	1.04	12 of 37
Skim milk and whey powder	2,629	USD 4.3 m	1.63	85 of 192
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	2,331	USD 3.4 m	1.46	125 of 186
Soya beans	4,178	USD 3.0 m	0.72	88 of 165

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Myanmar?

By volume, the largest products of Myanmar in 2024 were rice (paddy) (27.7 million t), sugar cane (12.0 million t), other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. (3.8 million t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Myanmar the world’s largest producer of anything?

Yes. In 2024 Myanmar was the world’s largest producer of 1 product: other sugar crops n.e.c.

How much rice (paddy) does Myanmar produce per person?

About 507 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 100 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Myanmar export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were beans, dry (USD 1.34 bn), maize (corn) (USD 692 m), pigeon peas, dry (USD 316 m), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Myanmar import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were palm oil (USD 566 m), wheat (USD 114 m), beer of barley, malted (USD 95.5 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.