Apples — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Apples — Area harvested was 845 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Jordan is 845 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 64.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 3,968 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 112 ha, in 1981.
That places Jordan 77th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 2,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 3,300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 1,682 ha | -43.9% |
| 1967 | 1,783 ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 857 ha | -51.9% |
| 1969 | 410 ha | -52.2% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 470 ha | +17.5% |
| 1973 | 232 ha | -50.6% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +115.5% |
| 1975 | 551 ha | +10.2% |
| 1976 | 270 ha | -51.0% |
| 1977 | 126 ha | -53.3% |
| 1978 | 162 ha | +28.6% |
| 1979 | 491 ha | +203.1% |
| 1980 | 133 ha | -72.9% |
| 1981 | 112 ha | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 119 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 150 ha | +26.1% |
| 1984 | 214 ha | +42.7% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 845 ha | +322.5% |
| 1987 | 1,007 ha | +19.2% |
| 1988 | 1,240 ha | +23.1% |
| 1989 | 1,413 ha | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 1,661 ha | +17.6% |
| 1991 | 1,430 ha | -13.9% |
| 1992 | 1,939 ha | +35.6% |
| 1993 | 2,001 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 2,788 ha | +39.3% |
| 1995 | 2,813 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 2,916 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 3,826 ha | +31.2% |
| 1998 | 3,853 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,869 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 3,938 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 3,963 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 3,968 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 3,856 ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 3,856 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,856 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,856 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,291 ha | -40.6% |
| 2008 | 2,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,307 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 2,291 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 2,381 ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 2,381 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,381 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,390 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2,390 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,389 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 755 ha | -68.4% |
| 2018 | 755 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 788 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 788 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 789 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 844 ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 845 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 845 ha | +0.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 845 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,049 ha, 6% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 845 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20,348 ha, 4% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Jordan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +322.5% | 200 ha | 845 ha |
| 1979 | +203.1% | 162 ha | 491 ha |
| 1974 | +115.5% | 232 ha | 500 ha |
| 1980 | -72.9% | 491 ha | 133 ha |
| 2017 | -68.4% | 2,389 ha | 755 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,959 ha | 410 ha | 3,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 360.2 ha | 126 ha | 551 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 543.3 ha | 112 ha | 1,413 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,710 ha | 1,430 ha | 3,869 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,418 ha | 2,291 ha | 3,968 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,890 ha | 755 ha | 2,390 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 822.2 ha | 788 ha | 845 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jordan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0556 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 297.43 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0679 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Jordan?
- Apples — area harvested in Jordan was 845 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,968 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 112 ha in 1981.
- How does Jordan rank for apples — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 77th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — 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.