Bananas — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Bananas — Area harvested was 913 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Jordan stood at 913 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 2,280 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 360 ha, in 1978.
That places Jordan 82nd out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 884 ha | — |
| 1962 | 934 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 730 ha | -21.8% |
| 1964 | 573 ha | -21.5% |
| 1965 | 1,050 ha | +83.2% |
| 1966 | 1,047 ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 1,504 ha | +43.6% |
| 1968 | 1,270 ha | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 1,292 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 1,040 ha | -19.5% |
| 1971 | 487 ha | -53.2% |
| 1972 | 518 ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 514 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 441 ha | -14.2% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | -9.3% |
| 1976 | 433 ha | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 595 ha | +37.4% |
| 1978 | 360 ha | -39.5% |
| 1979 | 361 ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 375 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 390 ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 407 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 422 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 549 ha | +30.1% |
| 1985 | 550 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 903 ha | +64.2% |
| 1987 | 855 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 984 ha | +15.1% |
| 1989 | 1,110 ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 1,189 ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 1,296 ha | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 1,383 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 1,417 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 1,635 ha | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 1,823 ha | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 2,132 ha | +17.0% |
| 1997 | 1,330 ha | -37.6% |
| 1998 | 1,603 ha | +20.5% |
| 1999 | 1,681 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 2,082 ha | +23.9% |
| 2001 | 2,082 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,280 ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 1,227 ha | -46.2% |
| 2004 | 1,287 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 1,287 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,449 ha | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 1,542 ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 1,633 ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 1,744 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 1,853 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 1,971 ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 2,090 ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 801 ha | -61.7% |
| 2014 | 870 ha | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 893 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 917 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 716 ha | -21.9% |
| 2018 | 717 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 719 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 729 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 886 ha | +21.5% |
| 2022 | 899 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 913 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 913 ha | +0.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 913 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 14% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 913 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,161 ha, 79% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +83.2% | 573 ha | 1,050 ha |
| 2013 | -61.7% | 2,090 ha | 801 ha |
| 1986 | +64.2% | 550 ha | 903 ha |
| 1971 | -53.2% | 1,040 ha | 487 ha |
| 2003 | -46.2% | 2,280 ha | 1,227 ha |
| 1978 | -39.5% | 595 ha | 360 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,032 ha | 573 ha | 1,504 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 514.9 ha | 360 ha | 1,040 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 654.5 ha | 375 ha | 1,110 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,549 ha | 1,189 ha | 2,132 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,661 ha | 1,227 ha | 2,280 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,155 ha | 716 ha | 2,090 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 868 ha | 729 ha | 913 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 79 Portugal 1,180 ha compare
- 80 Saudi Arabia 1,161 ha compare
- 81 Trinidad and Tobago 976 ha compare
- 83 El Salvador 842 ha compare
- 84 Dominica 783 ha compare
- 85 Mauritius 759 ha compare
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 bananas — area harvested in Jordan?
- Bananas — area harvested in Jordan was 913 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,280 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 360 ha in 1978.
- How does Jordan rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 82nd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — 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.