Barley — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Barley — Area harvested was 35,805 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Jordan stood at 35,805 ha.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 105,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 3,681 ha, in 1999.
Jordan ranks 71st of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,275 ha | 56,999 ha | 105,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,781 ha | 19,142 ha | 64,868 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,595 ha | 19,675 ha | 55,430 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,277 ha | 3,681 ha | 69,172 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,373 ha | 13,379 ha | 55,377 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,077 ha | 19,502 ha | 57,828 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,605 ha | 24,388 ha | 54,612 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 68 Armenia 41,663 ha compare
- 69 Pakistan 40,235 ha compare
- 70 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 38,180 ha compare
- 72 Turkmenistan 32,587 ha compare
- 73 Yemen 28,000 ha compare
- 74 Switzerland 25,348 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jordan
- Agriculture share gdp 5.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 6.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -4.0% (2025)
- Rural population 782,426 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 58,438 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Jordan?
- Barley — area harvested in Jordan was 35,805 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 105,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,681 ha in 1999.
- How does Jordan rank for barley — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 71st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.