Barley — Yield in Jordan
Jordan: Barley — Yield was 1,206 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 1,206 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 9.5% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Jordan peaked at 1,738 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 106.8 kg/ha, in 1979.
Jordan ranks 91st of 104 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Jordan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 649.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 340 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 1963 | 303.7 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1964 | 1,062 kg/ha | +249.7% |
| 1965 | 1,103 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 353.4 kg/ha | -68.0% |
| 1967 | 828.9 kg/ha | +134.6% |
| 1968 | 276.2 kg/ha | -66.7% |
| 1969 | 745.3 kg/ha | +169.8% |
| 1970 | 135.6 kg/ha | -81.8% |
| 1971 | 498.2 kg/ha | +267.4% |
| 1972 | 561.7 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1973 | 307.5 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 1974 | 619.6 kg/ha | +101.5% |
| 1975 | 222.3 kg/ha | -64.1% |
| 1976 | 246.6 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 260.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 297.7 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 106.8 kg/ha | -64.1% |
| 1980 | 743.8 kg/ha | +596.4% |
| 1981 | 404.6 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 1982 | 404 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 626.7 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1984 | 233.3 kg/ha | -62.8% |
| 1985 | 493 kg/ha | +111.3% |
| 1986 | 457.6 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 731 kg/ha | +59.7% |
| 1988 | 809.1 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 633.8 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1990 | 883.1 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1991 | 699.4 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1992 | 995.7 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1993 | 1,165 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1994 | 902.9 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1995 | 887.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 1,102 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1997 | 707.7 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 1998 | 819.3 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1999 | 1,342 kg/ha | +63.8% |
| 2000 | 902.2 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2001 | 855 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 1,025 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2003 | 996.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 723.3 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2005 | 879.4 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2006 | 511.8 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 2007 | 463.7 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 379.9 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2009 | 545.8 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 2010 | 546.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,054 kg/ha | +92.8% |
| 2012 | 881.9 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 1,066 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2014 | 1,019 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 1,030 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1,254 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2017 | 1,249 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,072 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2019 | 1,152 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 1,738 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 2021 | 1,397 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2022 | 1,180 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 1,333 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2024 | 1,206 kg/ha | -9.5% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 1,206 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 1,206 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +596.4% | 106.8 kg/ha | 743.8 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +267.4% | 135.6 kg/ha | 498.2 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +249.7% | 303.7 kg/ha | 1,062 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 629.14 kg/ha | 276.2 kg/ha | 1,103 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 325.61 kg/ha | 106.8 kg/ha | 619.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 553.69 kg/ha | 233.3 kg/ha | 809.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 950.54 kg/ha | 699.4 kg/ha | 1,342 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 728.25 kg/ha | 379.9 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,033 kg/ha | 546.6 kg/ha | 1,254 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,371 kg/ha | 1,180 kg/ha | 1,738 kg/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 barley — yield in Jordan?
- Barley — yield in Jordan was 1,206 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,738 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 106.8 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Jordan rank for barley — yield?
- Jordan ranks 91st out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. 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 Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.