Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 347 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 347 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.6% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 913 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6 ha, in 1972.
That places Jordan 101st out of 133 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 1963 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 80 ha | +60.0% |
| 1966 | 102 ha | +27.5% |
| 1967 | 121 ha | +18.6% |
| 1968 | 64 ha | -47.1% |
| 1969 | 62 ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 62 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10 ha | -83.9% |
| 1972 | 6 ha | -40.0% |
| 1973 | 11 ha | +83.3% |
| 1974 | 13 ha | +18.2% |
| 1975 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16 ha | +23.1% |
| 1977 | 11 ha | -31.2% |
| 1978 | 17 ha | +54.5% |
| 1979 | 6 ha | -64.7% |
| 1980 | 8 ha | +33.3% |
| 1981 | 9 ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 52 ha | +372.7% |
| 1985 | 58 ha | +11.5% |
| 1986 | 30 ha | -48.3% |
| 1987 | 258 ha | +760.0% |
| 1988 | 42 ha | -83.7% |
| 1989 | 17 ha | -59.5% |
| 1990 | 140 ha | +723.5% |
| 1991 | 383 ha | +173.6% |
| 1992 | 412 ha | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 378 ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 285 ha | -24.6% |
| 1995 | 422 ha | +48.1% |
| 1996 | 409 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 434 ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 408 ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 282 ha | -30.9% |
| 2000 | 447 ha | +58.5% |
| 2001 | 264 ha | -40.9% |
| 2002 | 311 ha | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 151 ha | -51.4% |
| 2004 | 651 ha | +331.1% |
| 2005 | 397 ha | -39.0% |
| 2006 | 778 ha | +96.0% |
| 2007 | 268 ha | -65.6% |
| 2008 | 166 ha | -38.1% |
| 2009 | 218 ha | +31.3% |
| 2010 | 202 ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 69 ha | -65.8% |
| 2012 | 200 ha | +189.9% |
| 2013 | 198 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 514 ha | +159.6% |
| 2015 | 491 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 913 ha | +85.9% |
| 2017 | 378 ha | -58.6% |
| 2018 | 496 ha | +31.2% |
| 2019 | 615 ha | +24.0% |
| 2020 | 500 ha | -18.7% |
| 2021 | 626 ha | +25.2% |
| 2022 | 487 ha | -22.2% |
| 2023 | 493 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 347 ha | -29.6% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 347 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 12% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 347 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 699 ha, 50% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +760.0% | 30 ha | 258 ha |
| 1990 | +723.5% | 17 ha | 140 ha |
| 1984 | +372.7% | 11 ha | 52 ha |
| 2004 | +331.1% | 151 ha | 651 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71 ha | 50 ha | 121 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.5 ha | 6 ha | 62 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.5 ha | 8 ha | 258 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 355.3 ha | 140 ha | 434 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 365.1 ha | 151 ha | 778 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 407.6 ha | 69 ha | 913 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 490.6 ha | 347 ha | 626 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Jordan?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Jordan was 347 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 913 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 ha in 1972.
- How does Jordan rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 101st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.