Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 52,137 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 52,137 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 13.9% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 400,547 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 7,851 ha, in 1999.
That places Jordan 148th out of 193 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 324,063 ha | 221,975 ha | 400,547 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 215,953 ha | 132,827 ha | 311,469 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 129,277 ha | 66,454 ha | 184,623 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 74,130 ha | 7,851 ha | 120,512 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 51,712 ha | 31,765 ha | 88,162 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,847 ha | 42,817 ha | 68,862 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,360 ha | 35,477 ha | 66,941 ha | 5 |
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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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Jordan?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Jordan was 52,137 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 400,547 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,851 ha in 1999.
- How does Jordan rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 148th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.