Cereals, primary — Yield in Jordan
Jordan: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,611 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Jordan stood at 1,611 kg/ha.
The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and up 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Jordan peaked at 1,858 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 151.3 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Jordan 148th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 648.07 kg/ha | 353.5 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 482.82 kg/ha | 151.3 kg/ha | 915.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 733.3 kg/ha | 477.8 kg/ha | 1,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,226 kg/ha | 899.7 kg/ha | 1,842 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 975.62 kg/ha | 698.4 kg/ha | 1,237 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,327 kg/ha | 1,115 kg/ha | 1,555 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,634 kg/ha | 1,435 kg/ha | 1,858 kg/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 — yield in Jordan?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Jordan was 1,611 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,858 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 151.3 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Jordan rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Jordan ranks 148th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.5%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.