Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 717 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 717 ha for chick peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 12,494 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 264 ha, in 1995.
Jordan ranks 41st of 54 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,410 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,660 ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 3,110 ha | -45.1% |
| 1964 | 5,670 ha | +82.3% |
| 1965 | 8,500 ha | +49.9% |
| 1966 | 3,470 ha | -59.2% |
| 1967 | 3,670 ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 1,870 ha | -49.0% |
| 1969 | 1,866 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 1,276 ha | -31.6% |
| 1971 | 710 ha | -44.4% |
| 1972 | 3,085 ha | +334.5% |
| 1973 | 7,339 ha | +137.9% |
| 1974 | 12,494 ha | +70.2% |
| 1975 | 3,588 ha | -71.3% |
| 1976 | 1,629 ha | -54.6% |
| 1977 | 1,362 ha | -16.4% |
| 1978 | 1,253 ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 2,606 ha | +108.0% |
| 1980 | 2,865 ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 1,974 ha | -31.1% |
| 1982 | 2,023 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 3,156 ha | +56.0% |
| 1984 | 1,322 ha | -58.1% |
| 1985 | 2,890 ha | +118.6% |
| 1986 | 1,160 ha | -59.9% |
| 1987 | 1,580 ha | +36.2% |
| 1988 | 1,679 ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 2,980 ha | +77.5% |
| 1990 | 2,452 ha | -17.7% |
| 1991 | 1,485 ha | -39.4% |
| 1992 | 877 ha | -40.9% |
| 1993 | 1,447 ha | +65.0% |
| 1994 | 658 ha | -54.5% |
| 1995 | 264 ha | -59.9% |
| 1996 | 411 ha | +55.7% |
| 1997 | 1,997 ha | +385.9% |
| 1998 | 889 ha | -55.5% |
| 1999 | 443 ha | -50.2% |
| 2000 | 1,195 ha | +169.8% |
| 2001 | 327 ha | -72.6% |
| 2002 | 1,651 ha | +404.9% |
| 2003 | 1,658 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 640 ha | -61.4% |
| 2005 | 1,403 ha | +119.2% |
| 2006 | 1,223 ha | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 696 ha | -43.1% |
| 2008 | 424 ha | -39.1% |
| 2009 | 545 ha | +28.5% |
| 2010 | 2,228 ha | +308.8% |
| 2011 | 874 ha | -60.8% |
| 2012 | 1,321 ha | +51.1% |
| 2013 | 798 ha | -39.6% |
| 2014 | 717 ha | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 1,083 ha | +51.0% |
| 2016 | 614 ha | -43.3% |
| 2017 | 360 ha | -41.4% |
| 2018 | 744 ha | +106.7% |
| 2019 | 873 ha | +17.3% |
| 2020 | 338 ha | -61.3% |
| 2021 | 772 ha | +128.4% |
| 2022 | 531 ha | -31.2% |
| 2023 | 745 ha | +40.3% |
| 2024 | 717 ha | -3.8% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 717 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 773.5 ha, 93% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 717 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,834 ha, 39% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,358 ha | 1,866 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,534 ha | 710 ha | 12,494 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,163 ha | 1,160 ha | 3,156 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,092 ha | 264 ha | 2,452 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 976.2 ha | 327 ha | 1,658 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 961.2 ha | 360 ha | 2,228 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 620.6 ha | 338 ha | 772 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
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 chick peas, dry — area harvested in Jordan?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Jordan was 717 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 12,494 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 264 ha in 1995.
- How does Jordan rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 41st out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Chick peas, dry — 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.