Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 7,054 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Jordan is 7,054 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 7,756 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,320 ha, in 1972.
Jordan ranks 69th of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 2,350 ha | +17.5% |
| 1964 | 2,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,375 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 2,762 ha | +16.3% |
| 1968 | 2,228 ha | -19.3% |
| 1969 | 2,126 ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 1,880 ha | -11.6% |
| 1971 | 1,810 ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 1,320 ha | -27.1% |
| 1973 | 1,799 ha | +36.3% |
| 1974 | 3,364 ha | +87.0% |
| 1975 | 2,106 ha | -37.4% |
| 1976 | 2,655 ha | +26.1% |
| 1977 | 2,942 ha | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 2,634 ha | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 3,097 ha | +17.6% |
| 1980 | 3,464 ha | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 3,978 ha | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 4,515 ha | +13.5% |
| 1983 | 3,901 ha | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 2,982 ha | -23.6% |
| 1985 | 5,301 ha | +77.8% |
| 1986 | 5,394 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 5,593 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 5,635 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 5,753 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 5,772 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 5,768 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 5,760 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 5,749 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 5,711 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 5,717 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 5,808 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 7,328 ha | +26.2% |
| 1998 | 7,348 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 7,486 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 7,627 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 7,748 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 7,756 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 6,647 ha | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 6,702 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 6,704 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6,750 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 6,796 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 6,885 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 6,922 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 6,868 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 6,966 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 6,981 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 6,313 ha | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 6,313 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,396 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 6,409 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 6,421 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 6,440 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 6,553 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 6,708 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 6,992 ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 7,070 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 7,193 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 7,054 ha | -1.9% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 7,054 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,320 ha, 96% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 7,054 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,576 ha, 82% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +87.0% | 1,799 ha | 3,364 ha |
| 1985 | +77.8% | 2,982 ha | 5,301 ha |
| 1975 | -37.4% | 3,364 ha | 2,106 ha |
| 1973 | +36.3% | 1,320 ha | 1,799 ha |
| 1972 | -27.1% | 1,810 ha | 1,320 ha |
| 1997 | +26.2% | 5,808 ha | 7,328 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,277 ha | 1,950 ha | 2,762 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,361 ha | 1,320 ha | 3,364 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,652 ha | 2,982 ha | 5,753 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,245 ha | 5,711 ha | 7,486 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,054 ha | 6,647 ha | 7,756 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,566 ha | 6,313 ha | 6,981 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,003 ha | 6,708 ha | 7,193 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Jordan?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Jordan was 7,054 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 7,756 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,320 ha in 1972.
- How does Jordan rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 69th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.