Dates — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Dates — Area harvested was 4,495 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Jordan stood at 4,495 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 102.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 4,495 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6 ha, in 1979.
That places Jordan 20th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 141 ha | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | -29.1% |
| 1968 | 70 ha | -30.0% |
| 1969 | 50 ha | -28.6% |
| 1970 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 70 ha | +40.0% |
| 1974 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 92 ha | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 50 ha | -45.7% |
| 1977 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20 ha | -60.0% |
| 1979 | 6 ha | -70.0% |
| 1980 | 9 ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 13 ha | +44.4% |
| 1982 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15 ha | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 17 ha | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 24 ha | +41.2% |
| 1990 | 86 ha | +258.3% |
| 1991 | 127 ha | +47.7% |
| 1992 | 45 ha | -64.6% |
| 1993 | 52 ha | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 108 ha | +107.7% |
| 1995 | 108 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 111 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 212 ha | +91.0% |
| 1998 | 250 ha | +17.9% |
| 1999 | 251 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 264 ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 264 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 346 ha | +31.1% |
| 2003 | 554 ha | +60.1% |
| 2004 | 615 ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 615 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 656 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 1,573 ha | +139.8% |
| 2008 | 1,637 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 1,668 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1,708 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,769 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 1,840 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 2,152 ha | +17.0% |
| 2014 | 2,222 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 2,669 ha | +20.1% |
| 2016 | 2,712 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 3,223 ha | +18.8% |
| 2018 | 3,274 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 3,372 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 3,806 ha | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 4,328 ha | +13.7% |
| 2022 | 4,400 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 4,495 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 4,495 ha | +0.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 4,495 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,495 ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 4,495 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 14% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +258.3% | 24 ha | 86 ha |
| 2007 | +139.8% | 656 ha | 1,573 ha |
| 1994 | +107.7% | 52 ha | 108 ha |
| 1997 | +91.0% | 111 ha | 212 ha |
| 1979 | -70.0% | 20 ha | 6 ha |
| 1992 | -64.6% | 127 ha | 45 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123.44 ha | 50 ha | 150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51.8 ha | 6 ha | 92 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.3 ha | 9 ha | 24 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 135 ha | 45 ha | 251 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 819.2 ha | 264 ha | 1,668 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,494 ha | 1,708 ha | 3,372 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,305 ha | 3,806 ha | 4,495 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 dates — area harvested in Jordan?
- Dates — area harvested in Jordan was 4,495 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,495 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 ha in 1979.
- How does Jordan rank for dates — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 20th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 102.3%. 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 Dates — 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.