Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 1,343 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Jordan, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Jordan stood at 1,343 ha.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 129.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 1,496 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 391 ha, in 1991.
That places Jordan 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 391 ha | — |
| 1992 | 553 ha | +41.4% |
| 1993 | 493 ha | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 618 ha | +25.4% |
| 1995 | 654 ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 646 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 916 ha | +41.8% |
| 1998 | 1,173 ha | +28.1% |
| 1999 | 1,029 ha | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 1,293 ha | +25.7% |
| 2001 | 800 ha | -38.1% |
| 2002 | 480 ha | -40.0% |
| 2003 | 465 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 790 ha | +69.9% |
| 2005 | 1,320 ha | +67.1% |
| 2006 | 645 ha | -51.1% |
| 2007 | 792 ha | +22.8% |
| 2008 | 1,041 ha | +31.4% |
| 2009 | 1,043 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,496 ha | +43.4% |
| 2011 | 796 ha | -46.8% |
| 2012 | 1,361 ha | +71.0% |
| 2013 | 768 ha | -43.6% |
| 2014 | 585 ha | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 940 ha | +60.7% |
| 2016 | 730 ha | -22.3% |
| 2017 | 1,262 ha | +72.9% |
| 2018 | 497 ha | -60.6% |
| 2019 | 694 ha | +39.6% |
| 2020 | 629 ha | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 599 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 1,265 ha | +111.2% |
| 2023 | 1,294 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 1,343 ha | +3.8% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 1,343 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,359 ha, 57% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 719.22 ha | 391 ha | 1,173 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 866.9 ha | 465 ha | 1,320 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 912.9 ha | 497 ha | 1,496 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,026 ha | 599 ha | 1,343 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Jordan?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Jordan was 1,343 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,496 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 391 ha in 1991.
- How does Jordan rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 129.6%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.