Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 2,548 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 2,548 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 2,548 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
Jordan ranks 39th of 126 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.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +140.0% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 579 ha | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 663 ha | +14.5% |
| 1968 | 438 ha | -33.9% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 380 ha | +11.8% |
| 1973 | 581 ha | +52.9% |
| 1974 | 1,166 ha | +100.7% |
| 1975 | 793 ha | -32.0% |
| 1976 | 990 ha | +24.8% |
| 1977 | 1,261 ha | +27.4% |
| 1978 | 739 ha | -41.4% |
| 1979 | 1,061 ha | +43.6% |
| 1980 | 1,079 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 1,070 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 1,089 ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 939 ha | -13.8% |
| 1984 | 994 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 1,238 ha | +24.5% |
| 1986 | 1,422 ha | +14.9% |
| 1987 | 1,424 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1,426 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,434 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 1,439 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 1,439 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,439 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,441 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,447 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 1,448 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,474 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 2,205 ha | +49.6% |
| 1998 | 2,224 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 2,240 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 2,259 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 2,259 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,279 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 1,681 ha | -26.2% |
| 2004 | 1,689 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,689 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,701 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,703 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,706 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,714 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,734 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,739 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,755 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,582 ha | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 1,582 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,596 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,599 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,090 ha | +30.7% |
| 2018 | 2,105 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,155 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 2,251 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 2,408 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 2,456 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,548 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 2,548 ha | +0.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 2,548 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 2,548 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,465 ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +140.0% | 250 ha | 600 ha |
| 1974 | +100.7% | 581 ha | 1,166 ha |
| 1973 | +52.9% | 380 ha | 581 ha |
| 1997 | +49.6% | 1,474 ha | 2,205 ha |
| 1979 | +43.6% | 739 ha | 1,061 ha |
| 1978 | -41.4% | 1,261 ha | 739 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 481.11 ha | 200 ha | 663 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 766.1 ha | 340 ha | 1,261 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,212 ha | 939 ha | 1,434 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,680 ha | 1,439 ha | 2,240 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,868 ha | 1,681 ha | 2,279 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,794 ha | 1,582 ha | 2,155 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,442 ha | 2,251 ha | 2,548 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Jordan?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Jordan was 2,548 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,548 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Jordan rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 39th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.1%. 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 Lemons and limes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.