Lemons and limes — Yield in Jordan
Jordan: Lemons and limes — Yield was 22,261 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Jordan stood at 22,261 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 14.0% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Jordan peaked at 40,693 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4,432 kg/ha, in 1975.
Jordan ranks 19th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Jordan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,700 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1963 | 14,250 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 1964 | 9,728 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1965 | 17,918 kg/ha | +84.2% |
| 1966 | 18,295 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 22,932 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1968 | 17,794 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1969 | 15,000 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1970 | 14,286 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 14,706 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 13,421 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 7,401 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 1974 | 9,121 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1975 | 4,432 kg/ha | -51.4% |
| 1976 | 9,404 kg/ha | +112.2% |
| 1977 | 9,911 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 12,225 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1979 | 10,314 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1980 | 8,639 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1981 | 16,467 kg/ha | +90.6% |
| 1982 | 12,249 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1983 | 21,193 kg/ha | +73.0% |
| 1984 | 19,799 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 18,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 15,979 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 24,411 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 1988 | 25,159 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 40,693 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 1990 | 35,242 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 34,459 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 28,994 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1993 | 31,258 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 20,996 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1995 | 22,008 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 24,815 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 20,588 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1998 | 19,249 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 10,828 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 2000 | 12,695 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 15,352 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2002 | 14,032 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 25,566 kg/ha | +82.2% |
| 2004 | 19,714 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2005 | 21,165 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 18,580 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 13,219 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2008 | 10,612 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2009 | 12,135 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2010 | 16,574 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2011 | 15,116 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 15,118 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16,954 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 16,486 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 20,750 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2016 | 19,825 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 16,552 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2018 | 16,690 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 18,168 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 13,580 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 12,148 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 14,544 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2023 | 19,534 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2024 | 22,261 kg/ha | +14.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 22,261 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 22,261 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,624 kg/ha | 9,728 kg/ha | 22,932 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,522 kg/ha | 4,432 kg/ha | 14,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,259 kg/ha | 8,639 kg/ha | 40,693 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,844 kg/ha | 10,828 kg/ha | 35,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,307 kg/ha | 10,612 kg/ha | 25,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,223 kg/ha | 15,116 kg/ha | 20,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,414 kg/ha | 12,148 kg/ha | 22,261 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 16 Guatemala 22,798 kg/ha compare
- 17 China 22,679 kg/ha compare
- 18 Algeria 22,366 kg/ha compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 22,212 kg/ha compare
- 21 Seychelles 21,868 kg/ha compare
- 22 South Africa 21,833 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Jordan?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Jordan was 22,261 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 40,693 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,432 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Jordan rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Jordan ranks 19th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. 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 — Yield. 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.