Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 1,454 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Jordan is 1,454 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.6% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 2,260 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 35 ha, in 1975.
Jordan ranks 43rd of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1963 | 220 ha | -26.7% |
| 1964 | 308 ha | +40.0% |
| 1965 | 276 ha | -10.4% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 1968 | 106 ha | -51.8% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 104 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 69 ha | -33.7% |
| 1972 | 56 ha | -18.8% |
| 1973 | 79 ha | +41.1% |
| 1974 | 111 ha | +40.5% |
| 1975 | 35 ha | -68.5% |
| 1976 | 108 ha | +208.6% |
| 1977 | 134 ha | +24.1% |
| 1978 | 243 ha | +81.3% |
| 1979 | 350 ha | +44.0% |
| 1980 | 277 ha | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 689 ha | +148.7% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | -12.9% |
| 1983 | 434 ha | -27.7% |
| 1984 | 450 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 995 ha | +121.1% |
| 1986 | 850 ha | -14.6% |
| 1987 | 810 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 581 ha | -28.3% |
| 1989 | 584 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 648 ha | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 213 ha | -67.1% |
| 1992 | 347 ha | +62.9% |
| 1993 | 307 ha | -11.5% |
| 1994 | 504 ha | +64.2% |
| 1995 | 379 ha | -24.8% |
| 1996 | 472 ha | +24.5% |
| 1997 | 515 ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 773 ha | +50.1% |
| 1999 | 649 ha | -16.0% |
| 2000 | 664 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 592 ha | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 985 ha | +66.4% |
| 2003 | 961 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 1,889 ha | +96.6% |
| 2005 | 943 ha | -50.1% |
| 2006 | 1,304 ha | +38.3% |
| 2007 | 645 ha | -50.5% |
| 2008 | 1,421 ha | +120.3% |
| 2009 | 1,590 ha | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 1,436 ha | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 2,260 ha | +57.4% |
| 2012 | 1,898 ha | -16.0% |
| 2013 | 1,982 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 1,323 ha | -33.2% |
| 2015 | 1,463 ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 1,771 ha | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 1,372 ha | -22.5% |
| 2018 | 884 ha | -35.6% |
| 2019 | 770 ha | -12.9% |
| 2020 | 983 ha | +27.7% |
| 2021 | 982 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,467 ha | +49.4% |
| 2023 | 1,832 ha | +24.9% |
| 2024 | 1,454 ha | -20.6% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 1,454 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 77% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 1,454 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 294 ha, 4.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 236.67 ha | 100 ha | 350 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 128.9 ha | 35 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 627 ha | 277 ha | 995 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 480.7 ha | 213 ha | 773 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,099 ha | 592 ha | 1,889 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,516 ha | 770 ha | 2,260 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,344 ha | 982 ha | 1,832 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Jordan?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Jordan was 1,454 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,260 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 ha in 1975.
- How does Jordan rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 43rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.