Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Jordan is 0 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 1,340 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1991.
Jordan ranks 160th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 703 ha | — |
| 1962 | 446 ha | -36.6% |
| 1963 | 1,340 ha | +200.4% |
| 1964 | 821 ha | -38.7% |
| 1965 | 1,148 ha | +39.8% |
| 1966 | 670 ha | -41.6% |
| 1967 | 422 ha | -37.0% |
| 1968 | 125 ha | -70.4% |
| 1969 | 934 ha | +647.2% |
| 1970 | 340 ha | -63.6% |
| 1971 | 284 ha | -16.5% |
| 1972 | 246 ha | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 199 ha | -19.1% |
| 1974 | 259 ha | +30.2% |
| 1975 | 593 ha | +129.0% |
| 1976 | 510 ha | -14.0% |
| 1977 | 206 ha | -59.6% |
| 1978 | 92 ha | -55.3% |
| 1979 | 123 ha | +33.7% |
| 1980 | 60 ha | -51.2% |
| 1981 | 79 ha | +31.7% |
| 1982 | 80 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 150 ha | +87.5% |
| 1984 | 154 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 175 ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 288 ha | +60.0% |
| 1988 | 432 ha | +50.0% |
| 1989 | 473 ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 420 ha | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 0 ha | — |
| 1993 | 0 ha | — |
| 1994 | 0 ha | — |
| 1995 | 0 ha | — |
| 1996 | 0 ha | — |
| 1997 | 0 ha | — |
| 1998 | 0 ha | — |
| 1999 | 0 ha | — |
| 2000 | 0 ha | — |
| 2001 | 0 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0 ha | — |
| 2003 | 0 ha | — |
| 2004 | 0 ha | — |
| 2005 | 0 ha | — |
| 2006 | 0 ha | — |
| 2007 | 0 ha | — |
| 2008 | 0 ha | — |
| 2009 | 0 ha | — |
| 2010 | 0 ha | — |
| 2011 | 0 ha | — |
| 2012 | 0 ha | — |
| 2013 | 0 ha | — |
| 2014 | 0 ha | — |
| 2015 | 0 ha | — |
| 2016 | 0 ha | — |
| 2017 | 0 ha | — |
| 2018 | 0 ha | — |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha | — |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 0 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha. (46 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 0 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,890 ha. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +647.2% | 125 ha | 934 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 734.33 ha | 125 ha | 1,340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 285.2 ha | 92 ha | 593 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 207.1 ha | 60 ha | 473 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42 ha | 0 ha | 420 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Jordan?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Jordan was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,340 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1991.
- How does Jordan rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 160th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.