Okra — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Okra — Area harvested was 970 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 970 ha for okra — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.1% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 1,765 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Jordan ranks 27th of 53 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.
Okra — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 98 ha | — |
| 1970 | 98 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 110 ha | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 419 ha | +280.9% |
| 1973 | 299 ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 549 ha | +83.6% |
| 1975 | 798 ha | +45.4% |
| 1976 | 609 ha | -23.7% |
| 1977 | 839 ha | +37.8% |
| 1978 | 332 ha | -60.4% |
| 1979 | 565 ha | +70.2% |
| 1980 | 1,487 ha | +163.2% |
| 1981 | 1,048 ha | -29.5% |
| 1982 | 1,026 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 788 ha | -23.2% |
| 1984 | 733 ha | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 1,365 ha | +86.2% |
| 1986 | 694 ha | -49.2% |
| 1987 | 481 ha | -30.7% |
| 1988 | 514 ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 456 ha | -11.3% |
| 1990 | 494 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 546 ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 518 ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 1,000 ha | +93.1% |
| 1994 | 576 ha | -42.4% |
| 1995 | 782 ha | +35.8% |
| 1996 | 687 ha | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 1,011 ha | +47.2% |
| 1998 | 944 ha | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 587 ha | -37.8% |
| 2000 | 1,003 ha | +70.9% |
| 2001 | 488 ha | -51.3% |
| 2002 | 817 ha | +67.4% |
| 2003 | 536 ha | -34.4% |
| 2004 | 620 ha | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 879 ha | +41.8% |
| 2006 | 965 ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 879 ha | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 962 ha | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 1,273 ha | +32.3% |
| 2010 | 1,043 ha | -18.1% |
| 2011 | 686 ha | -34.2% |
| 2012 | 1,280 ha | +86.6% |
| 2013 | 937 ha | -26.8% |
| 2014 | 1,169 ha | +24.8% |
| 2015 | 799 ha | -31.7% |
| 2016 | 729 ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 767 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 1,765 ha | +130.1% |
| 2019 | 739 ha | -58.1% |
| 2020 | 742 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 943 ha | +27.1% |
| 2022 | 789 ha | -16.3% |
| 2023 | 881 ha | +11.7% |
| 2024 | 970 ha | +10.1% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 970 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,006 ha, 96% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 970 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 523 ha, 1.9× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +280.9% | 110 ha | 419 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.89 ha | 0 ha | 98 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 461.8 ha | 98 ha | 839 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 859.2 ha | 456 ha | 1,487 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 714.5 ha | 494 ha | 1,011 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 842.2 ha | 488 ha | 1,273 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 991.4 ha | 686 ha | 1,765 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 865 ha | 742 ha | 970 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 okra — area harvested in Jordan?
- Okra — area harvested in Jordan was 970 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,765 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Jordan rank for okra — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 27th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. 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 Okra — 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.