Olives — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Olives — Area harvested was 57,840 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Jordan stood at 57,840 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 65,358 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 8,815 ha, in 1968.
That places Jordan 13th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,800 ha | -79.8% |
| 1963 | 56,374 ha | +340.4% |
| 1964 | 58,029 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 65,358 ha | +12.6% |
| 1966 | 65,358 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 62,157 ha | -4.9% |
| 1968 | 8,815 ha | -85.8% |
| 1969 | 14,863 ha | +68.6% |
| 1970 | 9,634 ha | -35.2% |
| 1971 | 27,810 ha | +188.7% |
| 1972 | 31,780 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 32,420 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 32,106 ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 21,519 ha | -33.0% |
| 1976 | 25,571 ha | +18.8% |
| 1977 | 18,382 ha | -28.1% |
| 1978 | 21,569 ha | +17.3% |
| 1979 | 32,471 ha | +50.5% |
| 1980 | 27,660 ha | -14.8% |
| 1981 | 29,202 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 30,305 ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 27,795 ha | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 30,620 ha | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 29,775 ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 34,493 ha | +15.8% |
| 1987 | 38,145 ha | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 36,276 ha | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 36,397 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 36,457 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 36,607 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 39,215 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 39,547 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 53,435 ha | +35.1% |
| 1995 | 54,253 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 54,782 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 61,602 ha | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 62,604 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 63,260 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 63,753 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 64,101 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 64,484 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 64,441 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 64,495 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 64,523 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 64,532 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 60,140 ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 60,531 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 60,660 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 60,879 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 62,088 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 62,687 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 62,390 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 62,656 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 63,883 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 63,963 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 56,214 ha | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 56,599 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 56,952 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 57,052 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 56,953 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 57,198 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 57,840 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 57,840 ha | +0.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 57,840 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,115 ha, 8.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 57,840 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — 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 | +340.4% | 12,800 ha | 56,374 ha |
| 1971 | +188.7% | 9,634 ha | 27,810 ha |
| 1968 | -85.8% | 62,157 ha | 8,815 ha |
| 1962 | -79.8% | 63,500 ha | 12,800 ha |
| 1969 | +68.6% | 8,815 ha | 14,863 ha |
| 1979 | +50.5% | 21,569 ha | 32,471 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,250 ha | 8,815 ha | 65,358 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,326 ha | 9,634 ha | 32,471 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,067 ha | 27,660 ha | 38,145 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,176 ha | 36,457 ha | 63,260 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,166 ha | 60,140 ha | 64,532 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,831 ha | 56,214 ha | 63,963 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,377 ha | 56,953 ha | 57,840 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 olives — area harvested in Jordan?
- Olives — area harvested in Jordan was 57,840 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 65,358 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,815 ha in 1968.
- How does Jordan rank for olives — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 13th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. 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 Olives — 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.