Plums and sloes — Yield in Jordan
Jordan: Plums and sloes — Yield was 18,437 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Yield in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 18,437 kg/ha for plums and sloes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.5% on the previous year and up 128.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Jordan peaked at 24,105 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1973.
Jordan ranks 6th of 88 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Jordan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,100 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,850 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 3,130 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 3,500 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1966 | 3,188 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1967 | 2,792 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1968 | 4,606 kg/ha | +65.0% |
| 1969 | 2,133 kg/ha | -53.7% |
| 1970 | 4,477 kg/ha | +109.9% |
| 1971 | 1,849 kg/ha | -58.7% |
| 1972 | 4,318 kg/ha | +133.6% |
| 1973 | 500 kg/ha | -88.4% |
| 1974 | 885 kg/ha | +77.0% |
| 1975 | 1,512 kg/ha | +70.9% |
| 1976 | 2,738 kg/ha | +81.0% |
| 1977 | 1,547 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 1978 | 1,231 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1979 | 1,794 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1980 | 4,333 kg/ha | +141.5% |
| 1981 | 3,333 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1982 | 3,387 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 3,143 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1984 | 2,630 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1985 | 2,667 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 3,156 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1987 | 1,392 kg/ha | -55.9% |
| 1988 | 3,704 kg/ha | +166.0% |
| 1989 | 3,598 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 2,960 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1991 | 3,913 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1992 | 5,827 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 1993 | 4,009 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1994 | 16,841 kg/ha | +320.1% |
| 1995 | 13,655 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1996 | 8,055 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1997 | 9,409 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1998 | 5,057 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 1999 | 5,867 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 4,690 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2001 | 4,473 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 11,770 kg/ha | +163.1% |
| 2003 | 7,015 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 2004 | 8,286 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2005 | 7,209 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2006 | 7,469 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 4,721 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 2008 | 6,104 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2009 | 4,908 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2010 | 4,128 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 6,083 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 2012 | 7,309 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2013 | 8,079 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 8,056 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 11,780 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 2016 | 12,636 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 10,972 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 11,712 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 14,360 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2020 | 12,731 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 13,848 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 16,241 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2023 | 24,105 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 2024 | 18,437 kg/ha | -23.5% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 18,437 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,838 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 18,437 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,598 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +320.1% | 4,009 kg/ha | 16,841 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,156 kg/ha | 2,133 kg/ha | 4,606 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,085 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 4,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,134 kg/ha | 1,392 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,559 kg/ha | 2,960 kg/ha | 16,841 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,665 kg/ha | 4,473 kg/ha | 11,770 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,511 kg/ha | 4,128 kg/ha | 14,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,073 kg/ha | 12,731 kg/ha | 24,105 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,985 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 29,028 kg/ha compare
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 25,440 kg/ha compare
- 5 Israel 24,737 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 6,639 kg/ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 6,297 kg/ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 5,560 kg/ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 18,162 kg/ha compare
- 8 Kenya 16,090 kg/ha compare
- 9 Albania 15,705 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 plums and sloes — yield in Jordan?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Jordan was 18,437 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 24,105 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Jordan rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Jordan ranks 6th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 128.9%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.