Potatoes — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Potatoes — Area harvested was 4,043 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Jordan stood at 4,043 ha.
The figure is down 16.0% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 7,256 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 29 ha, in 1971.
That places Jordan 107th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,710 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,740 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 1,570 ha | -9.8% |
| 1964 | 1,610 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 1,640 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 1,880 ha | +14.6% |
| 1967 | 340 ha | -81.9% |
| 1968 | 530 ha | +55.9% |
| 1969 | 443 ha | -16.4% |
| 1970 | 99 ha | -77.7% |
| 1971 | 29 ha | -70.7% |
| 1972 | 82 ha | +182.8% |
| 1973 | 106 ha | +29.3% |
| 1974 | 611 ha | +476.4% |
| 1975 | 459 ha | -24.9% |
| 1976 | 883 ha | +92.4% |
| 1977 | 1,175 ha | +33.1% |
| 1978 | 731 ha | -37.8% |
| 1979 | 438 ha | -40.1% |
| 1980 | 744 ha | +69.9% |
| 1981 | 402 ha | -46.0% |
| 1982 | 439 ha | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 616 ha | +40.3% |
| 1984 | 889 ha | +44.3% |
| 1985 | 1,550 ha | +74.4% |
| 1986 | 1,523 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 2,358 ha | +54.8% |
| 1988 | 2,415 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 1,340 ha | -44.5% |
| 1990 | 2,830 ha | +111.2% |
| 1991 | 3,451 ha | +21.9% |
| 1992 | 2,067 ha | -40.1% |
| 1993 | 3,440 ha | +66.4% |
| 1994 | 2,633 ha | -23.5% |
| 1995 | 5,069 ha | +92.5% |
| 1996 | 3,695 ha | -27.1% |
| 1997 | 4,018 ha | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 4,009 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,720 ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 3,673 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 3,764 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 3,502 ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 3,797 ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 4,524 ha | +19.1% |
| 2005 | 4,848 ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 5,278 ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 3,543 ha | -32.9% |
| 2008 | 5,843 ha | +64.9% |
| 2009 | 3,800 ha | -35.0% |
| 2010 | 5,797 ha | +52.6% |
| 2011 | 5,885 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 6,038 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 3,403 ha | -43.6% |
| 2014 | 6,389 ha | +87.7% |
| 2015 | 7,256 ha | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 6,840 ha | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 4,008 ha | -41.4% |
| 2018 | 3,800 ha | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 4,586 ha | +20.7% |
| 2020 | 3,869 ha | -15.6% |
| 2021 | 4,751 ha | +22.8% |
| 2022 | 4,001 ha | -15.8% |
| 2023 | 4,815 ha | +20.3% |
| 2024 | 4,043 ha | -16.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 4,043 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 26% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 4,043 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,647 ha, 26% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +476.4% | 106 ha | 611 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,274 ha | 340 ha | 1,880 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 461.3 ha | 29 ha | 1,175 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,228 ha | 402 ha | 2,415 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,493 ha | 2,067 ha | 5,069 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,257 ha | 3,502 ha | 5,843 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,400 ha | 3,403 ha | 7,256 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,296 ha | 3,869 ha | 4,815 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 potatoes — area harvested in Jordan?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Jordan was 4,043 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 7,256 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 29 ha in 1971.
- How does Jordan rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 107th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. 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 Potatoes — 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.