Potatoes — Yield in Jordan
Jordan: Potatoes — Yield was 39,909 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 39,909 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Jordan peaked at 40,311 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,980 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Jordan 12th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Jordan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,895 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,264 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1963 | 7,898 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1964 | 6,770 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 9,634 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 1966 | 11,915 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1967 | 13,529 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 5,849 kg/ha | -56.8% |
| 1969 | 1,980 kg/ha | -66.2% |
| 1970 | 19,818 kg/ha | +901.1% |
| 1971 | 14,862 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 10,951 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1973 | 4,076 kg/ha | -62.8% |
| 1974 | 6,383 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 1975 | 10,911 kg/ha | +70.9% |
| 1976 | 14,719 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1977 | 11,032 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1978 | 12,010 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 14,879 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1980 | 17,269 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1981 | 18,428 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 17,360 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 19,480 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1984 | 18,849 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 16,903 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1986 | 14,790 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 26,184 kg/ha | +77.0% |
| 1988 | 19,843 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1989 | 19,996 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 31,680 kg/ha | +58.4% |
| 1991 | 17,824 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1992 | 23,505 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1993 | 22,895 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 18,425 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1995 | 19,233 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 25,756 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1997 | 23,559 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 21,964 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 25,897 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2000 | 26,429 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 26,924 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 30,078 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 32,235 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 36,546 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2005 | 35,494 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 30,320 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2007 | 27,905 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 23,924 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 31,238 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2010 | 30,176 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 36,786 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2012 | 23,447 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 2013 | 30,333 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2014 | 31,943 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 25,954 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2016 | 40,045 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 2017 | 38,832 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 40,311 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 37,866 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 38,228 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 39,857 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 36,183 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 40,231 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 39,909 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 39,909 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 39,909 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,679 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +901.1% | 1,980 kg/ha | 19,818 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,971 kg/ha | 1,980 kg/ha | 13,529 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,964 kg/ha | 4,076 kg/ha | 19,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,910 kg/ha | 14,790 kg/ha | 26,184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,074 kg/ha | 17,824 kg/ha | 31,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,109 kg/ha | 23,924 kg/ha | 36,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,569 kg/ha | 23,447 kg/ha | 40,311 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,882 kg/ha | 36,183 kg/ha | 40,231 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
- 10 Australia 40,784 kg/ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 9,358 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 8,669 kg/ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,537 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
- 14 Belgium 39,592 kg/ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 6,440 kg/ha compare
- 15 Kuwait 38,123 kg/ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 6,035 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 potatoes — yield in Jordan?
- Potatoes — yield in Jordan was 39,909 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 40,311 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,980 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Jordan rank for potatoes — yield?
- Jordan ranks 12th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. 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 Potatoes — 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.