Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 2,679 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 2,679 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.0% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 3,868 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 467 ha, in 1969.
Jordan ranks 52nd of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 3,126 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 3,868 ha | +23.7% |
| 1965 | 2,956 ha | -23.6% |
| 1966 | 2,900 ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 2,863 ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 1,210 ha | -57.7% |
| 1969 | 467 ha | -61.4% |
| 1970 | 957 ha | +104.9% |
| 1971 | 580 ha | -39.4% |
| 1972 | 1,114 ha | +92.1% |
| 1973 | 1,431 ha | +28.5% |
| 1974 | 1,018 ha | -28.9% |
| 1975 | 1,414 ha | +38.9% |
| 1976 | 2,702 ha | +91.1% |
| 1977 | 2,638 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,730 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 2,877 ha | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 3,224 ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 3,329 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 3,098 ha | -6.9% |
| 1983 | 3,585 ha | +15.7% |
| 1984 | 3,064 ha | -14.5% |
| 1985 | 3,706 ha | +21.0% |
| 1986 | 3,208 ha | -13.4% |
| 1987 | 2,220 ha | -30.8% |
| 1988 | 2,333 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 1,631 ha | -30.1% |
| 1990 | 1,864 ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 1,352 ha | -27.5% |
| 1992 | 1,547 ha | +14.4% |
| 1993 | 1,475 ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 1,650 ha | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 2,194 ha | +33.0% |
| 1996 | 1,316 ha | -40.0% |
| 1997 | 2,068 ha | +57.1% |
| 1998 | 2,610 ha | +26.2% |
| 1999 | 3,124 ha | +19.7% |
| 2000 | 2,835 ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 3,028 ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 2,434 ha | -19.6% |
| 2003 | 2,924 ha | +20.1% |
| 2004 | 2,843 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 3,049 ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 3,410 ha | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 2,486 ha | -27.1% |
| 2008 | 3,426 ha | +37.8% |
| 2009 | 3,115 ha | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 3,410 ha | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 3,056 ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 2,951 ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 3,375 ha | +14.4% |
| 2014 | 2,683 ha | -20.5% |
| 2015 | 2,665 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,644 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,778 ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 1,781 ha | -35.9% |
| 2019 | 1,792 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,268 ha | +26.6% |
| 2021 | 2,799 ha | +23.4% |
| 2022 | 2,545 ha | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 3,191 ha | +25.4% |
| 2024 | 2,679 ha | -16.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 2,679 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 72% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 2,679 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,606 ha, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,577 ha | 467 ha | 3,868 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,746 ha | 580 ha | 2,877 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,940 ha | 1,631 ha | 3,706 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,920 ha | 1,316 ha | 3,124 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,955 ha | 2,434 ha | 3,426 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,714 ha | 1,781 ha | 3,410 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,696 ha | 2,268 ha | 3,191 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Jordan?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Jordan was 2,679 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,868 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 467 ha in 1969.
- How does Jordan rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 52nd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.