Sorghum — Yield in Jordan
Jordan: Sorghum — Yield was 19,954 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Yield in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Jordan is 19,954 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Jordan peaked at 25,247 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 106.4 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Jordan 2nd out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Yield in Jordan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 827.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 465.2 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 1963 | 375.1 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1964 | 1,110 kg/ha | +195.9% |
| 1965 | 1,142 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 444.4 kg/ha | -61.1% |
| 1968 | 284.3 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | +75.9% |
| 1972 | 958.2 kg/ha | +91.6% |
| 1973 | 106.4 kg/ha | -88.9% |
| 1974 | 465.8 kg/ha | +337.8% |
| 1975 | 468.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,478 kg/ha | +215.1% |
| 1977 | 791.7 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 1978 | 370.1 kg/ha | -53.3% |
| 1979 | 375 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 598.3 kg/ha | +59.5% |
| 1981 | 448.3 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1982 | 425.2 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 14,950 kg/ha | +3416.0% |
| 1995 | 15,143 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 10,948 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1997 | 8,351 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1998 | 3,086 kg/ha | -63.0% |
| 1999 | 6,828 kg/ha | +121.2% |
| 2000 | 17,818 kg/ha | +161.0% |
| 2001 | 21,250 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2002 | 17,500 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2003 | 13,182 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2004 | 21,539 kg/ha | +63.4% |
| 2005 | 14,417 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2006 | 13,756 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 13,066 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 13,146 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 15,014 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 12,738 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 25,247 kg/ha | +98.2% |
| 2012 | 23,464 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 18,464 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2014 | 24,476 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 2015 | 25,115 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 17,182 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2017 | 20,078 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2018 | 21,936 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 17,438 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 17,327 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 18,730 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 19,954 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 20,343 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 19,954 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 19,954 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 8.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 19,954 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 7.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 | +3416.0% | 425.2 kg/ha | 14,950 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +337.8% | 106.4 kg/ha | 465.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 664.09 kg/ha | 284.3 kg/ha | 1,142 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1970s | 612.62 kg/ha | 106.4 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 490.6 kg/ha | 425.2 kg/ha | 598.3 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 9,884 kg/ha | 3,086 kg/ha | 15,143 kg/ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 16,069 kg/ha | 13,066 kg/ha | 21,539 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,614 kg/ha | 12,738 kg/ha | 25,247 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,262 kg/ha | 17,327 kg/ha | 20,343 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 1 Oman 56,390 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 8,000 kg/ha compare
- 2 Melanesia 4,424 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,730 kg/ha compare
- 3 Israel 14,268 kg/ha compare
- 4 Austria 6,626 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,392 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia 2,392 kg/ha compare
- 5 Philippines 6,267 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 sorghum — yield in Jordan?
- Sorghum — yield in Jordan was 19,954 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 25,247 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 106.4 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Jordan rank for sorghum — yield?
- Jordan ranks 2nd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. 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 Sorghum — 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.