Spinach — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Spinach — Area harvested was 273 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Jordan is 273 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 24.2% on the previous year and up 658.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 650 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Jordan 40th out of 69 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.
Spinach — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 50 ha | — |
| 1972 | 53 ha | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 69 ha | +30.2% |
| 1974 | 145 ha | +110.1% |
| 1975 | 10 ha | -93.1% |
| 1976 | 26 ha | +160.0% |
| 1977 | 70 ha | +169.2% |
| 1978 | 99 ha | +41.4% |
| 1979 | 8 ha | -91.9% |
| 1980 | 79 ha | +887.5% |
| 1981 | 8 ha | -89.9% |
| 1982 | 16 ha | +100.0% |
| 1983 | 62 ha | +287.5% |
| 1984 | 56 ha | -9.7% |
| 1985 | 224 ha | +300.0% |
| 1986 | 76 ha | -66.1% |
| 1987 | 151 ha | +98.7% |
| 1988 | 109 ha | -27.8% |
| 1989 | 157 ha | +44.0% |
| 1990 | 134 ha | -14.6% |
| 1991 | 314 ha | +134.3% |
| 1992 | 172 ha | -45.2% |
| 1993 | 121 ha | -29.7% |
| 1994 | 231 ha | +90.9% |
| 1995 | 187 ha | -19.0% |
| 1996 | 175 ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 159 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 223 ha | +40.3% |
| 1999 | 237 ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 153 ha | -35.4% |
| 2001 | 63 ha | -58.8% |
| 2002 | 260 ha | +312.7% |
| 2003 | 59 ha | -77.3% |
| 2004 | 111 ha | +88.1% |
| 2005 | 118 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 293 ha | +148.3% |
| 2007 | 84 ha | -71.3% |
| 2008 | 131 ha | +56.0% |
| 2009 | 138 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 213 ha | +54.3% |
| 2011 | 38 ha | -82.2% |
| 2012 | 44 ha | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 22 ha | -50.0% |
| 2014 | 36 ha | +63.6% |
| 2015 | 42 ha | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 650 ha | +1447.6% |
| 2017 | 92 ha | -85.8% |
| 2018 | 142 ha | +54.3% |
| 2019 | 49 ha | -65.5% |
| 2020 | 233 ha | +375.5% |
| 2021 | 222 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 325 ha | +46.4% |
| 2023 | 360 ha | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 273 ha | -24.2% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 273 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 684.5 ha, 40% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 273 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 183.5 ha, 1.5× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +1447.6% | 42 ha | 650 ha |
| 1980 | +887.5% | 8 ha | 79 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 53 ha | 0 ha | 145 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 93.8 ha | 8 ha | 224 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 195.3 ha | 121 ha | 314 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 141 ha | 59 ha | 293 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 132.8 ha | 22 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 282.6 ha | 222 ha | 360 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 37 China, Hong Kong SAR 455 ha compare
- 38 New Zealand 449 ha compare
- 39 Slovakia 420 ha compare
- 41 Philippines 248 ha compare
- 42 Palestine 234 ha compare
- 43 Brunei Darussalam 215 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 spinach — area harvested in Jordan?
- Spinach — area harvested in Jordan was 273 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 650 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Jordan rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 40th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 658.3%. 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 Spinach — 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.