Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 31,272 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Jordan is 31,272 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 56,201 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 18,727 ha, in 1989.
That places Jordan 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,331 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,585 ha | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 48,421 ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 56,201 ha | +16.1% |
| 1965 | 50,667 ha | -9.8% |
| 1966 | 41,391 ha | -18.3% |
| 1967 | 36,999 ha | -10.6% |
| 1968 | 26,647 ha | -28.0% |
| 1969 | 29,919 ha | +12.3% |
| 1970 | 21,201 ha | -29.1% |
| 1971 | 19,859 ha | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 23,397 ha | +17.8% |
| 1973 | 23,043 ha | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 26,972 ha | +17.1% |
| 1975 | 21,318 ha | -21.0% |
| 1976 | 21,238 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 24,087 ha | +13.4% |
| 1978 | 28,176 ha | +17.0% |
| 1979 | 26,966 ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 29,378 ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 27,766 ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 28,641 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 30,295 ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 27,047 ha | -10.7% |
| 1985 | 35,903 ha | +32.7% |
| 1986 | 27,208 ha | -24.2% |
| 1987 | 22,783 ha | -16.3% |
| 1988 | 22,307 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 18,727 ha | -16.0% |
| 1990 | 24,528 ha | +31.0% |
| 1991 | 21,515 ha | -12.3% |
| 1992 | 22,296 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 22,026 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 25,175 ha | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 31,020 ha | +23.2% |
| 1996 | 21,474 ha | -30.8% |
| 1997 | 23,722 ha | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 27,289 ha | +15.0% |
| 1999 | 28,985 ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 28,197 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 24,399 ha | -13.5% |
| 2002 | 28,418 ha | +16.5% |
| 2003 | 27,121 ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 31,195 ha | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 33,726 ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 34,685 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 28,869 ha | -16.8% |
| 2008 | 34,268 ha | +18.7% |
| 2009 | 35,237 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 37,885 ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 35,243 ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 36,898 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 42,027 ha | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 40,311 ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 38,406 ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 41,551 ha | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 32,378 ha | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 31,407 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 27,405 ha | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 29,535 ha | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 29,101 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 30,289 ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 34,335 ha | +13.4% |
| 2024 | 31,272 ha | -8.9% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 31,272 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 75% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 31,272 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 73% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,907 ha | 26,647 ha | 56,201 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,626 ha | 19,859 ha | 28,176 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,006 ha | 18,727 ha | 35,903 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,803 ha | 21,474 ha | 31,020 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,612 ha | 24,399 ha | 35,237 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,351 ha | 27,405 ha | 42,027 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,906 ha | 29,101 ha | 34,335 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Jordan?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Jordan was 31,272 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 56,201 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,727 ha in 1989.
- How does Jordan rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.