Vetches — Area harvested in Jordan
Jordan: Vetches — Area harvested was 498 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 498 ha for vetches — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 41.3% on the previous year and down 94.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Jordan peaked at 24,640 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 168 ha, in 2019.
Jordan ranks 30th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Jordan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,070 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,870 ha | +17.4% |
| 1963 | 14,880 ha | -21.1% |
| 1964 | 16,400 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 24,640 ha | +50.2% |
| 1966 | 14,420 ha | -41.5% |
| 1967 | 8,730 ha | -39.5% |
| 1968 | 7,020 ha | -19.6% |
| 1969 | 6,317 ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 8,285 ha | +31.2% |
| 1971 | 6,897 ha | -16.8% |
| 1972 | 7,185 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 8,133 ha | +13.2% |
| 1974 | 7,933 ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 4,448 ha | -43.9% |
| 1976 | 4,835 ha | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 4,478 ha | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 4,560 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 4,419 ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 2,405 ha | -45.6% |
| 1981 | 3,331 ha | +38.5% |
| 1982 | 3,430 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 3,700 ha | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 3,667 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 3,573 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 1,383 ha | -61.3% |
| 1987 | 1,538 ha | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 1,458 ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 1,413 ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 2,061 ha | +45.9% |
| 1991 | 2,066 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 981 ha | -52.5% |
| 1993 | 475 ha | -51.6% |
| 1994 | 816 ha | +71.8% |
| 1995 | 1,234 ha | +51.2% |
| 1996 | 1,340 ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 1,668 ha | +24.5% |
| 1998 | 2,187 ha | +31.1% |
| 1999 | 2,988 ha | +36.6% |
| 2000 | 1,235 ha | -58.7% |
| 2001 | 933 ha | -24.5% |
| 2002 | 1,354 ha | +45.1% |
| 2003 | 360 ha | -73.4% |
| 2004 | 1,913 ha | +431.4% |
| 2005 | 1,886 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,837 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 562 ha | -69.4% |
| 2008 | 1,654 ha | +194.3% |
| 2009 | 1,163 ha | -29.7% |
| 2010 | 7,440 ha | +539.7% |
| 2011 | 14,128 ha | +89.9% |
| 2012 | 2,815 ha | -80.1% |
| 2013 | 8,044 ha | +185.8% |
| 2014 | 8,676 ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 5,535 ha | -36.2% |
| 2016 | 8,350 ha | +50.9% |
| 2017 | 3,072 ha | -63.2% |
| 2018 | 633 ha | -79.4% |
| 2019 | 168 ha | -73.5% |
| 2020 | 190 ha | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 981 ha | +416.3% |
| 2022 | 1,369 ha | +39.6% |
| 2023 | 849 ha | -38.0% |
| 2024 | 498 ha | -41.3% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 498 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,475 ha, 20% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 498 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 626 ha, 80% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vetches — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +539.7% | 1,163 ha | 7,440 ha |
| 2004 | +431.4% | 360 ha | 1,913 ha |
| 2021 | +416.3% | 190 ha | 981 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,150 ha | 6,317 ha | 24,640 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,117 ha | 4,419 ha | 8,285 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,590 ha | 1,383 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,582 ha | 475 ha | 2,988 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,290 ha | 360 ha | 1,913 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,886 ha | 168 ha | 14,128 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 777.4 ha | 190 ha | 1,369 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 vetches — area harvested in Jordan?
- Vetches — area harvested in Jordan was 498 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 24,640 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 168 ha in 2019.
- How does Jordan rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Jordan ranks 30th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.3%. 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 Vetches — 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.