Wheat — Yield in Jordan
Jordan: Wheat — Yield was 2,204 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Jordan stood at 2,204 kg/ha.
The figure is up 84.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Jordan peaked at 2,392 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 166.4 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Jordan 88th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Jordan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 505.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 392.9 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1963 | 368.5 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 993.4 kg/ha | +169.6% |
| 1965 | 996.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 472.9 kg/ha | -52.5% |
| 1967 | 739.9 kg/ha | +56.5% |
| 1968 | 435.3 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 1969 | 971.3 kg/ha | +123.1% |
| 1970 | 243 kg/ha | -75.0% |
| 1971 | 689 kg/ha | +183.5% |
| 1972 | 945.2 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1973 | 444.7 kg/ha | -53.0% |
| 1974 | 993 kg/ha | +123.3% |
| 1975 | 422 kg/ha | -57.5% |
| 1976 | 486.7 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1977 | 494.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 396.2 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1979 | 166.4 kg/ha | -58.0% |
| 1980 | 1,003 kg/ha | +502.6% |
| 1981 | 510.5 kg/ha | -49.1% |
| 1982 | 512.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 910.9 kg/ha | +77.8% |
| 1984 | 774 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1985 | 665.9 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1986 | 661.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 997.8 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1988 | 1,127 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 1,008 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1990 | 1,446 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 1991 | 1,202 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1992 | 1,469 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 1,520 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 1,577 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 1,441 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 1,505 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 1,102 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1998 | 1,248 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 2,263 kg/ha | +81.4% |
| 2000 | 1,397 kg/ha | -38.3% |
| 2001 | 1,434 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 1,337 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 1,428 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 1,227 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2005 | 1,173 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 851.7 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2007 | 1,011 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 629 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2009 | 786.2 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 1,031 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2011 | 1,382 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 2012 | 1,239 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 1,334 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 1,193 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 985.2 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 1,293 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2017 | 1,484 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 1,504 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 2,392 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 2020 | 2,238 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 2,097 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 1,892 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 2,204 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2024 | 2,204 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 2,204 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 2,204 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +502.6% | 166.4 kg/ha | 1,003 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +183.5% | 243 kg/ha | 689 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +169.6% | 368.5 kg/ha | 993.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 652.93 kg/ha | 368.5 kg/ha | 996.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 528.03 kg/ha | 166.4 kg/ha | 993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 817.1 kg/ha | 510.5 kg/ha | 1,127 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,477 kg/ha | 1,102 kg/ha | 2,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,128 kg/ha | 629 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,384 kg/ha | 985.2 kg/ha | 2,392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,127 kg/ha | 1,892 kg/ha | 2,238 kg/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 wheat — yield in Jordan?
- Wheat — yield in Jordan was 2,204 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,392 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 166.4 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Jordan rank for wheat — yield?
- Jordan ranks 88th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.8%. 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 Wheat — 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.