What is the highest arable land recorded in Jordan?

The highest recorded value was 0.3008 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Jordan?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023.

How does Jordan rank for arable land?

Jordan ranks 177th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Jordan?

Over the last ten years it is down 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Arable land in Jordan

Name: Arable land in Jordan
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Jordan: Arable land was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)

0.0178 hectares per person

Change on year

down 0.9%

World rank

177th

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.3008 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.0178 hectares per person

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Jordan, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land in Jordan stood at 0.0178 hectares per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 38.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Jordan peaked at 0.3008 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0178 hectares per person, in 2023.

That places Jordan 177th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.2484 hectares per person	0.1914 hectares per person	0.3008 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.157 hectares per person	0.1379 hectares per person	0.1815 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.1059 hectares per person	0.0799 hectares per person	0.1338 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0449 hectares per person	0.036 hectares per person	0.0629 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.0302 hectares per person	0.0206 hectares per person	0.0355 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0238 hectares per person	0.0183 hectares per person	0.0289 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0182 hectares per person	0.0178 hectares per person	0.019 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Jordan

174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0197 hectares per person compare
175 Aruba 0.0186 hectares per person compare
176 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0183 hectares per person compare
178 Micronesia (country) 0.0178 hectares per person compare
179 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0173 hectares per person compare
180 Oman 0.0173 hectares per person compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Jordan

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Rural population 6.8% (2025)
Rural population growth -4.0% (2025)
Rural population 782,426 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.6% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.43 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 52,137 hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 1,611 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 84,012 metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Jordan?: Arable land in Jordan was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Jordan?: The highest recorded value was 0.3008 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Jordan?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023.
How does Jordan rank for arable land?: Jordan ranks 177th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Jordan?: Over the last ten years it is down 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Jordan data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.