Jordan - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Jordan was 201,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 308,000 in 1988 and a minimum value of 140,300 in 2007.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 270,000
1962 272,000
1963 273,000
1964 275,000
1965 276,000
1966 278,000
1967 279,000
1968 281,000
1969 282,000
1970 284,000
1971 285,000
1972 287,000
1973 288,000
1974 290,000
1975 291,000
1976 293,000
1977 294,000
1978 296,000
1979 297,000
1980 299,000
1981 290,600
1982 296,100
1983 304,000
1984 212,100
1985 276,800
1986 276,800
1987 303,000
1988 308,000
1989 292,800
1990 179,200
1991 149,400
1992 259,700
1993 229,000
1994 211,000
1995 252,000
1996 180,000
1997 187,000
1998 190,000
1999 190,000
2000 190,000
2001 192,000
2002 195,000
2003 177,000
2004 209,000
2005 185,000
2006 190,000
2007 140,300
2008 149,500
2009 200,800
2010 177,600
2011 175,600
2012 217,000
2013 231,000
2014 237,500
2015 227,900
2016 237,260
2017 187,000
2018 201,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Jordan was 0.020 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.277 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.019 in 2017.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.277
1962 0.269
1963 0.260
1964 0.249
1965 0.235
1966 0.219
1967 0.202
1968 0.187
1969 0.174
1970 0.165
1971 0.158
1972 0.152
1973 0.148
1974 0.144
1975 0.141
1976 0.138
1977 0.135
1978 0.132
1979 0.129
1980 0.126
1981 0.118
1982 0.116
1983 0.114
1984 0.076
1985 0.095
1986 0.092
1987 0.097
1988 0.095
1989 0.086
1990 0.050
1991 0.040
1992 0.065
1993 0.055
1994 0.048
1995 0.055
1996 0.038
1997 0.039
1998 0.038
1999 0.038
2000 0.037
2001 0.037
2002 0.037
2003 0.033
2004 0.037
2005 0.032
2006 0.032
2007 0.022
2008 0.023
2009 0.029
2010 0.024
2011 0.023
2012 0.027
2013 0.027
2014 0.027
2015 0.025
2016 0.025
2017 0.019
2018 0.020

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Jordan was 2.26 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.49 in 1988, while its lowest value was 1.59 in 2007.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 3.06
1962 3.08
1963 3.09
1964 3.12
1965 3.13
1966 3.15
1967 3.16
1968 3.18
1969 3.20
1970 3.22
1971 3.23
1972 3.25
1973 3.26
1974 3.29
1975 3.30
1976 3.32
1977 3.33
1978 3.35
1979 3.37
1980 3.39
1981 3.29
1982 3.36
1983 3.45
1984 2.40
1985 3.14
1986 3.14
1987 3.43
1988 3.49
1989 3.32
1990 2.03
1991 1.69
1992 2.94
1993 2.60
1994 2.39
1995 2.86
1996 2.04
1997 2.12
1998 2.15
1999 2.15
2000 2.15
2001 2.18
2002 2.21
2003 2.01
2004 2.37
2005 2.10
2006 2.15
2007 1.59
2008 1.69
2009 2.26
2010 2.00
2011 1.98
2012 2.44
2013 2.60
2014 2.68
2015 2.57
2016 2.67
2017 2.11
2018 2.26

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use