Agricultural land in Jordan

Agricultural land made up 11.6% of the land area of Jordan in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2024 11.6% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 11.6%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Jordan (2024).
Position in 2024 172nd of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Jordan over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period JordanWorld
2024 11.6% –
2023 11.6% 36.9%
2022 11.6% 37.0%
2021 11.7% 37.0%
2020 11.6% 36.9%
2019 11.7% 36.9%
2018 11.5% 36.9%
2017 11.3% 37.0%
2016 12.0% 36.8%
2015 11.9% 36.8%
2014 12.0% 37.0%
2013 11.9% 37.0%
2012 11.8% 37.0%
2011 11.3% 36.7%
2010 11.3% 36.5%
2009 11.5% 36.5%
2008 11.0% 36.5%
2007 10.9% 36.6%
2006 11.5% 36.6%
2005 11.5% 36.6%
2004 11.8% 36.6%
2003 11.4% 37.0%
2002 11.6% 37.1%
2001 11.6% 37.2%
2000 12.1% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 11.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.0%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Jordan has the 172nd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Jordan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)