Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in Italy
Italy: Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land was 16.94 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in Italy, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in Italy is 16.94 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in Italy peaked at 20.63 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.13 %, in 2001.
Italy ranks 16th of 76 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16.13 % | — |
| 2003 | 18.33 % | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 17.73 % | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 18.83 % | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 16.83 % | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 19.08 % | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 19.93 % | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 20.63 % | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 19.72 % | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 17.81 % | -9.7% |
| 2023 | 17.8 % | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 16.94 % | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.75 % | 16.13 % | 18.83 % | 4 |
| 2010s | 18.61 % | 16.83 % | 19.93 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 18.58 % | 16.94 % | 20.63 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More environment data for Italy
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.324 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0813 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in Italy?
- Agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in Italy was 16.94 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 20.63 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.13 % in 2001.
- How does Italy rank for agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land?
- Italy ranks 16th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.