Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in Mexico
Mexico: Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land was 5.84 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in Mexico, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 5.84 % for agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in Mexico peaked at 6.58 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.91 %, in 2003.
Mexico ranks 35th of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1.91 % | — |
| 2004 | 1.95 % | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 5.05 % | +159.0% |
| 2006 | 5.07 % | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 4.98 % | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 5.43 % | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 5.48 % | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5.81 % | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 6.38 % | +9.8% |
| 2012 | 5.69 % | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 5.82 % | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 5.94 % | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 6.28 % | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 6.32 % | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 6.25 % | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 6.31 % | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 6.58 % | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 5.84 % | -11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.27 % | 1.91 % | 5.48 % | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.99 % | 5.69 % | 6.38 % | 6 |
| 2020s | 6.26 % | 5.84 % | 6.58 % | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.6859 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.6189 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.62 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 101,690 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -6.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 63,280 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -25.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.39 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in Mexico?
- Agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in Mexico was 5.84 % 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 6.58 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.91 % in 2003.
- How does Mexico rank for agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land?
- Mexico ranks 35th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.