Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in United States of America
United States of America: Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land was 5.1 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in United States of America, 2002–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 5.1 % for agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in United States of America peaked at 5.55 % in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5.1 %, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5.42 % | — |
| 2007 | 5.55 % | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 5.36 % | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 5.34 % | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 5.37 % | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 5.4 % | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 5.43 % | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 5.46 % | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 5.5 % | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 5.43 % | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 5.37 % | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 5.31 % | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 5.24 % | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 5.18 % | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 5.1 % | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 5.1 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.44 % | 5.36 % | 5.55 % | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.41 % | 5.34 % | 5.5 % | 8 |
| 2020s | 5.19 % | 5.1 % | 5.31 % | 5 |
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More environment data for United States of America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 4.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Country area — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Land area — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in United States of America?
- Agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land in United States of America was 5.1 % 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 5.55 % in 2007.
- What is the lowest agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1 % in 2023.
- How does United States of America rank for agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land?
- United States of America ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture area actually irrigated — share in agricultural land rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.