Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per capita by country
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
162
Highest
0.0003 1000 ha per person
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0 1000 ha per person
Central African Republic
Median
0 1000 ha per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,021
What the numbers show
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per capita is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 0.0003 1000 ha per person in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per person in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 ha per person, and the mean is 0 1000 ha per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,190.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 570.8%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 81.0%).
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 2 | Greece | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 3 | Guyana | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 570.8% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 13 | Uruguay | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Suriname | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 19 | Spain | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 20 | Iraq | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 21 | Peru | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 25 | Armenia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 26 | Ecuador | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 29 | Cuba | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 30 | Ukraine | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 419.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Chile | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 33 | Mexico | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 34 | Libya | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 35 | China | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 36 | India | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 37 | Morocco | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 39 | Nepal | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 40 | Argentina | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 41 | Bhutan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 42 | Myanmar | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 44 | France | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Eswatini | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 46 | Georgia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 47 | Sudan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 48 | Tunisia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 49 | South Africa | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 50 | Egypt | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 52 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 54 | Israel | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 55 | Canada | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 56 | Algeria | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 59 | Palestine, State of | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Madagascar | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 61 | Mongolia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 62 | Indonesia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 63 | Oman | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 64 | Japan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 65 | Hungary | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 66 | Cyprus | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 68 | Barbados | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Philippines | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 70 | Guatemala | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 71 | Grenada | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Austria | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Yemen | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 75 | Jamaica | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 76 | Lebanon | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 77 | Sweden | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 78 | Cambodia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 79 | Mauritius | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 80 | Mali | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 81 | Paraguay | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.2% | flat |
| 82 | Norway | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 0 1000 ha per person | 2022 | down 55.7% | rising |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 85 | Malaysia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 86 | Croatia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 78.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Somalia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 88 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 89 | Slovakia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 90 | Niger | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 91 | Germany | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 92 | Panama | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 93 | Poland | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Qatar | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 95 | Mauritania | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 96 | Finland | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Belize | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 100 | Haiti | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 101 | Jordan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 102 | Zambia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Malawi | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Puerto Rico | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 106 | Senegal | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 107 | Ghana | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 285.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Guinea | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 109 | Eritrea | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 111 | Kenya | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 113 | Mozambique | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 114 | Malta | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 49.1% | rising |
| 115 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 116 | Fiji | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 118 | Czechia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 22.1% | flat |
| 119 | Montenegro | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 120 | Kuwait | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 123 | Dominica | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 124 | Slovenia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 125 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 126 | Belarus | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Namibia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 128 | Bahamas | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 129 | Lithuania | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 79.1% | falling |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 131 | Angola | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Seychelles | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 133 | Belgium | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 134 | Guam | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 135 | Andorra | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 136 | Gambia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 137 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Gabon | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 139 | Benin | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 140 | South Sudan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 141 | El Salvador | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 142 | Burundi | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 143 | Chad | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 144 | Botswana | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 145 | Nigeria | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 146 | Estonia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 147 | Lesotho | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 148 | Cameroon | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 150 | Togo | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 153 | Bahrain | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 154 | Latvia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 107.0% | rising |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 156 | Rwanda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 157 | Liberia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 158 | Congo | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 159 | Uganda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 160 | Comoros | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 161 | Iceland | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0 1000 ha per person
- Chagai 0 1000 ha per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 1000 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.