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Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre by country

Land area equipped for irrigation — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
162
Highest
0.067 1000 ha per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 1000 ha per square kilometre
Central African Republic
Median
0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,884

What the numbers show

Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 0.067 1000 ha per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per square kilometre in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0035 1000 ha per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 546.9%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 76.1%).

Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.067 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 58.6% volatile
2 Pakistan 0.0259 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
3 India 0.0254 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% rising
4 Palestine, State of 0.0232 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 48.8% volatile
5 Azerbaijan 0.018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% flat
6 Greece 0.0155 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% rising
7 Israel 0.0141 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% rising
8 Romania 0.0138 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
9 Albania 0.0131 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
10 Barbados 0.0126 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
11 Thailand 0.0126 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
12 Italy 0.0121 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.8% rising
13 Sri Lanka 0.0103 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
14 Uzbekistan 0.0099 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% flat
15 Nepal 0.0095 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% volatile
16 Mauritius 0.0095 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
17 Denmark 0.0089 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% rising
18 Lebanon 0.0088 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.6% rising
19 Malta 0.0088 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 33.1% volatile
20 Iraq 0.0081 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
21 China 0.008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
22 Japan 0.0078 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% falling
23 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0076 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% falling
24 Spain 0.0075 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% rising
25 Armenia 0.0074 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.1% falling
26 Philippines 0.0072 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% rising
27 Portugal 0.007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 15.5% falling
28 Bulgaria 0.0069 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 546.9% volatile
29 Dominican Republic 0.0064 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
30 Cuba 0.0062 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
31 Grenada 0.0059 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
32 Tajikistan 0.0054 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.9% rising
33 Kyrgyzstan 0.0053 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
34 France 0.0052 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% rising
35 North Macedonia 0.0051 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% rising
36 Afghanistan 0.0049 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
37 Saint Lucia 0.0049 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
38 Serbia 0.0044 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 352.4% volatile
39 Morocco 0.0044 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% rising
40 Turkmenistan 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
41 Jamaica 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
42 Ecuador 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 35.9% volatile
43 Egypt 0.004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
44 Mexico 0.0038 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
45 Ukraine 0.0037 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% falling
46 Myanmar 0.0036 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
47 Indonesia 0.0036 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% rising
48 Haiti 0.0035 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
49 Cyprus 0.0033 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 23.2% rising
50 Guatemala 0.0032 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
51 Costa Rica 0.0031 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 40.6% volatile
52 New Zealand 0.003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% volatile
53 Eswatini 0.0029 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
54 Tunisia 0.0029 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
55 Hungary 0.0025 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% falling
56 Puerto Rico 0.0025 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
57 Germany 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 14.4% rising
58 Qatar 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 33.0% volatile
59 Georgia 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 69.5% falling
60 Peru 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
61 Austria 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 29.3% volatile
62 Bahrain 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 61.6% volatile
63 South Africa 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 33.0% rising
64 Uruguay 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% volatile
65 Malawi 0.0017 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 52.6% volatile
66 Cambodia 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% rising
67 Saudi Arabia 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% volatile
68 Chile 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% falling
69 Madagascar 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
70 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
71 Malaysia 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
72 United Arab Emirates 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 18.3% volatile
73 Switzerland 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% rising
74 Yemen 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
76 Slovakia 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 27.6% falling
77 Bhutan 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 32.0% rising
78 Brazil 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% volatile
79 Jordan 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% rising
80 Poland 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 321.0% volatile
81 Kuwait 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
82 Sudan 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
83 Ghana 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 385.9% volatile
84 Colombia 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
85 United States Virgin Islands 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 84.1% rising
86 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
87 Kazakhstan 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% falling
88 Burundi 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
89 Honduras 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
90 Guinea-Bissau 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
91 Belgium 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% falling
92 Croatia 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 69.7% volatile
93 Argentina 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% rising
94 Nicaragua 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2022 down 49.5% volatile
95 Ethiopia 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
96 Guyana 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% rising
97 Senegal 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
98 Guam 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 55.0% rising
99 Algeria 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% volatile
100 Seychelles 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
101 Zimbabwe 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 44.0% rising
102 Czechia 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 26.7% rising
103 Panama 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 29.1% rising
104 El Salvador 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 76.1% rising
105 New Caledonia 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% volatile
106 Kenya 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 54.7% volatile
107 Gambia 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
108 Sierra Leone 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
109 Oman 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 81.4% rising
110 Sweden 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% volatile
111 Guinea 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
112 Nigeria 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
113 Rwanda 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
114 Suriname 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.7% rising
115 Slovenia 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% rising
116 Andorra 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
117 Somalia 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
118 Mali 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
119 French Polynesia 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
120 Australia 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% rising
121 Dominica 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
122 Paraguay 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 25.8% rising
123 Libya 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
124 Fiji 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
125 Benin 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 14.3% volatile
126 Niger 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 170.6% volatile
127 Norway 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.7% rising
128 Zambia 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% volatile
129 Burkina Faso 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
130 Mozambique 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 25.6% rising
131 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 16.2% rising
132 Eritrea 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% falling
133 Montenegro 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
134 Finland 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 52.2% rising
135 Belize 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
136 Togo 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
137 Canada 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
138 Belarus 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% volatile
139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% rising
140 Lithuania 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 68.5% falling
141 Bahamas 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
142 Lesotho 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.0% rising
143 Comoros 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
144 Angola 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
145 Cameroon 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% rising
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
147 Mongolia 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% volatile
148 Uganda 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
149 Equatorial Guinea 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
150 Mauritania 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
151 Djibouti 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
152 Estonia 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 299.3% rising
153 Liberia 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
154 South Sudan 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 40.1% falling
155 Chad 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
156 Latvia 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 96.8% rising
157 Gabon 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% flat
158 Namibia 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
159 Botswana 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 44.5% volatile
160 Congo 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
161 Iceland 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
162 Central African Republic 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Land area equipped for irrigation — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre
Unit
1000 ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
165 places, 8,884 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Land area equipped for irrigation — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.