Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per unit of GDP by country
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
161
Highest
0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP
Afghanistan
Lowest
0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP
Iceland
Median
0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
8,471
What the numbers show
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 210.6%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 87.3%).
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Madagascar | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Turkmenistan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Sudan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Myanmar | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Nepal | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Yemen | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 12 | India | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 15 | Somalia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Malawi | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 17 | Mali | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Niger | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 48.2% | falling |
| 19 | Albania | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Suriname | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Iraq | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Morocco | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Thailand | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Ukraine | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Bhutan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Eswatini | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Eritrea | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 30 | Ecuador | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Palestine, State of | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 34 | Tunisia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Romania | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Libya | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Armenia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Greece | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Mozambique | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 42 | Burundi | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 207.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Zambia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Cuba | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Cambodia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Guyana | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 51 | South Africa | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 53 | Algeria | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Indonesia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Philippines | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Brazil | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Georgia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Serbia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 161.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Mauritania | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 61 | China | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Haiti | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Mexico | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Guinea | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 65 | Senegal | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Uruguay | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Mongolia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Lebanon | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Chile | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Argentina | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 71 | New Zealand | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Guatemala | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Ghana | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 210.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Colombia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Honduras | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Kenya | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 80 | Paraguay | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Spain | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Gambia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Portugal | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Jordan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Chad | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Italy | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Grenada | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Nigeria | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Mauritius | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Australia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Denmark | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 95 | Oman | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 96 | New Caledonia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Benin | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 98 | Belize | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Lesotho | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Malaysia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Hungary | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 102 | France | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Angola | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Togo | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Barbados | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Japan | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Fiji | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Liberia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Israel | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Rwanda | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Namibia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 113 | Cameroon | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Canada | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Panama | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Croatia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Slovakia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Poland | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Belarus | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Dominica | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 122 | Austria | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 123 | El Salvador | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Sweden | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 127 | Djibouti | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Gabon | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Uganda | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 133 | United Arab Emirates | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Germany | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Finland | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 137 | Norway | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Congo | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Czechia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 141 | Seychelles | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 142 | Qatar | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 144 | Malta | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Kuwait | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovenia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 148 | Lithuania | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Comoros | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 150 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 151 | Bahamas | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Switzerland | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Guam | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 154 | Andorra | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 155 | Estonia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 157 | Belgium | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Latvia | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 160 | Bahrain | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Iceland | 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP
- Chagai 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP
- World 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.