Land area equipped for irrigation — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Land area equipped for irrigation — Area was 20,528 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 20,528 1000 ha for land area equipped for irrigation — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area equipped for irrigation — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 20,528 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,101 1000 ha, in 1961.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 12th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,101 1000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,245 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 6,290 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 6,152 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 6,249 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 6,295 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 6,386 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 6,367 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 6,481 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 6,474 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 6,565 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 6,860 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 7,056 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 7,271 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 7,453 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 7,736 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 7,911 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 8,113 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 8,295 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 8,459 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 8,681 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 8,774 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 8,960 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 9,219 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 9,484 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 9,768 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 9,954 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 10,186 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 10,432 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 10,617 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 10,929 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 17,326 1000 ha | +58.5% |
| 1993 | 17,866 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 18,129 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 18,159 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 18,179 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 18,284 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 18,434 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 18,419 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 18,207 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 18,330 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 18,505 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 18,737 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 19,011 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 19,117 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 19,235 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 19,351 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 19,427 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 19,439 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 19,665 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 19,851 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 20,036 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 19,981 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 20,108 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 20,179 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 20,086 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 20,157 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 20,216 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 20,258 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 20,366 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 20,395 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 20,408 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 20,455 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 20,528 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,285 1000 ha | 6,101 1000 ha | 6,481 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,373 1000 ha | 6,474 1000 ha | 8,295 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,391 1000 ha | 8,459 1000 ha | 10,432 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,634 1000 ha | 10,617 1000 ha | 18,434 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,936 1000 ha | 18,207 1000 ha | 19,439 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,054 1000 ha | 19,665 1000 ha | 20,258 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,431 1000 ha | 20,366 1000 ha | 20,528 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land area equipped for irrigation — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Land area equipped for irrigation — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 20,528 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land area equipped for irrigation — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 20,528 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest land area equipped for irrigation — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,101 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for land area equipped for irrigation — area?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 12th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land area equipped for irrigation — area rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land area equipped for irrigation — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.