Land area equipped for irrigation — Area in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Land area equipped for irrigation — Area was 0.03 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land area equipped for irrigation — area in Saint Kitts and Nevis is 0.03 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area equipped for irrigation — area in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 0.03 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.02 1000 ha, in 1997.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 201st of 201 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.024 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.025 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.027 1000 ha | 0.025 1000 ha | 0.03 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 198 Northern Mariana Islands 0.08 1000 ha compare
- 199 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.06 1000 ha compare
- 200 Iceland 0.05 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.49 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.45 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 15 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 0.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.67 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 0.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 83.33 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 5 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.11 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 19.54 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land area equipped for irrigation — area in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Land area equipped for irrigation — area in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 0.03 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 0.03 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest land area equipped for irrigation — area recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 1000 ha in 1997.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for land area equipped for irrigation — area?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 201st out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land area equipped for irrigation — area rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.