Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland by country
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...
Countries reporting
201
Highest
100 %
Andorra
Lowest
0.04 %
Iceland
Median
11.2 %
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,067
What the numbers show
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Andorra; the lowest is 0.04 % in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.2 %, and the mean is 23.88 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,500.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 509.2%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 80.4%).
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100 % | 2024 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Palestine | 100 % | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 1 | Qatar | 100 % | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 1 | Suriname | 100 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 99.02 % | 2024 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 96.22 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 13 | Oman | 95.24 % | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 94.91 % | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 15 | Israel | 86.86 % | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 74.95 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 71.44 % | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 18 | Tajikistan | 71.28 % | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 19 | Nepal | 70.24 % | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Greece | 69.29 % | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 21 | Barbados | 67.5 % | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Japan | 66.55 % | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 23 | Iraq | 65.12 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 24 | Pakistan | 63.68 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 62.97 % | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 26 | Chile | 58.07 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 27 | China, mainland | 57.96 % | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 28 | China | 57.9 % | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 29 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 57.31 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 30 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 54.58 % | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 31 | Albania | 52.89 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 50.46 % | 2024 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 50.29 % | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 47.93 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 35 | Republic of Korea | 47 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 36 | Yemen | 46.86 % | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 37 | India | 44.94 % | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 38 | Guadeloupe | 44.88 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Peru | 41.63 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 40 | Armenia | 41.6 % | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 39.69 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 42 | Viet Nam | 39.36 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 38.23 % | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 44 | Northern Mariana Islands | 37.3 % | 2024 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Portugal | 36.73 % | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 36.16 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 47 | Lebanon | 35.81 % | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 48 | Georgia | 35.53 % | 2024 | down 64.0% | flat |
| 49 | Martinique | 35.2 % | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Malta | 35.01 % | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 51 | French Guiana | 34.55 % | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 52 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 33.33 % | 2024 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 53 | United States Virgin Islands | 32.88 % | 2024 | up 252.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Jordan | 32.01 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 55 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 31.98 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 56 | Saint Lucia | 31.38 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 57 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 31.3 % | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Bhutan | 31.23 % | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 59 | Puerto Rico | 30.48 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 60 | Türkiye | 29.99 % | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 61 | Mexico | 29.94 % | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 62 | Thailand | 29.73 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 29.32 % | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 64 | Bahrain | 29.31 % | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Channel Islands | 28.95 % | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 28.59 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 67 | Grenada | 28.57 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 68 | Mauritius | 25.43 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 69 | Eswatini | 25.26 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 24.72 % | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 71 | Cyprus | 24.42 % | 2024 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 72 | Syrian Arab Republic | 24.04 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 73 | Jamaica | 23.65 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 23.27 % | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 22.85 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 76 | Spain | 22.81 % | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 77 | Djibouti | 22.53 % | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 78 | Morocco | 21.85 % | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 79 | Denmark | 20.69 % | 2024 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 20.59 % | 2024 | up 509.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Colombia | 20.07 % | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Libya | 19.51 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Myanmar | 19.48 % | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 84 | Philippines | 19.16 % | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 85 | Timor-Leste | 18.1 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 86 | Cuba | 17.94 % | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 87 | Somalia | 17.7 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 88 | Caribbean | 17.31 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 89 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.96 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 90 | OECD | 16.88 % | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 91 | Seychelles | 16.84 % | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 92 | Algeria | 16.03 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 93 | France | 15.54 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 15.36 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 95 | Brazil | 14.41 % | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Uruguay | 13.88 % | 2024 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Serbia | 13.59 % | 2024 | up 387.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.13 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 99 | Montenegro | 12.39 % | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Switzerland | 12.27 % | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 101 | Austria | 11.2 % | 2024 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Guatemala | 11.05 % | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 103 | Republic of Moldova | 10.46 % | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 104 | Mauritania | 9.78 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 105 | Norway | 9.57 % | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.56 % | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 107 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.51 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 108 | Sudan (former) | 9.44 % | 2011 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 109 | Australia and New Zealand | 9.29 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 110 | USSR | 9.13 % | 1991 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 111 | Bahamas | 9.09 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Tunisia | 9.06 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 113 | Sudan | 8.73 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 114 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 8.66 % | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 115 | Mongolia | 7.79 % | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 7.72 % | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 117 | Haiti | 7.43 % | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 118 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.26 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Panama | 6.97 % | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 120 | Australia | 6.94 % | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 121 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.83 % | 2024 | up 220.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Germany | 6.68 % | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 123 | Ukraine | 6.42 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 124 | Sweden | 6.41 % | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Cambodia | 5.83 % | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 126 | Malaysia | 5.62 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 5.36 % | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 128 | Mali | 5.27 % | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 129 | Honduras | 5.22 % | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 5.09 % | 2022 | down 49.5% | rising |
| 131 | Hungary | 5.07 % | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 132 | Cabo Verde | 5.04 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 133 | Croatia | 4.68 % | 2024 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 4.65 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 135 | Argentina | 4.29 % | 2024 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 136 | Slovakia | 4.17 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 137 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 4.09 % | 1999 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Zambia | 4.06 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Guam | 3.88 % | 2024 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 140 | Kenya | 3.77 % | 2024 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 141 | French Polynesia | 3.69 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 142 | Malawi | 3.67 % | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Russian Federation | 3.48 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.28 % | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 145 | Canada | 3.19 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Eritrea | 3.12 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 147 | Senegal | 3.07 % | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 148 | Ghana | 3.01 % | 2024 | up 336.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Fiji | 2.89 % | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2.83 % | 2005 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 151 | Poland | 2.78 % | 2024 | up 124.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovenia | 2.78 % | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 153 | Belgium | 2.72 % | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 154 | Czechoslovakia | 2.69 % | 1992 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 155 | Belize | 2.61 % | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 156 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.29 % | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 157 | Paraguay | 2.23 % | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 158 | Finland | 2.17 % | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.1 % | 1991 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 160 | Mozambique | 2.01 % | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 161 | Angola | 1.74 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 162 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 1.71 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Czechia | 1.68 % | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 1.64 % | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.63 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 166 | Niger | 1.51 % | 2024 | up 160.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Burundi | 1.47 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 168 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.46 % | 1992 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 169 | Botswana | 1.43 % | 2024 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Guinea | 1.3 % | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 171 | El Salvador | 1.14 % | 2024 | down 80.4% | rising |
| 172 | Namibia | 0.93 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 173 | Polynesia | 0.91 % | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 174 | Gabon | 0.9 % | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 175 | Dominica | 0.89 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Melanesia | 0.86 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 177 | Gambia | 0.81 % | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 178 | South Sudan | 0.77 % | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 179 | Nigeria | 0.74 % | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia | 0.72 % | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 181 | Mayotte | 0.67 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 182 | Burkina Faso | 0.63 % | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 183 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.62 % | 2024 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 184 | Chad | 0.57 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 185 | Benin | 0.56 % | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 186 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.54 % | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 187 | Rwanda | 0.51 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.49 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 189 | Belarus | 0.46 % | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Lesotho | 0.45 % | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Liberia | 0.42 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Cameroon | 0.36 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 193 | Congo | 0.31 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 194 | Lithuania | 0.3 % | 2024 | up 76.5% | falling |
| 195 | Togo | 0.29 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 196 | Estonia | 0.22 % | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 197 | Comoros | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 197 | Uganda | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 199 | Latvia | 0.09 % | 2024 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.06 % | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 201 | Iceland | 0.04 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 57.63 %
- Southern Asia 49.91 %
- Asia 43.65 %
- Western Asia 41.15 %
- Réunion 33.69 %
- Southern Europe 30.25 %
- Central Asia 26.86 %
- Central America 24.27 %
- World 22.34 %
- South-eastern Asia 20.48 %
- Northern Africa 20.12 %
- South Africa 18.04 %
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.