Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland was 57.63 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Eastern Asia stood at 57.63 %.
The figure is up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Eastern Asia peaked at 58.03 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 38.5 %, in 1991.
Eastern Asia ranks 1st of 42 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43.42 % | 42.45 % | 44.76 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 46.56 % | 45.1 % | 48.1 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 42.7 % | 39.02 % | 48.43 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 40.15 % | 38.5 % | 41.81 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.76 % | 41.95 % | 47.39 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.64 % | 49.15 % | 57.54 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.78 % | 57.6 % | 58.03 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 25.26 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 181.93 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 9.16 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Eastern Asia?
- Land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Eastern Asia was 57.63 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 58.03 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.5 % in 1991.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland?
- Eastern Asia ranks 1st out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.