Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Qatar
Qatar: Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland was 100 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Qatar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 100 % for land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Qatar peaked at 100 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 50 %, in 1974.
Qatar ranks 1st of 201 countries 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 | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 85 % | 50 % | 100 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.65 % | 54.55 % | 66.67 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.44 % | 54.55 % | 81.41 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.67 % | 77.91 % | 88.36 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.38 % | 87.05 % | 100 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 1 Andorra 100 % compare
- 1 Guyana 100 % compare
- 1 Kuwait 100 % compare
- 1 New Caledonia 100 % compare
- 1 New Zealand 100 % compare
- 1 Palestine 100 % compare
- 1 Suriname 100 % compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 100 % compare
- 1 Uzbekistan 100 % compare
More environment data for Qatar
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 25 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.35 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 67.57 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 50 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.14 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 3.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 28.29 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 20.93 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 2.09 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Qatar?
- Land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Qatar was 100 % 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 100 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 % in 1974.
- How does Qatar rank for land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland?
- Qatar ranks 1st out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.