List of countries by irrigated land area
This is a list of countries by irrigated land area based on The World Factbook of the Central Intelligence Agency as of 2012.[1] The two countries with the largest irrigated land area are China and India, which make up 21.3% and 20.6% of worldwide irrigated land area respectively. Non-sovereign territories are not ranked and are shown in italics.
Rank | Country/Region | Irrigated land (km2) | Date of information |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 690,070 | 2012 |
2 | India | 667,000 | 2012 |
3 | United States | 264,000 | 2012 |
4 | Pakistan | 202,000 | 2012 |
— | European Union | 154,540 | 2011 |
5 | Iran | 95,530 | 2012 |
6 | Indonesia | 67,220 | 2012 |
7 | Mexico | 65,000 | 2012 |
8 | Thailand | 64,150 | 2012 |
9 | Brazil | 54,000 | 2012 |
10 | Bangladesh | 53,000 | 2012 |
11 | Turkey | 52,150 | 2012 |
12 | Vietnam | 46,000 | 2012 |
13 | Russia | 43,000 | 2012 |
14 | Uzbekistan | 42,150 | 2012 |
15 | Italy | 39,500 | 2012 |
16 | Spain | 38,000 | 2012 |
17 | Egypt | 36,500 | 2012 |
18 | Iraq | 35,250 | 2012 |
19 | Afghanistan | 32,080 | 2012 |
20 | Romania | 31,490 | 2012 |
21 | France | 26,420 | 2012 |
22 | Peru | 25,800 | 2012 |
23 | Australia | 25,500 | 2012 |
24 | Japan | 24,690 | 2012 |
25 | Argentina | 23,600 | 2012 |
26 | Burma | 22,950 | 2012 |
27 | Ukraine | 21,670 | 2012 |
28 | Kazakhstan | 20,660 | 2012 |
29 | Turkmenistan | 19,950 | 2012 |
30 | Sudan | 18,900 | 2012 |
31 | South Africa | 16,700 | 2012 |
32 | Philippines | 16,270 | 2012 |
33 | Saudi Arabia | 16,200 | 2012 |
34 | Greece | 15,550 | 2012 |
35 | Ecuador | 15,000 | 2012 |
36 | Morocco | 14,850 | 2012 |
37 | North Korea | 14,600 | 2012 |
38 | Syria | 14,280 | 2012 |
39 | Azerbaijan | 14,277 | 2012 |
40 | Nepal | 13,320 | 2012 |
41 | Chile | 11,100 | 2012 |
42 | Colombia | 10,900 | 2012 |
43 | Madagascar | 10,860 | 2012 |
44 | Venezuela | 10,550 | 2012 |
45 | Kyrgyzstan | 10,233 | 2012 |
46 | Canada | 8,700 | 2012 |
46 | Cuba | 8,700 | 2012 |
47 | South Korea | 7,780 | 2012 |
48 | Tajikistan | 7,420 | 2012 |
49 | New Zealand | 7,210 | 2012 |
50 | Yemen | 6,800 | 2012 |
51 | Germany | 6,500 | 2012 |
52 | Algeria | 5,700 | 2012 |
52 | Sri Lanka | 5,700 | 2012 |
53 | Portugal | 5,400 | 2012 |
54 | Netherlands | 4,860 | 2012 |
55 | Libya | 4,700 | 2012 |
56 | Tunisia | 4,590 | 2012 |
57 | Denmark | 4,350 | 2012 |
58 | Georgia | 4,330 | 2012 |
59 | Taiwan | 3,820 | 2012 |
60 | Malaysia | 3,800 | 2012 |
61 | Mali | 3,780 | 2012 |
62 | Cambodia | 3,540 | 2012 |
63 | Guatemala | 3,375 | 2012 |
64 | Israel | 3,350 | 2012 |
65 | Albania | 3,310 | 2012 |
66 | Laos | 3,100 | 2012 |
67 | Dominican Republic | 3,070 | 2012 |
68 | Bolivia | 3,000 | 2012 |
69 | Nigeria | 2,930 | 2012 |
70 | Ethiopia | 2,900 | 2012 |
71 | Armenia | 2,740 | 2012 |
72 | Uruguay | 2,380 | 2012 |
73 | Moldova | 2,283 | 2012 |
74 | Somalia | 2,000 | 2012 |
75 | Nicaragua | 1,990 | 2012 |
76 | Tanzania | 1,840 | 2012 |
77 | Zimbabwe | 1,740 | 2012 |
78 | Hungary | 1,721 | 2012 |
79 | Sweden | 1,640 | 2012 |
80 | Zambia | 1,560 | 2012 |
81 | Guyana | 1,430 | 2012 |
82 | Paraguay | 1,362 | 2012 |
83 | Macedonia | 1,280 | 2012 |
84 | Senegal | 1,200 | 2012 |
85 | Mozambique | 1,180 | 2012 |
86 | Austria | 1,170 | 2012 |
87 | Belarus | 1,140 | 2012 |
88 | Lebanon | 1,040 | 2012 |
89 | Kenya | 1,030 | 2012 |
90 | Bulgaria | 1,020 | 2012 |
91 | Costa Rica | 1,015 | 2012 |
92 | Niger | 1,000 | 2012 |
92 | South Sudan | 1,000 | 2012 |
93 | Haiti | 970 | 2012 |
93 | Poland | 970 | 2012 |
94 | Jordan | 964 | 2012 |
95 | Guinea | 950 | 2012 |
95 | Serbia | 950 | 2012 |
95 | United Kingdom | 950 | 2012 |
96 | United Arab Emirates | 923 | 2012 |
97 | Honduras | 900 | 2012 |
97 | Norway | 900 | 2012 |
98 | Slovakia | 869 | 2012 |
99 | Angola | 860 | 2012 |
100 | Mongolia | 840 | 2012 |
101 | Malawi | 740 | 2012 |
102 | Côte d'Ivoire | 730 | 2012 |
103 | Finland | 690 | 2012 |
104 | Switzerland | 630 | 2012 |
105 | Oman | 590 | 2012 |
106 | Suriname | 570 | 2012 |
107 | Burkina Faso | 550 | 2012 |
108 | Swaziland | 500 | 2012 |
109 | Cyprus | 460 | 2012 |
110 | El Salvador | 452 | 2012 |
111 | Mauritania | 450 | 2012 |
112 | Timor-Leste | 350 | 2012 |
113 | Ghana | 340 | 2012 |
114 | Panama | 321 | 2012 |
115 | Bhutan | 320 | 2012 |
115 | Czech Republic | 320 | 2012 |
116 | Chad | 300 | 2012 |
116 | Sierra Leone | 300 | 2012 |
117 | Cameroon | 290 | 2012 |
118 | Guinea-Bissau | 250 | 2012 |
118 | Jamaica | 250 | 2012 |
119 | Croatia | 240 | 2012 |
119 | Palestine | 240 | 2012 |
120 | Belgium | 230 | 2012 |
120 | Benin | 230 | 2012 |
120 | Burundi | 230 | 2012 |
— | Puerto Rico | 220 | 2012 |
121 | Eritrea | 210 | 2012 |
122 | Mauritius | 190 | 2012 |
123 | Uganda | 140 | 2012 |
124 | Qatar | 130 | 2012 |
125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 110 | 2012 |
126 | Kuwait | 105 | 2012 |
— | New Caledonia | 100 | 2012 |
127 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 100 | 2012 |
128 | Rwanda | 96 | 2012 |
129 | Namibia | 80 | 2012 |
130 | Togo | 70 | 2012 |
130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70 | 2012 |
131 | Slovenia | 60 | 2012 |
132 | Barbados | 50 | 2012 |
132 | Gambia | 50 | 2012 |
133 | Lithuania | 44 | 2012 |
134 | Bahrain | 40 | 2012 |
134 | Estonia | 40 | 2012 |
134 | Fiji | 40 | 2012 |
134 | Gabon | 40 | 2012 |
135 | Belize | 35 | 2012 |
135 | Cape Verde | 35 | 2012 |
135 | Malta | 35 | 2012 |
136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 | 2012 |
136 | Lesotho | 30 | 2012 |
136 | Liberia | 30 | 2012 |
136 | Saint Lucia | 30 | 2012 |
137 | Montenegro | 24 | 2012 |
138 | Botswana | 20 | 2012 |
138 | Republic of the Congo | 20 | 2012 |
138 | Grenada | 20 | 2012 |
139 | Latvia | 12 | 2012 |
140 | Bahamas | 10 | 2012 |
140 | Brunei | 10 | 2012 |
140 | Central African Republic | 10 | 2012 |
140 | Djibouti | 10 | 2012 |
— | French Polynesia | 10 | 2012 |
— | Hong Kong | 10 | 2012 |
140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10 | 2012 |
141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 2012 |
142 | Seychelles | 3 | 2012 |
— | Guam | 2 | 2012 |
143 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.3 | 2012 |
143 | Comoros | 1.3 | 2012 |
— | Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 2012 |
— | U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 2012 |
— | American Samoa | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Andorra | 0 | 2012 |
— | Anguilla | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Ireland | 0 | 2012 |
— | Isle of Man | 0 | 2012 |
— | Jan Mayen | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Kiribati | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2012 |
— | Macau | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Maldives | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Micronesia | 0 | 2012 |
— | Midway Islands | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Monaco | 0 | 2012 |
— | Montserrat | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Nauru | 0 | 2012 |
— | Niue | 0 | 2012 |
— | Norfolk Island | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Palau | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2012 |
— | Paracel Islands | 0 | 2012 |
— | Pitcairn Islands | 0 | 2012 |
— | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0 | 2012 |
— | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Samoa | 0 | 2012 |
144 | San Marino | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Singapore | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2012 |
— | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 | 2011 |
— | Tokelau | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Tonga | 0 | 2012 |
— | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2012 |
144 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2012 |
— | Wake Island | 0 | 2012 |
— | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2012 |
— | Western Sahara | 0 | 2012 |
— | Aruba | N/A | N/A |
— | Bermuda | N/A | N/A |
— | British Virgin Islands | N/A | N/A |
— | Cayman Islands | N/A | N/A |
— | Christmas Island | N/A | N/A |
— | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | N/A | N/A |
— | Cook Islands | N/A | N/A |
— | Curacao | N/A | N/A |
— | Dominica | N/A | N/A |
— | Equatorial Guinea | N/A | N/A |
— | Falkland Islands | N/A | N/A |
— | Gibraltar | N/A | N/A |
— | Greenland | N/A | N/A |
— | Guernsey | N/A | N/A |
— | Iceland | N/A | N/A |
— | Jersey | N/A | N/A |
— | Kosovo | N/A | N/A |
— | World | 3,242,917 | 2012 |
See also
References
- "The World Factbook - Irrigated Land". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
External links
- World map of irrigated land as percentage of cultivated land(PDF) from Food and Agriculture Organization, UN, Accessed March 4, 2009
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