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DEFINITION
Irrigated land refers to areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding. Cropland refers to arable land and permanent cropland.
Agriculture Statistics > Irrigated land > % of cropland (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 New Caledonia :
100 %
2003 ...
#2 Egypt :
99.94 %
2002 ...
#3 Oman :
90 %
2003 ...
#4 Uzbekistan :
84.94 %
2003 ...
#5 Chile :
82.36 %
2003 ...
#6 Pakistan :
82.01 %
2003 ...
#7 Turkmenistan :
79.44 %
2003 ...
#8 Kyrgyzstan :
75.97 %
2003 ...
#9 Suriname :
75 %
2003 ...
#10 Kuwait :
72.22 %
2003 ...
#11 Azerbaijan :
70.48 %
2003 ...
#12 Tajikistan :
68.31 %
2003 ...
#13 Bahrain :
66.67 %
2003 ...
#14 Qatar :
61.9 %
2002 ...
#15 Netherlands :
60.23 %
2003 ...
#16 Iraq :
58.56 %
2003 ...
#17 Bangladesh :
56.12 %
2003 ...
#18 Japan :
54.73 %
2003 ...
#19 Armenia :
51.53 %
2003 ...
#20 Albania :
50.5 %
2003 ...
#21 Korea, North :
50.34 %
2003 ...
#22 Korea, South :
47.56 %
2003 ...
#23 China :
47.22 %
2003 ...
#24 Nepal :
47.14 %
2003 ...
#25 Israel :
45.75 %
2003 ...
#26 Georgia :
44 %
2003 ...
#27 Saudi Arabia :
42.65 %
2003 ...
#28 Iran :
40.24 %
2003 ...
#29 Sri Lanka :
38.78 %
2003 ...
#30 Greece :
37.93 %
2003 ...
#31 Puerto Rico :
36.04 %
2003 ...
#32 Ecuador :
34.78 %
2003 ...
#33 Afghanistan :
33.8 %
2003 ...
#34 Vietnam :
33.73 %
2003 ...
#35 Lebanon :
33.23 %
2003 ...
#36 Yemen :
32.95 %
2003 ...
#37 India :
32.94 %
2003 ...
#38 Romania :
31.26 %
2003 ...
#39 Madagascar :
30.59 %
2003 ...
#40 United Arab Emirates :
29.92 %
2003 ...
#41 Guyana :
29.41 %
2003 ...
#42 Barbados :
29.41 %
2003 ...
#43 Jordan :
28.63 %
2003 ...
#44 Thailand :
28.19 %
2003 ...
#45 Peru :
27.84 %
2003 ...
#46 Portugal :
27.28 %
2003 ...
#47 Swaziland :
26.04 %
2003 ...
#48 Italy :
25.71 %
2003 ...
#49 Cyprus :
25.64 %
2003 ...
#50 Syria :
24.28 %
2003 ...
#51 Colombia :
24.01 %
2003 ...
#52 Bhutan :
23.53 %
2003 ...
#53 Mexico :
23.15 %
2003 ...
#54 Cuba :
22.97 %
2003 ...
#55 Libya :
21.86 %
2003 ...
#56 Mauritius :
20.75 %
2003 ...
#57 Costa Rica :
20.57 %
2003 ...
#58 Spain :
20.36 %
2003 ...
#59 Turkey :
20.04 %
2003 ...
#60 Denmark :
19.73 %
2004 ...
#61 Somalia :
18.67 %
2003 ...
#62 São Tomé and Príncipe :
18.18 %
2003 ...
#63 Malta :
18.18 %
2003 ...
#64 Dominican Republic :
17.23 %
2003 ...
#65 Burma :
17.03 %
2003 ...
#66 Venezuela :
16.91 %
2003 ...
#67 Saint Lucia :
16.67 %
2003 ...
#68 Bulgaria :
16.62 %
2003 ...
#69 Laos :
16.49 %
2003 ...
#70 Kazakhstan :
15.67 %
2003 ...
#71 Morocco :
15.41 %
2003 ...
#72 Uruguay :
14.87 %
2003 ...
#73 Philippines :
14.49 %
2003 ...
#74 Moldova :
13.95 %
2003 ...
#75 France :
13.28 %
2003 ...
#76 Slovakia :
12.7 %
2003 ...
#77 United States :
12.48 %
2003 ...
#78 Indonesia :
12.36 %
2003 ...
#79 Sudan :
10.69 %
2003 ...
#80 Mauritania :
9.8 %
2002 ...
#81 South Africa :
9.53 %
2003 ...
#82 Macedonia, Republic of :
8.99 %
2003 ...
#83 Jamaica :
8.8 %
2002 ...
#84 New Zealand :
8.45 %
2003 ...
#85 Haiti :
8.36 %
2003 ...
#86 Bahamas, The :
8.33 %
2003 ...
#87 Tunisia :
7.99 %
2003 ...
#88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
7.14 %
2003 ...
#89 Cambodia :
7.01 %
2003 ...
#90 Mongolia :
7 %
2003 ...
#91 Algeria :
6.93 %
2003 ...
#92 Ukraine :
6.61 %
2003 ...
#93 Guatemala :
6.34 %
2003 ...
#94 Panama :
6.19 %
2003 ...
#95 Cape Verde :
6.12 %
2003 ...
#96 Switzerland :
5.8 %
2003 ...
#97 Honduras :
5.6 %
2003 ...
#98 Brunei :
5.56 %
2003 ...
#99 Guinea :
5.43 %
2003 ...
#100 Argentina :
5.36 %
2003 ...
#101 Australia :
5.35 %
2003 ...
#102 Zimbabwe :
5.19 %
2003 ...
#103 El Salvador :
4.95 %
2003 ...
#104 Mali :
4.88 %
2003 ...
#105 Malaysia :
4.81 %
2003 ...
#106 Hungary :
4.79 %
2003 ...
#107 Senegal :
4.79 %
2003 ...
#108 Belgium :
4.66 %
2003 ...
#109 Sierra Leone :
4.65 %
2003 ...
#110 Guinea-Bissau :
4.55 %
2003 ...
#111 Brazil :
4.38 %
2003 ...
#112 Sweden :
4.3 %
2003 ...
#113 Bolivia :
4.05 %
2003 ...
#114 Germany :
4.03 %
2003 ...
#115 French Polynesia :
4 %
2003 ...
#116 Eritrea :
3.72 %
2003 ...
#117 Russia :
3.7 %
2003 ...
#118 Tanzania :
3.61 %
2003 ...
#119 Trinidad and Tobago :
3.28 %
2003 ...
#120 United Kingdom :
2.98 %
2003 ...
#121 Zambia :
2.95 %
2003 ...
#122 Belize :
2.94 %
2003 ...
#123 Finland :
2.89 %
2003 ...
#124 Nicaragua :
2.82 %
2003 ...
#125 Mozambique :
2.58 %
2003 ...
#126 Ethiopia :
2.46 %
2003 ...
#127 Belarus :
2.31 %
2003 ...
#128 Angola :
2.23 %
2003 ...
#129 Malawi :
2.16 %
2003 ...
#130 Paraguay :
2.14 %
2003 ...
#131 Latvia :
2.06 %
2003 ...
#132 Kenya :
1.98 %
2003 ...
#133 Burundi :
1.55 %
2003 ...
#134 Canada :
1.51 %
2003 ...
#135 Slovenia :
1.49 %
2003 ...
#136 Gabon :
1.41 %
2003 ...
#137 Côte d'Ivoire :
1.06 %
2003 ...
#138 Fiji :
1.05 %
2003 ...
#139 Namibia :
0.98 %
2003 ...
#140 Lesotho :
0.9 %
2003 ...
#141 Serbia and Montenegro :
0.86 %
2003 ...
#142 Nigeria :
0.84 %
2003 ...
#143 Chad :
0.83 %
2003 ...
#144 Poland :
0.78 %
2003 ...
#145 Czech Republic :
0.73 %
2003 ...
#146 Estonia :
0.71 %
2003 ...
#147 Croatia :
0.69 %
2003 ...
#148 Gambia, The :
0.62 %
2003 ...
#149 Rwanda :
0.61 %
2003 ...
#150 Burkina Faso :
0.51 %
2003 ...
#151 Niger :
0.5 %
2003 ...
#152 Liberia :
0.5 %
2003 ...
#153 Ghana :
0.49 %
2003 ...
#154 Lithuania :
0.45 %
2003 ...
#155 Benin :
0.41 %
2003 ...
#156 Congo, Republic of the :
0.37 %
2003 ...
#157 Cameroon :
0.36 %
2003 ...
#158 Austria :
0.27 %
2003 ...
#159 Togo :
0.27 %
2003 ...
#160 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.27 %
2003 ...
#161 Botswana :
0.26 %
2003 ...
#162 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.14 %
2003 ...
#163 Uganda :
0.12 %
2003 ...
#164 Central African Republic :
0.1 %
2003 ...
Weighted average:
20.0 %
DEFINITION: Irrigated land refers to areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding. Cropland refers to arable land and permanent cropland.
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