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Agricultural land equipped for irrigation (% of agricultural land)

Name: Agricultural land equipped for irrigation (% of agricultural land)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – AQUASTAT / FAOSTAT
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, irrigation, agriculture, water, food security, drought, water management, climate adaptation, AQUASTAT, FAO

Share of agricultural land equipped for irrigation by country (latest 2019–2021). Highlights where farming depends most on managed water.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – AQUASTAT / FAOSTAT•160 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

10.2%

Median: 2.7%

Countries Covered

160

with available data

Highest

Kuwait

100.0%

Lowest

Cayman Islands

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Kuwait100.0%

2Qatar100.0%

3United Arab Emirates100.0%

4Turkmenistan93.2%

5Uzbekistan89.1%

By Region

Asia31.7%(25 countries)

South America7.9%(7 countries)

Other7.4%(83 countries)

Africa4.9%(9 countries)

North America4.4%(3 countries)

Key Findings

•Irrigation dependence varies dramatically—from near 0% in some rainfed/agroforestry-dominant countries to near 100% in parts of the Gulf.
•Several of the world’s major grain/rice producers (e.g., India, China, Pakistan) show high irrigated shares, underscoring irrigation’s role in staple production.
•Very high irrigation shares can signal vulnerability to water stress and energy costs even as they support high agricultural productivity.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 10.2%)

Asia (25)

South America (7)

Other (83)

Africa (9)

North America (3)

Europe (31)

Oceania (2)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the share of a country’s agricultural land area that is equipped for irrigation—land provided with infrastructure to supply water to crops (e.g., canals, pumps, sprinklers, drip systems). It’s a useful lens on food security and climate risk: highly irrigated systems can buffer drought, but they also depend on water availability, energy, and infrastructure.

The indicator comes from FAO’s AQUASTAT/FAOSTAT work on water and agriculture. Countries with very high values tend to be in arid regions (where rainfed farming is limited) or have long-established irrigation networks in river basins. Low values often reflect predominantly rainfed agriculture, limited irrigation investment, or abundant rainfall.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Kuwait	100.0%
2	Qatar	100.0%
3	United Arab Emirates	100.0%
4	Turkmenistan	93.2%
5	Uzbekistan	89.1%
6	Oman	70.2%
7	People's Republic of China	56.3%
8	Israel	50.5%
9	Bangladesh	48.0%
10	Islamic Republic of Iran	44.1%
11	Tajikistan	42.3%
12	India	38.9%
13	Sri Lanka	34.5%
14	Iraq	33.6%
15	Lebanon	29.2%
16	Thailand	25.8%
17	Cuba	25.0%
18	Nepal	23.1%
19	Cambodia	20.8%
20	Philippines	20.1%
21	Morocco	19.4%
22	Syrian Arab Republic	19.1%
23	Türkiye	18.9%
24	Albania	18.9%
25	Indonesia	18.7%
26	Vietnam	18.6%
27	Myanmar	18.2%
28	Pakistan	18.0%
29	Greece	17.2%
30	South Korea	13.3%
31	Spain	13.2%
32	Country 842	13.0%
33	Jordan	12.9%
34	Cyprus	12.7%
35	Ecuador	12.5%
36	State of Palestine	10.8%
37	Colombia	10.7%
38	Peru	10.5%
39	Italy	9.6%
40	Afghanistan	9.6%
41	Chile	9.2%
42	Algeria	8.3%
43	Tunisia	8.1%
44	Kyrgyzstan	8.0%
45	Costa Rica	7.4%
46	Georgia	7.3%
47	Portugal	6.9%
48	Japan	6.8%
49	Mexico	6.8%
50	Dominican Republic	6.5%
51	France	6.5%
52	Nicaragua	6.5%
53	Belize	6.3%
54	Malaysia	6.1%
55	Ethiopia	6.0%
56	Brazil	5.9%
57	Egypt	5.5%
58	Netherlands	5.4%
59	Australia	5.4%
60	Guatemala	5.2%
61	Botswana	5.1%
62	Haiti	4.9%
63	Jamaica	4.7%
64	Paraguay	4.6%
65	Panama	4.3%
66	Solomon Islands	4.1%
67	Sudan	4.0%
68	Honduras	3.9%
69	Uruguay	3.9%
70	Zimbabwe	3.8%
71	Bulgaria	3.6%
72	Austria	3.5%
73	El Salvador	3.2%
74	Madagascar	3.2%
75	Bolivia	3.2%
76	Belgium	3.0%
77	Belarus	2.8%
78	The Republic of North Macedonia	2.7%
79	Venezuela	2.7%
80	Barbados	2.7%
81	Germany	2.6%
82	Romania	2.5%
83	Mauritius	2.4%
84	Argentina	2.3%
85	Czech Republic	2.2%
86	Moldova, Republic of	2.2%
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.2%
88	Hungary	2.1%
89	Andorra	2.1%
90	Kazakhstan	2.0%
91	Russian Federation	2.0%
92	Senegal	2.0%
93	Singapore	2.0%
94	Kenya	1.8%
95	Trinidad and Tobago	1.8%
96	Brunei Darussalam	1.8%
97	Finland	1.6%
98	Saudi Arabia	1.6%
99	Switzerland	1.6%
100	Armenia	1.6%
101	Serbia	1.5%
102	Ukraine	1.4%
103	Canada	1.3%
104	Libya	1.3%
105	Mozambique	1.3%
106	South Africa	1.3%
107	Yemen	1.3%
108	Burundi	1.2%
109	Denmark	1.2%
110	Mauritania	1.2%
111	Rwanda	1.2%
112	Croatia	1.1%
113	United Kingdom	1.1%
114	United Republic of Tanzania	1.1%
115	Namibia	1.0%
116	Sweden	0.9%
117	Central African Republic	0.8%
118	Ireland	0.8%
119	Cote d'Ivoire	0.8%
120	Malawi	0.8%
121	Poland	0.8%
122	Slovenia	0.8%
123	Estonia	0.7%
124	Lithuania	0.7%
125	New Zealand	0.7%
126	Nigeria	0.7%
127	Papua New Guinea	0.7%
128	Iceland	0.6%
129	Mali	0.6%
130	Togo	0.6%
131	Burkina Faso	0.6%
132	Republic of The Gambia	0.5%
133	Ghana	0.5%
134	Latvia	0.5%
135	Mongolia	0.5%
136	Sierra Leone	0.5%
137	Slovakia	0.5%
138	Uganda	0.5%
139	Cameroon	0.4%
140	Chad	0.4%
141	Djibouti	0.4%
142	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.4%
143	Luxembourg	0.4%
144	New Caledonia	0.4%
145	Republic of the Congo	0.3%
146	Eritrea	0.3%
147	Guinea	0.3%
148	Zambia	0.3%
149	Cape Verde	0.2%
150	Benin	0.2%
151	Gabon	0.2%
152	Lesotho	0.2%
153	Montenegro	0.2%
154	Niger	0.2%
155	Suriname	0.2%
156	Angola	0.2%
157	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.1%
158	Liberia	0.1%
159	Somalia	0.1%
160	Cayman Islands	0.0%

Showing 160 of 160 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #irrigation #agriculture #water #food security #drought #water management #climate adaptation #AQUASTAT #FAO

Data Source

This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – AQUASTAT / FAOSTAT (2021).

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