Irrigated Land - world statistics and charts as map, diagram and table
Land area that is artificially supplied with water for the countries of the world
Rank (total) | Country | Total (square km) | per Capita (square m) | per km² (per cent) | Date |
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1 | China | 690,070 | 514 | 7.40 | 2012 |
2 | India | 667,000 | 553 | 22.43 | 2012 |
3 | United States of America | 264,000 | 841 | 2.89 | 2012 |
4 | Pakistan | 202,000 | 1,062 | 26.20 | 2012 |
5 | Iran | 95,530 | 1,211 | 6.24 | 2012 |
6 | Indonesia | 67,220 | 270 | 3.71 | 2012 |
7 | Mexico | 65,000 | 565 | 3.34 | 2012 |
8 | Thailand | 64,150 | 956 | 12.56 | 2012 |
9 | Brazil | 54,000 | 271 | 0.65 | 2012 |
10 | Bangladesh | 53,000 | 329 | 40.72 | 2012 |
11 | Turkey | 52,150 | 654 | 6.78 | 2012 |
12 | Vietnam | 46,000 | 518 | 14.84 | 2012 |
13 | Russia | 43,000 | 302 | 0.26 | 2012 |
14 | Uzbekistan | 42,150 | 1,484 | 9.91 | 2012 |
15 | Italy | 39,500 | 645 | 13.43 | 2012 |
16 | Spain | 38,000 | 808 | 7.62 | 2012 |
17 | Egypt | 36,500 | 436 | 3.67 | 2012 |
18 | Iraq | 35,250 | 1,132 | 8.06 | 2012 |
19 | Afghanistan | 32,080 | 1,055 | 4.92 | 2012 |
20 | Romania | 31,490 | 1,441 | 13.70 | 2012 |
21 | France | 26,000 | 409 | 4.73 | 2012 |
22 | Peru | 25,800 | 873 | 2.02 | 2012 |
23 | Australia | 25,500 | 1,158 | 0.33 | 2012 |
24 | Japan | 24,690 | 194 | 6.77 | 2012 |
25 | Argentina | 23,600 | 559 | 0.86 | 2012 |
26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 22,950 | 420 | 3.51 | 2012 |
27 | Ukraine | 21,670 | 483 | 3.74 | 2012 |
28 | Kazakhstan | 20,660 | 1,179 | 0.77 | 2012 |
29 | Turkmenistan | 19,950 | 3,947 | 4.25 | 2012 |
30 | Sudan | 18,900 | 553 | 1.09 | 2012 |
31 | South Africa | 16,700 | 342 | 1.38 | 2012 |
32 | Philippines | 16,270 | 157 | 5.46 | 2012 |
33 | Saudi Arabia | 16,200 | 611 | 0.75 | 2012 |
34 | Greece | 15,550 | 1,444 | 11.90 | 2012 |
35 | Ecuador | 15,000 | 985 | 5.42 | 2012 |
36 | Morocco | 14,850 | 460 | 3.33 | 2012 |
37 | Korea (North) | 14,600 | 594 | 12.13 | 2012 |
38 | Syria | 14,280 | 634 | 7.68 | 2012 |
39 | Azerbaijan | 14,277 | 1,504 | 17.28 | 2012 |
40 | Nepal | 13,320 | 446 | 9.29 | 2012 |
41 | Chile | 11,100 | 650 | 1.49 | 2012 |
42 | Colombia | 10,900 | 241 | 1.05 | 2012 |
43 | Madagascar | 10,860 | 494 | 1.87 | 2012 |
44 | Venezuela | 10,550 | 376 | 1.20 | 2012 |
45 | Kyrgyzstan | 10,233 | 1,862 | 5.34 | 2012 |
46 | Canada | 8,700 | 254 | 0.10 | 2012 |
46 | Cuba | 8,700 | 786 | 7.92 | 2012 |
48 | Korea (South) | 7,780 | 159 | 8.03 | 2012 |
49 | Tajikistan | 7,420 | 955 | 5.24 | 2012 |
50 | New Zealand | 7,210 | 1,666 | 2.73 | 2012 |
51 | Yemen | 6,800 | 275 | 1.29 | 2012 |
52 | Germany | 6,500 | 80 | 1.86 | 2012 |
53 | Algeria | 5,700 | 153 | 0.24 | 2012 |
53 | Sri Lanka | 5,700 | 265 | 8.82 | 2012 |
55 | Portugal | 5,400 | 501 | 5.90 | 2012 |
56 | Netherlands | 4,860 | 290 | 14.34 | 2012 |
57 | Libya | 4,700 | 837 | 0.27 | 2012 |
58 | Tunisia | 4,590 | 428 | 2.95 | 2012 |
59 | Denmark | 4,350 | 785 | 10.25 | 2012 |
60 | Georgia | 4,330 | 947 | 6.21 | 2012 |
61 | Taiwan | 3,820 | 164 | 11.84 | 2012 |
62 | Malaysia | 3,800 | 130 | 1.16 | 2012 |
63 | Mali | 3,780 | 244 | 0.31 | 2012 |
64 | Cambodia | 3,540 | 237 | 2.01 | 2012 |
65 | Guatemala | 3,375 | 239 | 3.15 | 2012 |
66 | Albania | 3,310 | 1,102 | 12.08 | 2012 |
67 | Laos | 3,100 | 471 | 1.34 | 2012 |
68 | Dominican Republic | 3,070 | 304 | 6.35 | 2012 |
69 | Bolivia | 3,000 | 292 | 0.28 | 2012 |
70 | Nigeria | 2,930 | 17 | 0.32 | 2012 |
71 | Ethiopia | 2,900 | 32 | 0.26 | 2012 |
72 | Armenia | 2,740 | 922 | 9.72 | 2012 |
73 | Uruguay | 2,380 | 718 | 1.36 | 2012 |
74 | Moldova | 2,283 | 624 | 6.94 | 2012 |
75 | Israel | 2,250 | 296 | 10.47 | 2012 |
76 | Somalia | 2,000 | 198 | 0.32 | 2012 |
77 | Nicaragua | 1,990 | 347 | 1.66 | 2012 |
78 | Tanzania | 1,840 | 39 | 0.21 | 2012 |
79 | Zimbabwe | 1,740 | 138 | 0.45 | 2012 |
80 | Hungary | 1,721 | 173 | 1.92 | 2012 |
81 | Sweden | 1,640 | 180 | 0.40 | 2012 |
82 | Zambia | 1,560 | 113 | 0.21 | 2012 |
83 | Guyana | 1,430 | 1,927 | 0.73 | 2012 |
84 | Paraguay | 1,362 | 208 | 0.34 | 2012 |
85 | North Macedonia | 1,280 | 615 | 5.03 | 2012 |
86 | Senegal | 1,200 | 93 | 0.62 | 2012 |
87 | Mozambique | 1,180 | 50 | 0.15 | 2012 |
88 | Austria | 1,170 | 142 | 1.42 | 2012 |
89 | Belarus | 1,140 | 118 | 0.56 | 2012 |
90 | Lebanon | 1,040 | 251 | 10.17 | 2012 |
91 | Kenya | 1,030 | 24 | 0.18 | 2012 |
92 | Bulgaria | 1,020 | 145 | 0.94 | 2012 |
93 | Costa Rica | 1,015 | 219 | 1.99 | 2012 |
94 | Niger | 1,000 | 61 | 0.08 | 2012 |
94 | South Sudan | 1,000 | 94 | 0.16 | 2012 |
96 | Haiti | 970 | 99 | 3.52 | 2012 |
96 | Poland | 970 | 25 | 0.32 | 2012 |
98 | Jordan | 964 | 148 | 1.09 | 2012 |
99 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 950 | 15 | 0.39 | 2012 |
99 | Guinea | 950 | 87 | 0.39 | 2012 |
99 | Serbia | 950 | 131 | 1.23 | 2012 |
102 | United Arab Emirates | 923 | 174 | 1.10 | 2012 |
103 | Honduras | 900 | 108 | 0.80 | 2012 |
103 | Norway | 900 | 191 | 0.30 | 2012 |
105 | Slovakia | 869 | 158 | 1.81 | 2012 |
106 | Angola | 860 | 48 | 0.07 | 2012 |
107 | Mongolia | 840 | 264 | 0.05 | 2012 |
108 | Malawi | 740 | 45 | 0.79 | 2012 |
109 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 730 | 33 | 0.23 | 2012 |
110 | Finland | 690 | 131 | 0.23 | 2012 |
111 | Switzerland | 630 | 79 | 1.58 | 2012 |
112 | Oman | 590 | 191 | 0.19 | 2012 |
113 | Suriname | 570 | 1,018 | 0.37 | 2012 |
114 | Burkina Faso | 550 | 32 | 0.20 | 2012 |
115 | Eswatini | 500 | 361 | 2.91 | 2012 |
116 | Cyprus | 460 | 404 | 4.98 | 2012 |
117 | El Salvador | 452 | 74 | 2.18 | 2012 |
118 | Mauritania | 450 | 134 | 0.04 | 2012 |
119 | East Timor | 350 | 306 | 2.35 | 2012 |
120 | Ghana | 340 | 14 | 0.15 | 2012 |
121 | Panama | 321 | 91 | 0.43 | 2012 |
122 | Bhutan | 320 | 446 | 0.83 | 2012 |
122 | Czech Republic | 320 | 31 | 0.41 | 2012 |
124 | Chad | 300 | 27 | 0.02 | 2012 |
124 | Sierra Leone | 300 | 55 | 0.42 | 2012 |
126 | Cameroon | 290 | 14 | 0.06 | 2012 |
127 | Guinea-Bissau | 250 | 154 | 0.89 | 2012 |
127 | Jamaica | 250 | 87 | 2.31 | 2012 |
129 | Croatia | 240 | 54 | 0.43 | 2012 |
129 | Palestinian Territories | 240 | 55 | 4.00 | 2012 |
131 | Belgium | 230 | 22 | 0.76 | 2012 |
131 | Benin | 230 | 24 | 0.21 | 2012 |
131 | Burundi | 230 | 22 | 0.90 | 2012 |
134 | Puerto Rico | 220 | 60 | 2.46 | 2012 |
135 | Eritrea | 210 | 35 | 0.21 | 2012 |
136 | Mauritius | 190 | 145 | 9.36 | 2012 |
137 | Uganda | 140 | 4 | 0.07 | 2012 |
138 | Qatar | 130 | 67 | 1.12 | 2012 |
139 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 110 | 1 | 0.00 | 2012 |
140 | Kuwait | 105 | 40 | 0.59 | 2012 |
141 | New Caledonia | 100 | 384 | 0.55 | 2012 |
141 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 100 | 546 | 10.37 | 2012 |
143 | Rwanda | 96 | 8 | 0.39 | 2012 |
144 | Namibia | 80 | 37 | 0.01 | 2012 |
145 | Togo | 70 | 10 | 0.13 | 2012 |
145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70 | 57 | 1.37 | 2012 |
147 | Slovenia | 60 | 30 | 0.30 | 2012 |
148 | Barbados | 50 | 174 | 11.63 | 2012 |
148 | Gambia | 50 | 27 | 0.49 | 2012 |
150 | Lithuania | 44 | 12 | 0.07 | 2012 |
151 | Bahrain | 40 | 32 | 5.26 | 2012 |
151 | Estonia | 40 | 31 | 0.09 | 2012 |
151 | Fiji | 40 | 45 | 0.22 | 2012 |
151 | Gabon | 40 | 25 | 0.02 | 2012 |
155 | Belize | 35 | 107 | 0.15 | 2012 |
155 | Cape Verde | 35 | 67 | 0.87 | 2012 |
155 | Malta | 35 | 85 | 11.08 | 2012 |
158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 | 8 | 0.06 | 2012 |
158 | Lesotho | 30 | 16 | 0.10 | 2012 |
158 | Liberia | 30 | 8 | 0.03 | 2012 |
158 | Saint Lucia | 30 | 185 | 4.95 | 2012 |
162 | Montenegro | 24 | 37 | 0.18 | 2012 |
163 | Botswana | 20 | 10 | 0.00 | 2012 |
163 | Congo (Republic) | 20 | 5 | 0.01 | 2012 |
163 | Grenada | 20 | 183 | 5.81 | 2012 |
166 | Bahamas | 10 | 32 | 0.10 | 2012 |
166 | Brunei | 10 | 24 | 0.19 | 2012 |
166 | Central African Republic | 10 | 2 | 0.00 | 2012 |
166 | Djibouti | 10 | 13 | 0.04 | 2012 |
166 | French Polynesia | 10 | 36 | 0.26 | 2012 |
166 | Hong Kong | 10 | 1 | 0.93 | 2012 |
166 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10 | 97 | 2.57 | 2012 |
173 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 158 | 3.07 | 2012 |
174 | Seychelles | 3 | 33 | 0.66 | 2012 |
175 | Guam | 2 | 13 | 0.37 | 2012 |
176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 15 | 0.29 | 2012 |
176 | Comoros | 1 | 2 | 0.06 | 2012 |
178 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 19 | 0.22 | 2012 |
178 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 1 | 9 | 0.29 | 2012 |
180 | American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Anguilla | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Jan Mayen | 0 | ... | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Kiribati | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Macau | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Isle of Man | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Micronesia | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Nauru | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Niue | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Palau | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Paracel Islands | 0 | ... | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Pitcairn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 | ... | 0.00 | 2011 |
180 | Tokelau | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Tonga | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Tuvalu | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Wake Island | 0 | ... | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
180 | Western Sahara | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
World | 3,242,917 | 462 | 2.18 | 2012 est. |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
The above figures give the number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. 1 square kilometer corresponds to 0.3861 square miles. 1 square meter corresponds to 10.764 square feet.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2017-01-17)