List of countries by irrigated land area

This is a list of countries by irrigated land area mostly based on The World Factbook.^[1]

Rank	Country/Region	Irrigated land (km²)	Date of information
-	World	3,263,413	2010[2]
1	India	558,080	2003
2	China	545,960	2003
3	United States	223,850	2003
4	Pakistan	182,300	2003
-	European Union	168,050	2003 est.
5	Iran See also: Irrigation in Iran	76,500	2003
6	Mexico See also: Irrigation in Mexico	63,200	2003
7	Turkey	52,150	2003
8	Thailand	49,860	2003
9	Bangladesh	47,250	2003
10	Russia	46,000	2003
11	Indonesia	45,000	2003
12	Uzbekistan	42,810	2003
13	Spain	37,800	2003
14	Kazakhstan	35,560	2003
15	Iraq	35,250	2003
16	Egypt	34,220	2003
17	Romania	30,770	2003
18	Vietnam	30,000	2003
19	Brazil See also: Irrigation in Brazil	29,200	2003
20	Italy	27,500	2003
21	France	26,000	2003
22	Japan	25,920	2003
23	Australia See also: Irrigation in Australia	25,450	2003
24	Ukraine	22,080	2003
25	Chile	19,000	2003
26	Burma	18,700	2003
27	Sudan (including  South Sudan)	18,630	2003
28	Turkmenistan	18,000	2003
29	Saudi Arabia See also: Irrigation in Saudi Arabia	16,200	2003
30	Philippines	15,500	2003
31	South Africa	14,980	2003
32	Korea, North	14,600	2003
33	Azerbaijan	14,550	2003
34	Greece	14,530	2003
35	Morocco	14,450	2003
36	Syria	13,330	2003
37	Peru See also: Irrigation in Peru	12,000	2003
38	Nepal	11,700	2003
39	Madagascar	10,860	2003
40	Kyrgyzstan	10,720	2003
41	Colombia See also: Irrigation in Colombia	9,000	2003
42	Korea, South	8,780	2003
43	Cuba	8,700	2003
44	Ecuador	8,650	2003
45	Canada	7,850	2003
46	Sri Lanka	7,430	2003
47	Tajikistan	7,220	2003
48	Portugal	6,500	2003
49	Bulgaria	5,880	2003
50	Venezuela	5,750	2003
51	Netherlands	5,650	2003
52	Yemen	5,500	2003
53	Germany	4,850	2003
54	Libya	4,700	2003
55	Georgia	4,690	2003
56	Denmark	4,490	2003
57	Tunisia	3,940	2003
58	Malaysia	3,650	2003
59	Albania	3,530	2003
59	Moldova	3,000	2003
60	Ethiopia	2,900	2003
61	New Zealand	2,850	2003
62	Nigeria	2,820	2003
63	Dominican Republic See also: Irrigation in the Dominican Republic	2,750	2003
64	Cambodia	2,700	2003
65	Mali	2,360	2003
66	Hungary	2,300	2003
67	Uruguay	2,100	2003
68	Somalia	2,000	2003
69	Israel	1,940	2003
70	Tanzania	1,840	2003
71	Slovakia	1,830	2003
72	Laos	1,750	2003
73	Zimbabwe	1,740	2003
74	United Kingdom	1,700	2003
75	Zambia	1,560	2003
76	Guyana	1,500	2003
77	Bolivia See also: Irrigation in Bolivia	1,320	2003
78	Belarus	1,310	2003
79	Guatemala	1,300	2003
80	Norway	1,270	2003
81	Senegal	1,200	2003
82	Mozambique	1,180	2003
83	Sweden	1,150	2003
84	Costa Rica	1,080	2003
85	Timor-Leste	1,065	2003
86	Lebanon	1,040	2003
87	Kenya	1,030	2003
88	Poland	1,000	2003
89	Guinea	950	2003
90	Haiti	920	2003
91	Serbia	919	2011
92	Mongolia	840	2003
93	Honduras	800	2003
94	United Arab Emirates	760	2003
95	Jordan	750	2003
96	Niger	730	2003
97	Côte d'Ivoire	730	2003
98	Oman	720	2003
99	Paraguay	670	2003
100	Finland	640	2003
101	Nicaragua	610	2003
102	Malawi	560	2003
103	Macedonia	550	2003
104	Suriname	510	2003
105	Swaziland	500	2003
106	Mauritania	490	2002
107	El Salvador	450	2003
108	Panama	430	2003
109	Puerto Rico	400	2003
110	Cyprus	400	2003
111	Bhutan	400	2003
112	Belgium	400	2003
113	Ghana	310	2003
114	Sierra Leone	300	2003
115	Chad	300	2003
116	Cameroon	260	2003
117	Switzerland	250	2003
118	Jamaica	250	2002
119	Guinea-Bissau	250	2003
120	Burkina Faso	250	2003
121	Czech Republic	240	2003
122	Mauritius	220	2003
123	Eritrea	210	2003
124	Burundi	210	2003
125	Latvia	200	2003
126	Qatar	130	2002
127	Kuwait	130	2003
128	Benin	120	2003
129	Croatia	110	2003
130	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	110	2003
131	Sao Tome and Principe	100	2003
132	New Caledonia	100	2003
133	Uganda	90	2003
134	Rwanda	90	2003
135	Namibia	80	2003
136	Togo	70	2003
137	Lithuania	70	2003
138	Gabon	70	2003
139	Barbados	50	2003
140	Trinidad and Tobago	40	2003
141	Estonia	40	2003
142	Bahrain	40	2003
143	Austria	40	2003
144	Slovenia	30	2003
145	Saint Lucia	30	2003
146	Liberia	30	2003
147	Lesotho	30	2003
148	Fiji	30	2003
149	Cape Verde	30	2003
150	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	2003
151	Belize	30	2003
152	Malta	20	2003
153	Hong Kong	20	1998 est.
154	Gambia, The	20	2003
155	Congo, Republic of the	20	2003
156	Central African Republic	20	2003
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10	2003
158	French Polynesia	10	2003
159	Djibouti	10	2003
160	Brunei	10	2003
161	Botswana	10	2003
162	Bahamas, The	10	2003
163	Wake Island	0	NA
164	Spratly Islands	0	NA
165	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	NA
166	Paracel Islands	0	NA
167	Marshall Islands	0	NA
168	Jan Mayen	0	NA
169	Isle of Man	0	NA
170	Vatican City	0	NA
171	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	NA
172	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	0	NA
173	Faroe Islands	0	NA
174	Coral Sea Islands	0	NA
175	Clipperton Island	0	NA
176	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	NA
177	Bouvet Island	0	NA
178	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0	NA
179	American Samoa	NA	NA
180	Andorra	NA	NA
181	Anguilla	NA	NA
182	Antigua and Barbuda	NA	NA
183	Bermuda	NA	NA
184	British Virgin Islands	NA	NA
185	Cayman Islands	NA	NA
186	Christmas Island	NA	NA
187	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA	NA
188	Comoros	NA	NA
189	Cook Islands	NA	NA
190	Dominica	NA	NA
191	Equatorial Guinea	NA	NA
192	Falkland Islands	NA	NA
193	Gibraltar	NA	NA
194	Greenland	NA	NA
195	Grenada	NA	NA
196	Guam	NA	NA
197	Guernsey	NA	NA
198	Iceland	NA	NA
199	Ireland	NA	NA
200	Jersey	NA	NA
201	Kiribati	NA	NA
202	Liechtenstein	NA	NA
203	Luxembourg	NA	NA
204	Macau	NA	NA
205	Maldives	NA	NA
206	Mayotte	NA	NA
207	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA	NA
208	Monaco	NA	NA
209	Montenegro	NA	NA
210	Montserrat	NA	NA
211	Nauru	NA	NA
212	Netherlands Antilles	NA	NA
213	Niue	NA	NA
214	Norfolk Island	NA	NA
215	Northern Mariana Islands	NA	NA
216	Palau	NA	NA
217	Papua New Guinea	NA	NA
218	Pitcairn Islands	NA	NA
219	Saint Helena	NA	NA
220	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA	NA
221	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA	NA
222	Samoa	NA	NA
223	San Marino	NA	NA
224	Seychelles	NA	NA
225	Singapore	NA	NA
226	Solomon Islands	NA	NA
227	Svalbard	NA	NA
228	Taiwan	NA	NA
229	Tokelau	NA	NA
230	Tonga	NA	NA
231	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA	NA
232	Tuvalu	NA	NA
233	Vanuatu	NA	NA
234	U.S. Virgin Islands	NA	NA
235	Wallis and Futuna	NA	NA
236	Western Sahara	NA	NA

See also

References

External links

• World map of irrigated land as percentage of cultivated land(PDF) from Food and Agriculture Organization, UN, Accessed March 4, 2009