Agricultural irrigated land in Mexico
Mexico: Agricultural irrigated land was 6.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Agricultural irrigated land in Mexico, 2003–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in % of total agricultural land.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 6.6% for agricultural irrigated land in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural irrigated land in Mexico peaked at 6.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2003.
Mexico ranks 37th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Agricultural irrigated land in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % of total agricultural land | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1.9% | — |
| 2004 | 2.0% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 5.1% | +158.9% |
| 2006 | 5.1% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5.8% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 5.7% | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 5.9% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 6.3% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 6.6% | +4.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 6.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.7%, 86% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 6.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5.2%, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agricultural irrigated land in Mexico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +158.9% | 2.0% | 5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.3% | 1.9% | 5.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural irrigated land in Mexico?
- Agricultural irrigated land in Mexico was 6.6% in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest agricultural irrigated land recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest agricultural irrigated land recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2003.
- How does Mexico rank for agricultural irrigated land?
- Mexico ranks 37th out of 84 countries with data for 2023.
- Is agricultural irrigated land rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agricultural irrigated land refers to agricultural areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding.