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Land area equipped for irrigation (hectares) by country

Area equipped to provide water (via irrigation) to the crops. It includes areas equipped for full and partial control irrigation, equipped lowland areas, pastures, and areas equipped for spate irrigation. Data are expressed in 1000 hectares.

Countries reporting
50
Highest
3.67 million hectares
Egypt
Lowest
130 hectares
Comoros
Median
32,000 hectares
Years covered
51
1961–2011
Data points
2,802

What the numbers show

Land area equipped for irrigation (hectares) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 3.67 million hectares in Egypt; the lowest is 130 hectares in Comoros.

The median across all reporting countries is 32,000 hectares, and the mean is 246,231 hectares.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28,231.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 150.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 4.8%).

Land area equipped for irrigation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 3.67 million hectares 2011 up 9.9% rising
2 Sudan 1.89 million hectares 2011 up 1.4% rising
4 Morocco 1.46 million hectares 2011 up 0.8% rising
5 Madagascar 1.09 million hectares 2011 unchanged rising
6 Algeria 570,000 hectares 2011 up 0.2% rising
7 Libya 470,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
8 Tunisia 459,000 hectares 2011 up 16.2% rising
9 Nigeria 293,000 hectares 2011 up 1.0% rising
10 Ethiopia 290,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
11 Mali 236,000 hectares 2011 unchanged volatile
12 Somalia 200,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
13 Tanzania 184,000 hectares 2011 up 7.0% volatile
14 Zimbabwe 174,000 hectares 2011 unchanged volatile
15 Zambia 156,000 hectares 2011 up 7.6% volatile
16 Senegal 120,000 hectares 2011 up 7.1% rising
17 Mozambique 118,000 hectares 2011 unchanged volatile
18 Kenya 103,000 hectares 2011 up 18.4% volatile
19 Guinea 95,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
20 Angola 86,000 hectares 2011 up 3.6% rising
21 Malawi 74,000 hectares 2011 up 34.5% volatile
21 Niger 74,000 hectares 2011 up 1.4% volatile
23 Cote d'Ivoire 73,000 hectares 2011 unchanged volatile
24 Eswatini 50,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
25 Mauritania 45,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
26 Ghana 34,000 hectares 2011 up 9.7% volatile
27 Chad 30,000 hectares 2011 up 7.1% rising
27 Sierra Leone 30,000 hectares 2011 unchanged volatile
27 Burkina Faso 30,000 hectares 2011 up 20.0% volatile
30 Cameroon 29,000 hectares 2011 up 11.5% volatile
31 Guinea-Bissau 25,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
32 Burundi 23,000 hectares 2011 up 4.5% rising
33 Eritrea 21,000 hectares 2011 unchanged falling
34 Mauritius 20,000 hectares 2011 down 4.8% rising
35 Uganda 14,000 hectares 2011 up 40.0% rising
36 Benin 12,000 hectares 2011 up 9.1% rising
37 Democratic Republic of Congo 11,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
38 Sao Tome and Principe 10,000 hectares 2011 unchanged flat
39 Rwanda 9,600 hectares 2011 up 6.7% rising
40 Namibia 8,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
41 Togo 7,000 hectares 2011 unchanged volatile
42 Gambia 5,000 hectares 2011 up 150.0% volatile
43 Gabon 4,000 hectares 2011 unchanged flat
44 Cape Verde 3,500 hectares 2011 up 16.7% rising
45 Lesotho 3,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
45 Liberia 3,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
47 Congo 2,000 hectares 2011 unchanged rising
47 Botswana 2,000 hectares 2011 up 42.9% rising
49 Djibouti 1,000 hectares 2011 unchanged flat
51 Seychelles 300 hectares 2011 unchanged flat
52 Comoros 130 hectares 2011 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Land area equipped for irrigation (hectares)
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 2,802 data points, 1961–2011
Last refreshed

Area equipped to provide water (via irrigation) to the crops. It includes areas equipped for full and partial control irrigation, equipped lowland areas, pastures, and areas equipped for spate irrigation. Data are expressed in 1000 hectares.