List of countries by irrigated land area

This is a list of countries by irrigated land
Irrigation
Irrigation may be defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall...

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The World Factbook

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Rank	Country/Region	Irrigated land (km²)	Date of information
-	World	2,770,980	2003
1	India	558,080	2003
2	Mainland 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 Irrigation in Iran Irrigation in Iran covers 89,930 km2 making it the fifth ranked country in terms of irrigated area.-Tidal irrigation at Abadan island, Iran:The Abadan Island in Khūzestān Province is situated between the Arvand and Bahmanshir rivers...	76,500	2003
6	Mexico See also: Irrigation in Mexico Irrigation in Mexico Mexico, a classified arid and semi-arid country, has a total land area of 2 million square kilometres, 23% of which is equipped for irrigated agriculture. The agricultural sector plays an important role in the economic development of the country accounting for 8.4 of agricultural gross domestic...	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	Kingdom of Romania	30,770	2003
18	Vietnam	30,000	2003
19	Brazil See also: Irrigation in Brazil Irrigation in Brazil Irrigation in Brazil has been developed through the use of different models. Public involvement in irrigation is relatively new while private investment has traditionally been responsible for irrigation development. Private irrigation predominates in the populated South, Southeast, and Center-West...	29,200	2003
20	Italy	27,500	2003
21	Early Modern France	26,000	2003
22	Japan	25,920	2003
23	Australia See also: Irrigation in Australia Irrigation in Australia Irrigation in Australia is a widespread practice to supplement low rainfall levels in Australia with water from other sources to assist in the production of crops or pasture. As the driest inhabited continent, irrigation is required in many areas for production of crops for domestic and export use...	25,450	2003
24	Ukraine	22,080	2003
25	Chile	19,000	2003
26	Myanmar	18,700	2003
27	Sudan (including )	18,630	2003
28	Turkmenistan	18,000	2003
29	Saudi Arabia See also: Irrigation in Saudi Arabia Irrigation in Saudi Arabia Center pivot irrigation in Saudi Arabia is typical of many isolated irrigation projects scattered throughout the arid and hyper-arid regions of the Earth. Fossil water is mined from depths as great as 1 km , pumped to the surface, and distributed via large centre pivot irrigation feeds...	16,200	2003
30	Philippines	15,500	2003
31	South Africa	14,980	2003
32	North Korea	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 Irrigation in Peru Water resources and irrigation infrastructure in Peru vary throughout the country. The coastal region, an arid but fertile land, has about two-thirds of Peru’s irrigation infrastructure due to private and public investment aimed at increasing agricultural exports...	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 Irrigation in Colombia Irrigation in Colombia has been an integral part of Colombia's agricultural and rural development in the 20th Century. Public investment in irrigation has been especially prominent in the first half of the Century...	9,000	2003
42	South Korea	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	Kingdom of 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 (country)	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 Irrigation in the Dominican Republic Irrigation in the Dominican Republic has been an integral part of DR agricultural and economic development in the 20th Century. Public investment in irrigation has been the main driver for irrigation infrastructural development in the country...	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 Irrigation in Bolivia Bolivia’s government considers irrigated agriculture as a major contributor to "better quality of life, rural and national development." After a period of social unrest caused by the privatization of water supply in Cochabamba and La Paz, the government of Evo Morales is undertaking a major...	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	East Timor	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	Mongolia	840	2003
92	Honduras	800	2003
93	United Arab Emirates	760	2003
94	Jordan	750	2003
95	Niger	730	2003
96	Côte d'Ivoire	730	2003
97	Oman	720	2003
98	Paraguay	670	2003
99	Finland	640	2003
100	Nicaragua	610	2003
101	Malawi	560	2003
102	Republic of Macedonia	550	2003
103	Suriname	510	2003
104	Swaziland	500	2003
105	Mauritania	490	2002
106	El Salvador	450	2003
107	Panama	430	2003
108	Puerto Rico	400	2003
109	Cyprus	400	2003
110	Bhutan	400	2003
111	Belgium	400	2003
112	Ghana	310	2003
113	Sierra Leone	300	2003
114	Chad	300	2003
115	Cameroon	260	2003
116	Switzerland	250	2003
117	Jamaica	250	2002
118	Guinea-Bissau	250	2003
119	Burkina Faso	250	2003
120	Czech Republic	240	2003
121	Mauritius	220	2003
122	Eritrea	210	2003
123	Burundi	210	2003
124	Latvia	200	2003
125	Qatar	130	2002
126	Kuwait	130	2003
127	Benin	120	2003
128	Independent State of Croatia	110	2003
129	Democratic Republic of the Congo	110	2003
130	São Tomé and Príncipe	100	2003
131	New Caledonia	100	2003
132	Uganda	90	2003
133	Rwanda	90	2003
134	Namibia	80	2003
135	Togo	70	2003
136	Lithuania	70	2003
137	Gabon	70	2003
138	Barbados	50	2003
139	Trinidad and Tobago	40	2003
140	Estonia	40	2003
141	Bahrain	40	2003
142	Austria	40	2003
143	Slovenia	30	2003
144	Saint Lucia	30	2003
145	Liberia	30	2003
146	Lesotho	30	2003
147	Fiji	30	2003
148	Cape Verde	30	2003
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	2003
150	Belize	30	2003
151	Malta	20	2003
152	Hong Kong	20	1998 est.
153		20	2003
154	Republic of the Congo	20	2003
155	Central African Republic	20	2003
156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10	2003
157	French Polynesia	10	2003
158	Djibouti	10	2003
159	Brunei	10	2003
160	Botswana	10	2003
161		10	2003
162	Wake Island	0	NA
163	Spratly Islands Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia , about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land...	0	NA
164	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	NA
165	Paracel Islands Paracel Islands The Paracel Islands, also called Xisha Islands in Chinese and Hoàng Sa Islands in Vietnamese, is a group of islands under the administration of Hainan Province, The People's Republic of China. Vietnam and the Republic of China also claim sovereignty of these islands...	0	NA
166	Marshall Islands	0	NA
167	Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Island is a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean and part of the Kingdom of Norway. It is long and 373 km2 in area, partly covered by glaciers . It has two parts: larger northeast Nord-Jan and smaller Sør-Jan, linked by an isthmus wide...	0	NA
168	Isle of Man	0	NA
169	Vatican City	0	NA
170	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	NA
171	French Southern Territories	0	NA
172	Faroe Islands	0	NA
173	Coral Sea Islands Coral Sea Islands The Coral Sea Islands Territory includes a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia. The only inhabited island is Willis Island...	0	NA
174	Clipperton Island Clipperton Island Clipperton Island is an uninhabited nine-square-kilometre coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean, southwest of Mexico and west of Central America, at...	0	NA
175	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	NA
176	Bouvet Island Bouvet Island Bouvet Island is an uninhabited Antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,525 km south-southwest of South Africa. It is a dependent territory of Norway and, lying north of 60°S latitude, is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an...	0	NA
177	Ashmore and Cartier Islands Ashmore and Cartier Islands The Territory of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an external territory of Australia consisting of two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of...	0	NA
178	American Samoa	NA	NA
179	Andorra	NA	NA
180	Anguilla	NA	NA
181	Antigua and Barbuda	NA	NA
182	Bermuda	NA	NA
183	British Virgin Islands	NA	NA
184	Cayman Islands	NA	NA
185	Christmas Island	NA	NA
186	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA	NA
187	Comoros	NA	NA
188	Cook Islands	NA	NA
189	Dominica	NA	NA
190	Equatorial Guinea	NA	NA
191	Falkland Islands	NA	NA
192	Gibraltar	NA	NA
193	Greenland	NA	NA
194	Grenada	NA	NA
195	Guam	NA	NA
196	Guernsey	NA	NA
197	Iceland	NA	NA
198	Republic of Ireland	NA	NA
199	Jersey	NA	NA
200	Kiribati	NA	NA
201	Liechtenstein	NA	NA
202	Luxembourg	NA	NA
203	Macau	NA	NA
204	Maldives	NA	NA
205	Mayotte	NA	NA
206		NA	NA
207	Monaco	NA	NA
208	Kingdom of Montenegro	NA	NA
209	Montserrat	NA	NA
210	Nauru	NA	NA
211	Netherlands Antilles	NA	NA
212	Niue	NA	NA
213	Norfolk Island	NA	NA
214	Northern Mariana Islands	NA	NA
215	Palau	NA	NA
216	Papua New Guinea	NA	NA
217	Pitcairn Islands	NA	NA
218	Saint Helena	NA	NA
219	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA	NA
220	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	NA	NA
221	Samoa	NA	NA
222	San Marino	NA	NA
223	Serbia	NA	NA
224	Seychelles	NA	NA
225	Singapore	NA	NA
226	Solomon Islands	NA	NA
227	Svalbard	NA	NA
228	Republic of China	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	United States Virgin Islands	NA	NA
235	Wallis and Futuna	NA	NA
236	Western Sahara	NA	NA