Irrigated Land of the World - statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Rank (total)	Country	Irrigated Land (square km)	per Capita (square m)	per Square km (per cent)	Date
1	India	558,080	532	18.77	2003
2	China	545,960	424	5.70	2003
3	United States of America	223,850	771	2.44	2003
4	Pakistan	182,300	1,210	23.65	2003
5	Iran	76,500	1,120	4.99	2003
6	Mexico	63,200	602	3.25	2003
7	Turkey	52,150	766	6.78	2003
8	Thailand	49,860	776	9.76	2003
9	Bangladesh	47,250	341	36.30	2003
10	Russia	46,000	318	0.28	2003
11	Indonesia	45,000	192	2.48	2003
12	Uzbekistan	42,810	1,648	10.06	2003
13	Spain	37,800	940	7.58	2003
14	Kazakhstan	35,560	2,121	1.32	2003
15	Iraq	35,250	1,428	8.06	2003
16	Egypt	34,220	458	3.44	2003
17	Romania	30,770	1,382	13.38	2003
18	Vietnam	30,000	368	9.68	2003
19	Brazil	29,200	160	0.35	2003
20	Italy	27,500	474	9.35	2003
21	Afghanistan	27,200	947	4.17	2003
22	Japan	25,920	204	7.11	2003
23	Australia	25,450	1,290	0.33	2003
24	Ukraine	22,080	459	3.81	2003
25	Chile	19,000	1,213	2.55	2003
26	Myanmar	18,700	440	2.86	2003
27	Sudan	18,630	489	0.78	2003
28	Turkmenistan	18,000	3,769	3.83	2003
29	Saudi Arabia	16,200	667	0.75	2003
30	Argentina	15,500	400	0.57	2003
30	Philippines	15,500	183	5.20	2003
32	South Africa	14,980	350	1.23	2003
33	Korea (North)	14,600	650	12.13	2003
34	Azerbaijan	14,550	1,858	17.61	2003
35	Greece	14,530	1,362	11.12	2003
36	Morocco	14,450	456	3.24	2003
37	Syria	13,330	758	7.26	2003
38	Peru	12,000	422	0.94	2003
39	Nepal	11,700	442	8.16	2003
40	Madagascar	10,860	640	1.87	2003
41	Kyrgyzstan	10,720	2,191	5.59	2003
42	Colombia	9,000	216	0.81	2003
43	Korea (South)	8,780	182	9.06	2003
44	Cuba	8,700	772	7.92	2003
45	Ecuador	8,650	631	3.12	2003
46	Canada	7,850	244	0.09	2003
47	Sri Lanka	7,430	376	11.50	2003
48	Tajikistan	7,220	1,052	5.10	2003
49	Portugal	6,500	643	7.11	2003
50	Bulgaria	5,880	780	5.42	2003
51	Venezuela	5,750	233	0.65	2003
52	Algeria	5,690	173	0.24	2003
53	Netherlands	5,650	26,130	16.67	2003
54	Yemen	5,500	284	1.04	2003
55	Germany	4,850	59	1.39	2003
56	Libya	4,700	855	0.27	2003
57	Georgia	4,690	950	6.73	2003
58	Denmark	4,490	834	10.58	2003
59	Tunisia	3,940	397	2.54	2003
60	Malaysia	3,650	158	1.11	2003
61	Albania	3,530	985	12.88	2003
62	Moldova	3,000	676	9.12	2003
63	Ethiopia	2,900	44	0.29	2003
64	Armenia	2,860	860	10.14	2003
65	New Zealand	2,850	721	1.06	2003
66	Nigeria	2,820	21	0.31	2003
67	Dominican Republic	2,750	316	5.69	2003
68	Cambodia	2,700	206	1.53	2003
69	Mali	2,360	203	0.19	2003
70	Hungary	2,300	229	2.57	2003
71	Uruguay	2,100	615	1.20	2003
72	Somalia	2,000	249	0.32	2003
73	Israel	1,940	317	8.96	2003
74	Tanzania	1,840	51	0.21	2003
75	Slovakia	1,830	337	3.80	2003
76	Laos	1,750	296	0.76	2003
77	Zimbabwe	1,740	138	0.45	2003
78	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	1,700	28	0.70	2003
79	Zambia	1,560	151	0.21	2003
80	Guyana	1,500	2,136	0.76	2003
81	Bolivia	1,320	154	0.12	2003
82	Belarus	1,310	127	0.65	2003
83	Guatemala	1,300	93	1.21	2003
84	Norway	1,270	279	0.42	2003
85	Senegal	1,200	113	0.62	2003
86	Mozambique	1,180	68	0.15	2003
87	Sweden	1,150	130	0.28	2003
88	Costa Rica	1,080	277	2.12	2003
89	East Timor	1,065	...	7.16	NA
90	Lebanon	1,040	279	10.17	2003
91	Kenya	1,030	33	0.18	2003
92	Poland	1,000	26	0.33	2003
93	Guinea	950	105	0.39	2003
94	Haiti	920	122	3.34	2003
95	Mongolia	840	310	0.05	2003
96	Angola	800	74	0.06	2003
96	Honduras	800	120	0.71	2003
98	United Arab Emirates	760	306	0.91	2003
99	Jordan	750	137	0.84	2003
100	Cote d'Ivoire	730	43	0.23	2003
100	Niger	730	66	0.06	2003
102	Oman	720	256	0.23	2003
103	Paraguay	670	111	0.17	2003
104	Finland	640	123	0.21	2003
105	Nicaragua	610	119	0.51	2003
106	Malawi	560	48	0.60	2003
107	Macedonia	550	267	2.16	2003
108	Suriname	510	1,171	0.33	2003
109	Swaziland	500	431	2.91	2003
110	Mauritania	490	173	0.05	2002
111	El Salvador	450	70	2.17	2003
112	Panama	430	145	0.58	2003
113	Belgium	400	39	1.32	2003
113	Bhutan	400	187	1.04	2003
113	Cyprus	400	518	4.33	2003
113	Puerto Rico	400	103	4.51	2003
117	Ghana	310	15	0.14	2003
118	Chad	300	32	0.02	2003
118	Sierra Leone	300	52	0.42	2003
120	Cameroon	260	17	0.06	2003
121	Burkina Faso	250	19	0.09	2003
121	Guinea-Bissau	250	184	0.89	2003
121	Jamaica	250	93	2.31	2002
121	Switzerland	250	34	0.63	2003
125	Czech Republic	240	23	0.31	2003
126	Mauritius	220	182	10.84	2003
127	Burundi	210	34	0.82	2003
127	Eritrea	210	48	0.21	2003
129	Latvia	200	85	0.32	2003
130	Kuwait	130	60	0.73	2003
130	Qatar	130	164	1.12	2002
132	Benin	120	17	0.11	2003
133	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	110	2	0.00	2003
133	Croatia	110	25	0.20	2003
135	New Caledonia	100	474	0.55	2003
135	Sao Tome and Principe	100	569	10.37	2003
137	Rwanda	90	12	0.36	2003
137	Uganda	90	4	0.05	2003
139	Namibia	80	42	0.01	2003
140	Gabon	70	53	0.03	2003
140	Lithuania	70	19	0.11	2003
140	Togo	70	13	0.13	2003
143	Barbados	50	180	11.63	2003
144	Austria	40	5	0.05	2003
144	Bahrain	40	60	5.40	2003
144	Estonia	40	28	0.09	2003
144	Trinidad & Tobago	40	36	0.78	2003
148	Belize	30	113	0.13	2003
148	Bosnia & Herzegovina	30	8	0.06	2003
148	Cape Verde	30	73	0.74	2003
148	Fiji Islands	30	35	0.16	2003
148	Lesotho	30	16	0.10	2003
148	Liberia	30	9	0.03	2003
148	Saint Lucia	30	185	4.95	2003
148	Slovenia	30	15	0.15	2003
156	Central African Republic	20	5	0.00	2003
156	Congo (Republic)	20	7	0.01	2003
156	Gambia	20	13	0.20	2003
156	Hong Kong	20	3	1.90	1998 est.
156	Malta	20	50	6.33	2003
161	Bahamas	10	34	0.10	2003
161	Botswana	10	6	0.00	2003
161	Brunei	10	28	0.19	2003
161	Djibouti	10	22	0.04	2003
161	French Polynesia	10	38	0.26	2003
161	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	10	86	2.57	2003
167	Aruba	0	0	0.01	1998 est.
	World	2,770,980	440	1.86	2003

For non-listed countries is no information available.

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 (2009-10-02)

2009-10-18HTTP://WORLD.BYMAP.ORG© TH. BRINKHOFF

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