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Field Listing :: Irrigated land
This entry gives the number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
By Country Listing of the values for the Irrigated land field
Country Irrigated land
Afghanistan
32,080 sq km (2012)
Albania
3,537 sq km (2014)
Algeria
13,600 sq km (2014)
American Samoa
0 sq km (2012)
Andorra
0 sq km (2012)
Angola
860 sq km (2014)
Anguilla
0 sq km (2012)
Antigua and Barbuda
1.3 sq km (2012)
Argentina
23,600 sq km (2012)
Armenia
2,740 sq km (2012)
Aruba
NA
Australia
25,460 sq km (2014)
Austria
1,170 sq km (2012)
Azerbaijan
14,277 sq km (2012)
Bahamas, The
10 sq km (2012)
Bahrain
40 sq km (2012)
Bangladesh
53,000 sq km (2012)
Barbados
50 sq km (2012)
Belarus
1,140 sq km (2012)
Belgium
230 sq km (2012)
Belize
35 sq km (2012)
Benin
230 sq km (2012)
Bermuda
NA
Bhutan
320 sq km (2012)
Bolivia
3,000 sq km (2012)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
30 sq km (2012)
Botswana
20 sq km (2012)
Brazil
54,000 sq km (2012)
British Virgin Islands
NA
Brunei
10 sq km (2012)
Bulgaria
1,020 sq km (2012)
Burkina Faso
550 sq km (2016)
Burma
22,950 sq km (2012)
Burundi
230 sq km (2012)
Cabo Verde
35 sq km (2012)
Cambodia
3,540 sq km (2012)
Cameroon
290 sq km (2012)
Canada
8,700 sq km (2012)
Cayman Islands
NA
Central African Republic
10 sq km (2012)
Chad
300 sq km (2012)
Chile
11,100 sq km (2012)
China
690,070 sq km (2012)
Christmas Island
NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA
Colombia
10,900 sq km (2012)
Comoros
1.3 sq km (2012)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
110 sq km (2012)
Congo, Republic of the
20 sq km (2012)
Cook Islands
NA
Costa Rica
1,015 sq km (2012)
Cote d'Ivoire
730 sq km (2012)
Croatia
240 sq km (2012)
Cuba
8,700 sq km (2012)
Curacao
NA
Cyprus
460 sq km (2012)
Czechia
320 sq km (2012)
Denmark
4,350 sq km (2012)
Djibouti
10 sq km (2012)
Dominica
NA
Dominican Republic
3,070 sq km (2012)
Ecuador
15,000 sq km (2012)
Egypt
36,500 sq km (2012)
El Salvador
452 sq km (2012)
Equatorial Guinea
NA
Eritrea
210 sq km (2012)
Estonia
40 sq km (2012)
Eswatini
500 sq km (2012)
Ethiopia
2,900 sq km (2012)
European Union
154,539.82 sq km (2011 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA
Fiji
40 sq km (2012)
Finland
690 sq km (2012)
France
26,420 sq km 26,950 sq km (2012)
metropolitan France: 26,000 sq km (2012)
French Polynesia
10 sq km (2012)
Gabon
40 sq km (2012)
Gambia, The
50 sq km (2012)
Gaza Strip
240 sq km; note - includes the West Bank (2012)
Georgia
4,330 sq km (2012)
Germany
6,500 sq km (2012)
Ghana
340 sq km (2012)
Gibraltar
NA
Greece
15,550 sq km (2012)
Greenland
NA
Grenada
20 sq km (2012)
Guam
2 sq km (2012)
Guatemala
3,375 sq km (2012)
Guernsey
NA
Guinea
950 sq km (2012)
Guinea-Bissau
250 sq km (2012)
Guyana
1,430 sq km (2012)
Haiti
970 sq km (2012)
Honduras
900 sq km (2012)
Hong Kong
10 sq km (2012)
Hungary
1,721 sq km (2012)
Iceland
NA
India
667,000 sq km (2012)
Indonesia
67,220 sq km (2012)
Iran
95,530 sq km (2012)
Iraq
35,250 sq km (2012)
Ireland
0 sq km (2012)
Isle of Man
0 sq km (2012)
Israel
2,250 sq km (2012)
Italy
39,500 sq km (2012)
Jamaica
250 sq km (2012)
Jan Mayen
0 sq km (2012)
Japan
24,690 sq km (2012)
Jersey
NA
Jordan
964 sq km (2012)
Kazakhstan
20,660 sq km (2012)
Kenya
1,030 sq km (2012)
Kiribati
0 sq km (2012)
Korea, North
14,600 sq km (2012)
Korea, South
7,780 sq km (2012)
Kosovo
NA
Kuwait
105 sq km (2012)
Kyrgyzstan
10,233 sq km (2012)
Laos
3,100 sq km (2012)
Latvia
12 sq km (2012)

note: land in Latvia is often too wet and in need of drainage not irrigation; approximately 16,000 sq km or 85% of agricultural land has been improved by drainage

Lebanon
1,040 sq km (2012)
Lesotho
30 sq km (2012)
Liberia
30 sq km (2012)
Libya
4,700 sq km (2012)
Liechtenstein
0 sq km (2012)
Lithuania
44 sq km (2012)
Luxembourg
0 sq km (2012)
Macau
0 sq km (2012)
Madagascar
10,860 sq km (2012)
Malawi
740 sq km (2012)
Malaysia
3,800 sq km (2012)
Maldives
0 sq km (2012)
Mali
3,780 sq km (2012)
Malta
35 sq km (2012)
Marshall Islands
0 sq km (2012)
Mauritania
450 sq km (2012)
Mauritius
190 sq km (2012)
Mexico
65,000 sq km (2012)
Micronesia, Federated States of
0 sq km NA (2012)
Midway Islands
0 sq km (2012)
Moldova
2,283 sq km (2012)
Monaco
0 sq km (2012)
Mongolia
840 sq km (2012)
Montenegro
24 sq km (2012)
Montserrat
0 sq km (2012)
Morocco
14,850 sq km (2012)
Mozambique
1,180 sq km (2012)
Namibia
80 sq km (2012)
Nauru
0 sq km (2012)
Nepal
13,320 sq km (2012)
Netherlands
4,860 sq km (2012)
New Caledonia
100 sq km (2012)
New Zealand
7,210 sq km (2012)
Nicaragua
1,990 sq km (2012)
Niger
1,000 sq km (2012)
Nigeria
2,930 sq km (2012)
Niue
0 sq km (2012)
Norfolk Island
0 sq km (2012)
North Macedonia
1,280 sq km (2012)
Northern Mariana Islands
1 sq km (2012)
Norway
900 sq km (2012)
Oman
590 sq km (2012)
Pakistan
202,000 sq km (2012)
Palau
0 sq km (2012)
Panama
321 sq km (2012)
Papua New Guinea
0 sq km (2012)
Paracel Islands
0 sq km (2012)
Paraguay
1,362 sq km (2012)
Peru
25,800 sq km (2012)
Philippines
16,270 sq km (2012)
Pitcairn Islands
0 sq km (2012)
Poland
970 sq km (2012)
Portugal
5,400 sq km (2012)
Puerto Rico
220 sq km (2012)
Qatar
130 sq km (2012)
Romania
31,490 sq km (2012)
Russia
43,000 sq km (2012)
Rwanda
96 sq km (2012)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0 sq km (2012)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
8 sq km (2012)
Saint Lucia
30 sq km (2012)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 sq km (2012)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
10 sq km (2012)
Samoa
0 sq km (2012)
San Marino
0 sq km (2012)
Sao Tome and Principe
100 sq km (2012)
Saudi Arabia
16,200 sq km (2012)
Senegal
1,200 sq km (2012)
Serbia
950 sq km (2012)
Seychelles
3 sq km (2012)
Sierra Leone
300 sq km (2012)
Singapore
0 sq km (2012)
Slovakia
869 sq km (2012)
Slovenia
60 sq km (2012)
Solomon Islands
0 sq km NA (2012)
Somalia
2,000 sq km (2012)
South Africa
16,700 sq km (2012)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
0 sq km (2011)
South Sudan
1,000 sq km (2012)
Spain
38,000 sq km (2012)
Sri Lanka
5,700 sq km (2012)
Sudan
18,900 sq km (2012)
Suriname
570 sq km (2012)
Sweden
1,640 sq km (2012)
Switzerland
630 sq km (2012)
Syria
14,280 sq km (2012)
Taiwan
3,820 sq km (2012)
Tajikistan
7,420 sq km (2012)
Tanzania
1,840 sq km (2012)
Thailand
64,150 sq km (2012)
Timor-Leste
350 sq km (2012)
Togo
70 sq km (2012)
Tokelau
0 sq km (2012)
Tonga
0 sq km (2012)
Trinidad and Tobago
70 sq km (2012)
Tunisia
4,590 sq km (2012)
Turkey
52,150 sq km (2012)
Turkmenistan
19,950 sq km (2012)
Turks and Caicos Islands
0 sq km (2012)
Tuvalu
0 sq km (2012)
Uganda
140 sq km (2012)
Ukraine
21,670 sq km (2012)
United Arab Emirates
923 sq km (2012)
United Kingdom
950 sq km (2012)
United States
264,000 sq km (2012)
Uruguay
2,380 sq km (2012)
Uzbekistan
42,150 sq km (2012)
Vanuatu
0 sq km (2012)
Venezuela
10,550 sq km (2012)
Vietnam
46,000 sq km (2012)
Virgin Islands
1 sq km (2012)
Wake Island
0 sq km (2012)
Wallis and Futuna
0 sq km (2012)
West Bank
240 sq km; note - includes Gaza Strip (2012)
World
3,242,917 sq km (2012 est.)
Yemen
6,800 sq km (2012)
Zambia
1,560 sq km (2012)
Zimbabwe
1,740 sq km (2012)