List of countries by irrigated land area

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This is a list of countries by irrigated land area based on The World Factbook of the Central Intelligence Agency as of 2012.^[1] The two countries with the largest irrigated land area are China and India, which make up 21.3% and 20.6% of worldwide irrigated land area respectively. Non-sovereign territories are not ranked and are shown in italics.

Countries by irrigated land area in 2012. Countries/territories shown with irrigated land area as '0' are shaded with the '<100' colour (lightest green); those with no data are shaded with the 'N/A' colour (grey).

Rank	Country/Region	Irrigated land (km2)	Date of information
1	China	690,070	2012
2	India	667,000	2012
3	United States	264,000	2012
4	Pakistan	202,000	2012
—	European Union	154,540	2011
5	Iran	95,530	2012
6	Indonesia	67,220	2012
7	Mexico	65,000	2012
8	Thailand	64,150	2012
9	Brazil	54,000	2012
10	Bangladesh	53,000	2012
11	Turkey	52,150	2012
12	Vietnam	46,000	2012
13	Russia	43,000	2012
14	Uzbekistan	42,150	2012
15	Italy	39,500	2012
16	Spain	38,000	2012
17	Egypt	36,500	2012
18	Iraq	35,250	2012
19	Afghanistan	32,080	2012
20	Romania	31,490	2012
21	France	26,420	2012
22	Peru	25,800	2012
23	Australia	25,500	2012
24	Japan	24,690	2012
25	Argentina	23,600	2012
26	Burma	22,950	2012
27	Ukraine	21,670	2012
28	Kazakhstan	20,660	2012
29	Turkmenistan	19,950	2012
30	Sudan	18,900	2012
31	South Africa	16,700	2012
32	Philippines	16,270	2012
33	Saudi Arabia	16,200	2012
34	Greece	15,550	2012
35	Ecuador	15,000	2012
36	Morocco	14,850	2012
37	North Korea	14,600	2012
38	Syria	14,280	2012
39	Azerbaijan	14,277	2012
40	Nepal	13,320	2012
41	Chile	11,100	2012
42	Colombia	10,900	2012
43	Madagascar	10,860	2012
44	Venezuela	10,550	2012
45	Kyrgyzstan	10,233	2012
46	Canada	8,700	2012
46	Cuba	8,700	2012
47	South Korea	7,780	2012
48	Tajikistan	7,420	2012
49	New Zealand	7,210	2012
50	Yemen	6,800	2012
51	Germany	6,500	2012
52	Algeria	5,700	2012
52	Sri Lanka	5,700	2012
53	Portugal	5,400	2012
54	Netherlands	4,860	2012
55	Libya	4,700	2012
56	Tunisia	4,590	2012
57	Denmark	4,350	2012
58	Georgia	4,330	2012
59	Taiwan	3,820	2012
60	Malaysia	3,800	2012
61	Mali	3,780	2012
62	Cambodia	3,540	2012
63	Guatemala	3,375	2012
64	Israel	3,350	2012
65	Albania	3,310	2012
66	Laos	3,100	2012
67	Dominican Republic	3,070	2012
68	Bolivia	3,000	2012
69	Nigeria	2,930	2012
70	Ethiopia	2,900	2012
71	Armenia	2,740	2012
72	Uruguay	2,380	2012
73	Moldova	2,283	2012
74	Somalia	2,000	2012
75	Nicaragua	1,990	2012
76	Tanzania	1,840	2012
77	Zimbabwe	1,740	2012
78	Hungary	1,721	2012
79	Sweden	1,640	2012
80	Zambia	1,560	2012
81	Guyana	1,430	2012
82	Paraguay	1,362	2012
83	Macedonia	1,280	2012
84	Senegal	1,200	2012
85	Mozambique	1,180	2012
86	Austria	1,170	2012
87	Belarus	1,140	2012
88	Lebanon	1,040	2012
89	Kenya	1,030	2012
90	Bulgaria	1,020	2012
91	Costa Rica	1,015	2012
92	Niger	1,000	2012
92	South Sudan	1,000	2012
93	Haiti	970	2012
93	Poland	970	2012
94	Jordan	964	2012
95	Guinea	950	2012
95	Serbia	950	2012
95	United Kingdom	950	2012
96	United Arab Emirates	923	2012
97	Honduras	900	2012
97	Norway	900	2012
98	Slovakia	869	2012
99	Angola	860	2012
100	Mongolia	840	2012
101	Malawi	740	2012
102	Côte d'Ivoire	730	2012
103	Finland	690	2012
104	Switzerland	630	2012
105	Oman	590	2012
106	Suriname	570	2012
107	Burkina Faso	550	2012
108	Swaziland	500	2012
109	Cyprus	460	2012
110	El Salvador	452	2012
111	Mauritania	450	2012
112	Timor-Leste	350	2012
113	Ghana	340	2012
114	Panama	321	2012
115	Bhutan	320	2012
115	Czech Republic	320	2012
116	Chad	300	2012
116	Sierra Leone	300	2012
117	Cameroon	290	2012
118	Guinea-Bissau	250	2012
118	Jamaica	250	2012
119	Croatia	240	2012
119	Palestine	240	2012
120	Belgium	230	2012
120	Benin	230	2012
120	Burundi	230	2012
—	Puerto Rico	220	2012
121	Eritrea	210	2012
122	Mauritius	190	2012
123	Uganda	140	2012
124	Qatar	130	2012
125	Democratic Republic of the Congo	110	2012
126	Kuwait	105	2012
—	New Caledonia	100	2012
127	São Tomé and Príncipe	100	2012
128	Rwanda	96	2012
129	Namibia	80	2012
130	Togo	70	2012
130	Trinidad and Tobago	70	2012
131	Slovenia	60	2012
132	Barbados	50	2012
132	Gambia	50	2012
133	Lithuania	44	2012
134	Bahrain	40	2012
134	Estonia	40	2012
134	Fiji	40	2012
134	Gabon	40	2012
135	Belize	35	2012
135	Cape Verde	35	2012
135	Malta	35	2012
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	2012
136	Lesotho	30	2012
136	Liberia	30	2012
136	Saint Lucia	30	2012
137	Montenegro	24	2012
138	Botswana	20	2012
138	Republic of the Congo	20	2012
138	Grenada	20	2012
139	Latvia	12	2012
140	Bahamas	10	2012
140	Brunei	10	2012
140	Central African Republic	10	2012
140	Djibouti	10	2012
—	French Polynesia	10	2012
—	Hong Kong	10	2012
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10	2012
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8	2012
142	Seychelles	3	2012
—	Guam	2	2012
143	Antigua and Barbuda	1.3	2012
143	Comoros	1.3	2012
—	Northern Mariana Islands	1	2012
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	1	2012
—	American Samoa	0	2012
144	Andorra	0	2012
—	Anguilla	0	2012
144	Ireland	0	2012
—	Isle of Man	0	2012
—	Jan Mayen	0	2012
144	Kiribati	0	2012
144	Liechtenstein	0	2012
144	Luxembourg	0	2012
—	Macau	0	2012
144	Maldives	0	2012
144	Marshall Islands	0	2012
144	Micronesia	0	2012
—	Midway Islands	0	2012
144	Monaco	0	2012
—	Montserrat	0	2012
144	Nauru	0	2012
—	Niue	0	2012
—	Norfolk Island	0	2012
144	Palau	0	2012
144	Papua New Guinea	0	2012
—	Paracel Islands	0	2012
—	Pitcairn Islands	0	2012
—	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	0	2012
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	2012
144	Samoa	0	2012
144	San Marino	0	2012
144	Singapore	0	2012
144	Solomon Islands	0	2012
—	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	2011
—	Tokelau	0	2012
144	Tonga	0	2012
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	2012
144	Tuvalu	0	2012
144	Vanuatu	0	2012
—	Wake Island	0	2012
—	Wallis and Futuna	0	2012
—	Western Sahara	0	2012
—	Aruba	N/A	N/A
—	Bermuda	N/A	N/A
—	British Virgin Islands	N/A	N/A
—	Cayman Islands	N/A	N/A
—	Christmas Island	N/A	N/A
—	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	N/A	N/A
—	Cook Islands	N/A	N/A
—	Curacao	N/A	N/A
—	Dominica	N/A	N/A
—	Equatorial Guinea	N/A	N/A
—	Falkland Islands	N/A	N/A
—	Gibraltar	N/A	N/A
—	Greenland	N/A	N/A
—	Guernsey	N/A	N/A
—	Iceland	N/A	N/A
—	Jersey	N/A	N/A
—	Kosovo	N/A	N/A
—	World	3,242,917	2012

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External links[]

• World map of irrigated land as percentage of cultivated land(PDF) from Food and Agriculture Organization, UN, Accessed March 4, 2009