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Field Listing :: Irrigated land

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This entry gives the number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.

Country	Irrigated land(sq km)


Afghanistan	31,990 sq km (2008)


Albania	3,650 sq km (2008)


Algeria	5,700 sq km (2008)


American Samoa	NA


Andorra	NA


Angola	800 sq km (2008)


Anguilla	NA


Antigua and Barbuda	1.3 sq km (2008)


Argentina	15,500 sq km (2008)


Armenia	2,740 sq km (2008)


Aruba	NA (2008)


Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0 sq km


Australia	25,500 sq km (2008)


Austria	1,170 sq km (2008)


Azerbaijan	14,300 sq km (2008)


Bahamas, The	10 sq km (2008)


Bahrain	40 sq km (2008)


Bangladesh	50,500 sq km (2008)


Barbados	50 sq km (2008)


Belarus	1,310 sq km (2008)


Belgium	230 sq km (2008)


Belize	40 sq km (2008)


Benin	120 sq km (2008)


Bermuda	NA (2008)


Bhutan	400 sq km (2008)


Bolivia	1,500 sq km (2008)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	30 sq km (2008)


Botswana	20 sq km (2008)


Bouvet Island	0 sq km


Brazil	45,000 sq km (2008)


British Indian Ocean Territory	0 sq km


British Virgin Islands	NA


Brunei	10 sq km (2008)


Bulgaria	1,020 sq km (2008)


Burkina Faso	300 sq km (2008)


Burma	22,500 sq km (2008)


Burundi	230 sq km (2008)


Cambodia	2,850 sq km (2008)


Cameroon	290 sq km (2008)


Canada	8,550 sq km (2008)


Cape Verde	30 sq km (2008)


Cayman Islands	NA


Central African Republic	10 sq km (2008)


Chad	300 sq km (2008)


Chile	19,000 sq km (2008)


China	641,410 sq km (2008)


Christmas Island	NA


Clipperton Island	0 sq km


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA


Colombia	9,000 sq km (2008)


Comoros	NA


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	110 sq km (2008)


Congo, Republic of the	20 sq km (2008)


Cook Islands	NA


Coral Sea Islands	0 sq km


Costa Rica	1,080 sq km (2008)


Cote d'Ivoire	730 sq km (2008)


Croatia	310 sq km (2008)


Cuba	8,700 sq km (2008)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	460 sq km (2008)


Czech Republic	390 sq km (2008)


Denmark	4,350 sq km (2008)


Djibouti	10 sq km (2008)


Dominica	NA


Dominican Republic	2,750 sq km (2008)


Ecuador	8,650 sq km (2008)


Egypt	35,300 sq km (2008)


El Salvador	450 sq km (2008)


Equatorial Guinea	NA


Eritrea	210 sq km (2008)


Estonia	40 sq km (2008)


Ethiopia	2,900 sq km (2008)


European Union	182,913 sq km (2008 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA


Faroe Islands	0 sq km


Fiji	30 sq km (2008)


Finland	770 sq km (2008)


France	total: 26,950 sq km; metropolitan France: 26,700 sq km (2008)


French Polynesia	10 sq km (2008)


French Southern and Antarctic Lands	0 sq km


Gabon	40 sq km (2008)


Gambia, The	20 sq km (2008)


Gaza Strip	180 sq km; note - includes West Bank (2008)


Georgia	4,330 sq km (2008)


Germany	4,850 sq km (2008)


Ghana	340 sq km (2008)


Gibraltar	NA


Greece	15,500 sq km (2008)


Greenland	NA


Grenada	15 sq km (2008)


Guam	2 sq km (2008)


Guatemala	2,000 sq km (2008)


Guernsey	NA


Guinea	950 sq km (2008)


Guinea-Bissau	250 sq km (2008)


Guyana	1,500 sq km (2008)


Haiti	920 sq km (2008)


Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0 sq km


Holy See (Vatican City)	0 sq km


Honduras	800 sq km (2008)


Hong Kong	NA; note - included in the total for China (2008)


Hungary	1,400 sq km (2008)


Iceland	NA


India	622,860 sq km (2008)


Indonesia	67,220 sq km (2008)


Iran	89,930 sq km (2008)


Iraq	35,250 sq km (2008)


Ireland	NA


Isle of Man	0 sq km


Israel	2,250 sq km (2008)


Italy	39,500 sq km (2008)


Jamaica	250 sq km (2008)


Jan Mayen	0 sq km


Japan	25,160 sq km (2008)


Jersey	NA


Jordan	820 sq km (2008)


Kazakhstan	35,560 sq km (2008)


Kenya	1,030 sq km (2008)


Kiribati	NA


Korea, North	14,600 sq km (2008)


Korea, South	8,320 sq km (2008)


Kuwait	100 sq km (2008)


Kyrgyzstan	10,196 sq km (2008)


Laos	3,000 sq km (2008)


Latvia	8 sq km 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 (2008)


Lebanon	900 sq km (2008)


Lesotho	30 sq km (2008)


Liberia	30 sq km (2008)


Libya	4,700 sq km (2008)


Liechtenstein	NA


Lithuania	13.4 sq km (2008)


Luxembourg	NA


Macau	NA; note - included in the total for China (2008)


Macedonia	1,280 sq km (2008)


Madagascar	10,860 sq km (2008)


Malawi	590 sq km (2008)


Malaysia	3,650 sq km (2008)


Maldives	NA


Mali	2,360 sq km (2008)


Malta	32 sq km (2008)


Marshall Islands	0 sq km


Mauritania	450 sq km (2008)


Mauritius	210 sq km (2008)


Mexico	63,000 sq km (2008)


Micronesia, Federated States of	NA


Moldova	2,283 sq km (2008)


Monaco	NA


Mongolia	840 sq km (2008)


Montenegro	22 sq km (2008)


Montserrat	NA


Morocco	14,570 sq km (2008)


Mozambique	1,180 sq km (2008)


Namibia	80 sq km (2008)


Nauru	NA


Nepal	11,680 sq km (2008)


Netherlands	4,600 sq km (2008)


New Caledonia	100 sq km (2008)


New Zealand	6,190 sq km (2008)


Nicaragua	610 sq km (2008)


Niger	740 sq km (2008)


Nigeria	2,930 sq km (2008)


Niue	NA


Norfolk Island	NA


Northern Mariana Islands	1 sq km (2008)


Norway	1,180 sq km (2008)


Oman	590 sq km (2008)


Pakistan	198,700 sq km (2008)


Palau	NA


Panama	430 sq km (2008)


Papua New Guinea	NA


Paracel Islands	0 sq km


Paraguay	670 sq km (2008)


Peru	11,950 sq km (2008)


Philippines	152,500 sq km (2008)


Pitcairn Islands	NA


Poland	1,160 sq km (2008)


Portugal	5,840 sq km (2008)


Puerto Rico	220 sq km (2008)


Qatar	130 sq km (2008)


Romania	31,570 sq km (2008)


Russia	43,460 sq km (2008)


Rwanda	90 sq km (2008)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA


Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.2 sq km (2008)


Saint Lucia	30 sq km (2008)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10 sq km (2008)


Samoa	NA


San Marino	NA


Sao Tome and Principe	100 sq km (2008)


Saudi Arabia	17,310 sq km (2008)


Senegal	1,200 sq km (2008)


Serbia	890 sq km (2008)


Seychelles	3 sq km (2008)


Sierra Leone	300 sq km (2008)


Singapore	NA


Sint Maarten	NA


Slovakia	1,660 sq km (2008)


Slovenia	100 sq km (2008)


Solomon Islands	NA


Somalia	2,000 sq km (2008)


South Africa	14,980 sq km (2008)


South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	0 sq km


Spain	38,000 sq km (2008)


Spratly Islands	0 sq km


Sri Lanka	5,700 sq km (2008)


Sudan	18,630 sq km (2008)


Suriname	510 sq km (2008)


Svalbard	NA


Swaziland	500 sq km (2008)


Sweden	1,600 sq km (2008)


Switzerland	250 sq km (2008)


Syria	13,560 sq km (2008)


Taiwan	NA


Tajikistan	7,220 sq km (2008)


Tanzania	1,840 sq km (2008)


Thailand	64,150 sq km (2008)


Timor-Leste	140 sq km (2008)


Togo	70 sq km (2008)


Tokelau	NA


Tonga	NA


Trinidad and Tobago	70 sq km (2008)


Tunisia	4,450 sq km (2008)


Turkey	52,150 sq km (2008)


Turkmenistan	18,000 sq km (2008)


Turks and Caicos Islands	NA


Tuvalu	NA


Uganda	90 sq km (2008)


Ukraine	21,790 sq km (2008)


United Arab Emirates	2,300 sq km (2008)


United Kingdom	1,950 sq km (2008)


United States	230,000 sq km (2008)


Uruguay	2,180 sq km (2008)


Uzbekistan	42,230 sq km (2008)


Vanuatu	NA


Venezuela	5,800 sq km (2008)


Vietnam	46,000 sq km (2008)


Virgin Islands	1 sq km (2008)


Wake Island	0 sq km


Wallis and Futuna	NA


West Bank	180 sq km; note - includes Gaza Strip (2003)


Western Sahara	NA


World	3,245,566 sq km (2008 est.)


Yemen	6,800 sq km (2008)


Zambia	1,560 sq km (2008)


Zimbabwe	1,740 sq km (2008)

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