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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.
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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