India is the top country by agricultural area irrigated in the world. As of 2021, agricultural area irrigated in India was 75,456.2 thousand hectares that accounts for 67.20% of the world's agricultural area irrigated. The top 5 countries (others are Bangladesh, Mexico, Spain, and Uzbekistan) account for 86.38% of it. The world's total agricultural area irrigated was estimated at 112,288.4 thousand hectares in 2021.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.The total agricultural area that is irrigated in a given year. Data are expressed in 1000 hectares.