Agricultural area irrigated

(thousand hectares)

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.

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What is agricultural area irrigated?

The total agricultural area that is irrigated in a given year. Data are expressed in 1000 hectares.