Area equipped for irrigation

(thousand ha)

China is the top country by area equipped for irrigation in the world. As of 2020, area equipped for irrigation in China was 75,687 thousand ha that accounts for 22.82% of the world's area equipped for irrigation. The top 5 countries (others are India, the United States of America, Pakistan, and Iran) account for 60.75% of it. The world's total area equipped for irrigation was estimated at 331,686.24 thousand ha in 2020.

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What is area equipped for irrigation?

Area equipped to provide water (via irrigation) to crops. It includes areas equipped for full/partial control irrigation, equipped lowland areas, and areas equipped for spate irrigation.