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Geography > Irrigated land > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Turkmenistan 3.83 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
2 Kazakhstan 2.38 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
3 Kyrgyzstan 2.13 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
4 Guyana 2 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
5 Azerbaijan 1.77 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
6 Uzbekistan 1.67 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
7 Iraq 1.43 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
8 Romania 1.42 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
9 Greece 1.32 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
South and Central Asia average (profile) 1.31 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
10 Australia 1.28 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
11 Pakistan 1.23 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
12 East Timor 1.22 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
13 Chile 1.19 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
14 Iran 1.15 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
15 Suriname 1.15 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
16 Albania 1.14 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
17 Tajikistan 1.13 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 1.11 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
18 Georgia 1.03 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
19 Afghanistan 0.947 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
20 Armenia 0.942 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
21 Spain 0.9 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
22 Libya 0.835 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
23 Denmark 0.833 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
24 Thailand 0.79 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
25 Cuba 0.775 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
26 United States 0.77 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
27 Moldova 0.754 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
28 Bulgaria 0.752 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
South Asia average (profile) 0.741 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
29 Turkey 0.737 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=30 Syria 0.735 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=30 Saudi Arabia 0.735 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
32 New Zealand 0.711 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
33 Ecuador 0.673 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
34 Sao Tome and Principe 0.669 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
35 Bhutan 0.658 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
36 North Korea 0.656 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Muslim countries average (profile) 0.639 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
37 Uruguay 0.636 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
38 Mexico 0.626 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
39 Portugal 0.623 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
40 Madagascar 0.616 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Religious countries average (profile) 0.58 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
41 Cyprus 0.553 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Eastern Europe average (profile) 0.552 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
42 Sudan 0.534 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
43 India 0.524 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Non-religious countries average (profile) 0.497 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
44 Morocco 0.489 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
OPEC countries average (profile) 0.487 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
45 Egypt 0.48 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
46 Italy 0.477 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 0.47 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
47 Ukraine 0.462 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
48 Swaziland 0.452 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
49 Nepal 0.449 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Emerging markets average (profile) 0.447 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
50 New Caledonia 0.443 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
51 Peru 0.442 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
52 France 0.432 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
53 China 0.424 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
NATO countries average (profile) 0.417 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
54 Argentina 0.408 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
55 Tunisia 0.4 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
High income OECD countries average (profile) 0.391 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
56 Sri Lanka 0.386 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
57 Burma 0.378 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
58 Vietnam 0.371 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 0.355 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
failed states average (profile) 0.353 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
59 Netherlands 0.348 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
60 Bangladesh 0.346 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
European Union average (profile) 0.341 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
61 Slovakia 0.34 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
62 Mongolia 0.339 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Eurozone average (profile) 0.337 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
63 South Africa 0.327 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
64 Laos 0.319 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
65 Russia 0.318 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 0.317 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Former British colonies average (profile) 0.3 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
66 Dominican Republic 0.3 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
67 Israel 0.29 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
68 Oman 0.287 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
69 Yemen 0.279 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
70 Norway 0.278 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
71 Lebanon 0.265 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=72 Costa Rica 0.259 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=72 Somalia 0.259 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
74 Canada 0.248 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
75 Hungary 0.227 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
76 Venezuela 0.224 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
77 Indonesia 0.21 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
78 Colombia 0.206 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
79 Japan 0.203 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
80 Cambodia 0.2 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
81 Philippines 0.193 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
82 Qatar 0.189 sq km per 1,000 people 2002
83 United Arab Emirates 0.188 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
84 Saint Lucia 0.187 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
85 Barbados 0.186 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
86 Mali 0.185 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Former French colonies average (profile) 0.184 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
87 South Korea 0.183 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
88 Mauritius 0.18 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
89 Algeria 0.179 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
90 Mauritania 0.175 sq km per 1,000 people 2002
91 Guinea-Bissau 0.167 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
92 Martinique 0.164 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
93 Brazil 0.161 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
94 Reunion 0.159 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=95 Malaysia 0.149 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=95 Bolivia 0.149 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
97 Jordan 0.145 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=98 Panama 0.138 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=98 Zambia 0.138 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
100 Guadeloupe 0.136 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
101 Zimbabwe 0.135 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
102 Belarus 0.133 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
103 Sweden 0.128 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
104 Finland 0.123 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
105 Nicaragua 0.12 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
106 Paraguay 0.118 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
107 Honduras 0.116 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
108 Haiti 0.111 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 0.111 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=109 Guinea 0.11 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=109 Belize 0.11 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=111 Senegal 0.108 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=111 Guatemala 0.108 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
113 French Guiana 0.107 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
114 Puerto Rico 0.103 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
115 Jamaica 0.096 sq km per 1,000 people 2002
116 Luxembourg 0.094 sq km per 1,000 people 1998
117 Latvia 0.086 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.085 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
119 El Salvador 0.068 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=120 Cape Verde 0.062 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=120 Mozambique 0.062 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=122 Sierra Leone 0.059 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=122 Germany 0.059 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
124 Bahrain 0.057 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
125 Niger 0.056 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
126 Kuwait 0.054 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
127 Angola 0.053 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=128 Gabon 0.052 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=128 Eritrea 0.052 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=130 Tanzania 0.05 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=130 Malta 0.05 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
132 Malawi 0.045 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
133 Ethiopia 0.042 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
134 Cote d'Ivoire 0.041 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=135 French Polynesia 0.04 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=135 Namibia 0.04 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
137 Belgium 0.039 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
138 Fiji 0.036 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
139 Switzerland 0.034 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
140 Chad 0.033 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
141 The Bahamas 0.032 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=142 Trinidad and Tobago 0.031 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=142 Kenya 0.031 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=144 Estonia 0.03 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=144 Burundi 0.03 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
146 United Kingdom 0.029 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
147 Brunei 0.028 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
148 Poland 0.026 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
149 Croatia 0.025 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
150 Czech Republic 0.024 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
151 Nigeria 0.021 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=152 Burkina Faso 0.02 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=152 Lithuania 0.02 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=154 Cameroon 0.017 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=154 Lesotho 0.017 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=156 Ghana 0.015 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=156 Slovenia 0.015 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=156 Benin 0.015 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
159 The Gambia 0.014 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
160 Djibouti 0.013 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
161 Togo 0.012 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
162 Rwanda 0.01 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
163 Liberia 0.009 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.008 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
165 Botswana 0.006 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=166 Central African Republic 0.005 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=166 Austria 0.005 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=166 Congo, Republic of the 0.005 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=169 Uganda 0.003 sq km per 1,000 people 2003
=169 Hong Kong 0.003 sq km per 1,000 people 1998
171 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.002 sq km per 1,000 people 2003

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