AQUASTAT percentage of cultivated land equipped for irrigation by nation, 2022.
Cultivated-area irrigation coverage is measured across AQUASTAT reporting nations for 2022. The chart ranks nine nations by the percentage of cultivated land equipped for irrigation, using the source indicator as the plotted value. New Zealand ranks first at 122.2%, followed by Kuwait at 121.3% and Turkmenistan at 120.7%. Several values exceed 100% because the AQUASTAT indicator is a ratio against each nation’s cultivated-land base, not a share of the nine rows.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 122.2% | 2022 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 121.3% | 2022 |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 120.7% | 2022 |
| 4 | Oman | 105.9% | 2022 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 97.0% | 2022 |
| 6 | Suriname | 97.0% | 2022 |
| 7 | Egypt | 94.2% | 2022 |
| 8 | Bahrain | 91.0% | 2022 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 90.1% | 2022 |
Source 1: FAO AQUASTAT — Area equipped for irrigation
Publisher: World Bank Data360 / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Dataset/table: AQUASTAT indicator FAO_AS_4331 · AQUASTAT
Units: percentage of cultivated land
Date checked: 2026-05-31
Evidence: The Data360 AQUASTAT extract supplies the 2022 nation rows for percentage of cultivated area equipped for irrigation.
Source 2: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Dataset/table: AQUASTAT portal
Units: not applicable
Date checked: 2026-05-31
Evidence: The FAO AQUASTAT portal supports the official water and agricultural water-management source family.
AQUASTAT/Data360 observations carry estimated status in the source extract. Values can exceed 100% because the percentage of cultivated area equipped for irrigation is constructed from separately defined equipped-area and cultivated-area measures. The source extract was parsed as a dated snapshot accessed on 2026-05-31.
Rank nations with non-null 2022 observations for AQUASTAT indicator FAO_AS_4331. Use the reported percent value directly as the column height. No row shares or selected-row concentration values are computed.
Rows use the same Data360 AQUASTAT extract, indicator, year, unit and observation-status frame. The source marks the observations as estimated, so the stat is not treated as final official single-source.
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