| Land area equipped for irrigation (hectares) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Africa | 13,586,300 |
| 2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7,114,300 |
| 3 | North Africa | 6,472,000 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 5,616,300 |
| 5 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 5,323,300 |
| 6 |  Egypt | 3,530,000 |
| 7 | Sudan | 1,863,000 |
| 8 | South Africa | 1,498,000 |
| 9 | Morocco | 1,484,000 |
| 10 | Madagascar | 1,086,000 |
| 11 | Algeria | 570,000 |
| 12 | Libya | 470,000 |
| 13 | Tunisia | 418,000 |
| 14 | Nigeria | 293,000 |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 290,000 |
| 16 | Mali | 236,000 |
| 17 | Somalia | 200,000 |
| 18 | Tanzania | 184,000 |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 174,000 |
| 20 | Zambia | 156,000 |
| 21 | Senegal | 120,000 |
| 22 | Mozambique | 118,000 |
| 23 | Kenya | 103,000 |
| 24 | Guinea | 95,000 |
| 25 | Angola | 80,000 |
| 26 | Niger | 74,000 |
| 27 | Ivory Coast | 73,000 |
| 28 | Malawi | 56,000 |
| 29 | Swaziland | 50,000 |
| 30 | Mauritania | 45,000 |
| 31 | Ghana | 31,000 |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 30,000 |
| 33 | Chad | 30,000 |
| 34 | Cameroon | 26,000 |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 25,000 |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 25,000 |
| 37 | Burundi | 21,000 |
| 38 | Mauritius | 21,000 |
| 39 | Eritrea | 21,000 |
| 40 | Benin | 12,000 |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11,000 |
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10,000 |
| 43 | Rwanda | 9,000 |
| 44 | Uganda | 9,000 |
| 45 | Namibia | 8,000 |
| 46 | Togo | 7,000 |
| 47 | Gabon | 7,000 |
| 48 | Lesotho | 3,000 |
| 49 | Liberia | 3,000 |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 3,000 |
| 51 | Botswana | 2,000 |
| 52 | Gambia | 2,000 |
| 53 | Republic of the Congo | 2,000 |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 1,000 |
| 55 | Djibouti | 1,000 |
| 56 | Seychelles | 300 |
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