Irrigated land (% of crop land) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Irrigated land refers to areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding. Cropland refers to arable land and permanent cropland. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.
Irrigated land (% of crop land) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Egypt (2003)100
2Madagascar (2003)30.59
3Swaziland (2003)26.04
4Libya (2003)21.86
5Mauritius (2003)20.75
6Sao Tome and Principe (2003)18.18
7Somalia (2003)15.67
8Morocco (2003)15.41
9Sudan (2003)10.24
10Mauritania (2002)9.8
11South Africa (2003)9.53
12Tunisia (2003)7.06
13Algeria (2003)6.9
14Cape Verde (2003)6.12
15Guinea (2003)5.4
16Zimbabwe (2003)5.19
17Mali (2003)4.88
18Senegal (2003)4.78
19Sierra Leone (2003)4.65
20Guinea-Bissau (2003)4.55
21Eritrea (2003)3.5
22Sub-Saharan Africa (2003)3.47
23Zambia (2003)2.95
24Mozambique (2003)2.58
25Ethiopia (2003)2.46
26Angola (2003)2.23
27Malawi (2003)2.16
28Kenya (2003)1.85
29Tanzania (2003)1.78
30Burundi (2003)1.55
31Gabon (2003)1.41
32Ivory Coast (2003)1.06
33Namibia (2003)0.98
34Lesotho (2003)0.9
35Nigeria (2003)0.84
36Chad (2003)0.78
37Rwanda (2003)0.61
38Gambia (2003)0.6
39Burkina Faso (2003)0.51
40Liberia (2003)0.5
41Niger (2003)0.5
42Ghana (2003)0.49
43Benin (2003)0.41
44Republic of the Congo (2003)0.37
45Cameroon (2003)0.36
46Togo (2003)0.27
47Botswana (2003)0.26
48Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003)0.14
49Uganda (2003)0.12
50Central African Republic (2003)0.1
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