Syrian Arab Republic: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.07 percentage points from 7.28% in 2019. Since 2003 it is down 2.64 percentage points from 9.85% in 2003. The World Bank has no value for 2 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2024, Syrian Arab Republic's agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) fell 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 7.22% to 7.21%).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.74 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.86 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Syrian Arab Republic had the 33rd highest value of the 55 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Syrian Arab Republic in the 2024 ranking

• Serbia — 29th of 55: 8.24%
• Brunei Darussalam — 30th of 55: 7.4%
• Oman — 31st of 55: 7.24%
• Afghanistan — 33rd of 55: 5.94%
• Mexico — 34th of 55: 5.84%
• Malaysia — 35th of 55: 5.43%

What this measures

Agricultural irrigated land refers to agricultural areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding.

Limitations: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from official national sources through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 20 values

Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 5.94% (2024)
• Algeria — 3.34% (2019)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 16.94% (2024)
• Israel — 34.82% (2024)
• Jordan — 8.88% (2024)
• Malta — 35.01% (2024)
• Morocco — 5.96% (2019)
• Oman — 7.24% (2024)
• Pakistan — 53.7% (2024)

More environment data for Syrian Arab Republic

• Population in largest city — 2.8 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 15.16% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 6.8 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 26.55% (2025)
• Rural population — 7.15 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 27.92% (2025)
• Urban population — 18.47 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 72.08% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Syrian Arab Republic's agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)?

7.21% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is down 2.64 percentage points from 9.85% in 2003. The highest value was 10.35% in 2004 and the lowest 6.82% in 2017.

How does Syrian Arab Republic rank?

33rd highest of 55 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) unusual for Syrian Arab Republic?

In 2024, Syrian Arab Republic's agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) fell 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 7.22% to 7.21%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.IRIG.AG.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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