United States's agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) was 5.1% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.3 percentage points from 5.4% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.1% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 5.37% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.4% | 2014 |
| Highest | 5.55% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 5.1% | 2023 |
| Average since 2015 | 5.31% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 5.42% | 2002 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, United States' agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) did not change 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 5.1% to 5.1%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2023), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 0.03 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.19 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.05 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, United States had the 36th 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 United States in the 2024 ranking
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 16 values
| Year | Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 5.1 |
| 2022 | 5.18 |
| 2021 | 5.24 |
| 2020 | 5.31 |
| 2019 | 5.37 |
| 2018 | 5.43 |
| 2017 | 5.5 |
| 2016 | 5.46 |
| 2015 | 5.43 |
| 2014 |
More environment data for United States
- Population in largest city — 19.15 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 6.99% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 160.79 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 47.04% (2025)
- Rural population — 67.7 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 19.81% (2025)
- Urban population — 274.09 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 80.19% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 467,617 (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is United States's agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)?
- 5.1% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is down 0.32 percentage points from 5.42% in 2002. The highest value was 5.55% in 2007 and the lowest 5.1% in 2023.
- How does United States rank?
- 36th highest of 55 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) unusual for United States?
- In 2024, United States' agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) did not change 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 5.1% to 5.1%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2023), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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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