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Table 6. Irrigated land as proportion of agricultural land

Unit: 1000 ha

Country

Agricultural Land

Irrigated Land

% Irrigated Land to Agricultural Land

1991

2001

1991

2001

1991

2001

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES














SOUTHEAST ASIA













1.

Cambodia

3 800

F

3 807

F

250

F

270


6.6

%

7.1

%

2.

Indonesia

29 797


33 600

F

4 432


4 815

F

14.9

%

14.3

%

3.

Lao PDR

862

F

958

F

140

F

175

F

16.2

%

18.3

%

4.

Malaysia

7 197

F

7 585

F

340


365


4.7

%

4.8

%

5.

Myanmar

10 057

F

10 625


1 003


1 985


-


-


6.

Philippines

9 887

F

10 650

F

1 550

F

1 550

F

15.7

%

14.6

%

7.

Thailand

20 726

F

18 300

F

4 349


4 924

F

21.0

%

26.9

%

8.

Viet Nam

6 425


8 438

F

2 900

F

3 000

F

45.1

%

35.6

%


SOUTH ASIA













9.

Bangladesh

9 137

F

8 485

F

3 027


4 421

F

33.1

%

52.1

%

10.

Bhutan

132

F

165

F

39

F

40

F

29.5

%

24.2

%

11.

India

169 340


169 900

F

47 430


54 800

F

28.0

%

32.3

%

12.

Maldives

8

F

9

F





-


-


13.

Nepal

2 356

F

3 192

F

1 000

F

1 135

F

42.4

%

35.6

%

14.

Pakistan

20 960

F

22 160

F

16 750


17 820


79.9

%

80.4

%

15.

Sri Lanka

1 903

F

1 911

F

530

F

597

F

27.9

%

31.2

%


CENTRAL ASIA













16.

Kazakhstan



21 671

F



2 350




10.8

%

17.

Tajikistan



1 060

F



719

F



67.8

%

18.

Uzbekistan



4 830

F



4 281

F



88.6

%


OTHER ASIA













19.

China

131 391

F

155 275

F

48 384


54 831


36.8

%

35.3

%

20.

DPR Korea

2 600

F

2 800

F

1 440

F

1 460


55.4

%

52.1

%

21.

Iran (Islamic Rep. of)

17 997

F

16 548

F

7 000

F

7 500

F

38.9

%

45.3

%

22.

Mongolia

1 369


1 200


80

F

84


5.8

%

7.0

%

23.

Rep. of Korea

2 091

F

1 889


1 335


1 145


63.8

%

60.6

%


PACIFIC ISLANDS













24.

Cook Islands

6


7

F

0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%

25.

Fiji Islands

251


285


1

F

3


0.4

%

1.1

%

26.

Kiribati

39

F

39

F

0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%

27.

Marshall Islands



10

F



0

F



0.0

%

28.

Nauru

0

F

0

F









29.

Niue

7

F

7

F

0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%

30.

Palau



6

F



0

F



0.0

%

31.

Papua New Guinea

782

F

860

F

0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%

32.

Samoa

122

F

129

F

0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%

33.

Solomon Islands

70

F

74

F

0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%

34.

Tonga

48

F

48

F

0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%

35.

Vanuatu

120

F

120

F

0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%


SUB-TOTAL

449 480


506 643


141 980


168 270


31.6

%

33.2

%

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES













36.

Australia

45 874


50 600


2 012


2 385


4.4

%

4.7

%

37.

Japan

5 204

F

4 794

F

2 825


2 626


54.3

%

54.8

%

38.

New Zealand

3 909


3 372

F

283

F

285

F

7.2

%

8.5

%


SUB-TOTAL

54 987


58 766


5 120


5 296


9.3

%

9.0

%

ASIA & PACIFIC*

504 467


565 409


147 100


173 566


29.2

%

30.7

%

REST OF WORLD

999 650


966 681


101 624


99 486


10.2

%

10.3

%

WORLD

1 504 117


1 532 090


248 724


273 052


16.5

%

17.8

%


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