Irrigated Agricultural Land Area by Country

Africa Development Indicators provides data on agricultural area actually irrigated annually. The dataset measures the portion of equipped irrigated land that received water in a given year, accounting for factors like water scarcity and land degradation. It originates from the World Bank's Africa Development Indicators program.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in annual irrigated area to assess the impact of water scarcity or policy changes on agricultural output.
• Model the relationship between equipped irrigation infrastructure and actual irrigated area to identify underutilization factors.
• Compare irrigated land data across countries to benchmark agricultural water use efficiency and investment needs.

Strengths

• Data is defined specifically as the area actually irrigated, distinguishing it from total equipped area.
• Covers multiple countries, enabling cross-national comparative analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Geographic coverage may be biased towards African nations as per the source organization.
• Data may exclude reasons for non-irrigation beyond the listed examples.

Provenance

Source

World Bank - Africa Development Indicators

Geography

Primarily African nations, based on the source organization.