The map shows the amount of area equipped for irrigation around the year 2005 as a percentage of the total area on a raster with a resolution of 5 minutes. The area actually irrigated was smaller, but is unknown for most countries. A special note has to be made for Australia and India where the map shows the total area actually irrigated. This is due to the fact that statistics collected in Australia and India refer to actually irrigated area as opposed to statistics with area equipped for irrigation which are collected in most other countries. An explanation of the different terminology to indicate areas under irrigation is given in the Glossary.
A digital interactive map, a static global map, downloadable spatial data, and full metadata for each region are available on the AQUASTAT website.
Includes various PDF files with maps, documentation and reports.
Available for download from FAO AQUASTAT or FAO GeoNetwork
