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OWID: Share of agricultural land which is irrigated

The percentage of total agricultural land area which is irrigated (i.e. purposely provided with water), including land irrigated by controlled flooding. Agricultural land is the combination of crop (arable) and grazing land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, via World Bank (2026), compiled by Our World in Data. 1,228 values; read with owid_series(slug='agricultural-l.

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