Irrigated agriculture water use efficiency, Ratio (Not Applicable) by country

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Countries reporting
174
Highest
25.12
Netherlands, The
Lowest
0
Luxembourg
Median
0.3291
Years covered
24
1998–2021
Data points
3,664

What the numbers show

Irrigated agriculture water use efficiency, Ratio (Not Applicable) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 25.12 in Netherlands, The; the lowest is 0 in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3291, and the mean is 0.9745.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 574.8%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).

Irrigated agriculture water use efficiency, Ratio: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands, The 25.12 2021 up 32.0% falling
2 Djibouti 13.32 2021 up 26.0% rising
3 Slovenia, Republic of 9.11 2021 up 42.8% falling
4 Brunei Darussalam 6.34 2021 up 115.0% rising
5 Switzerland 5.95 2021 up 35.6% rising
6 Seychelles 4.67 2021 up 75.4% rising
7 New Zealand 4.31 2021 up 28.6% rising
8 Montenegro 3.84 2021 down 6.5% flat
9 Sierra Leone 3.8 2021 up 49.2% rising
10 Sweden 3.59 2021 up 7.8% rising
11 Moldova, Republic of 3.43 2021 up 235.3% volatile
12 Jamaica 3.33 2021 up 574.8% volatile
13 Malta 3.16 2021 up 84.7% falling
14 West Bank and Gaza 3.11 2021 down 37.8% rising
15 China (People’s Republic of) 2.51 2021 up 76.9% rising
16 Trinidad and Tobago 2.18 2021 up 35.3% rising
17 Antigua and Barbuda 2.13 2021 up 37.8% rising
18 Germany 2.07 2021 up 5.7% rising
19 Israel 2.06 2021 down 11.6% rising
20 Grenada 1.99 2021 up 40.3% rising
21 France 1.96 2021 up 14.5% rising
22 Puerto Rico 1.93 2021 down 50.0% falling
23 Austria 1.87 2021 down 31.2% falling
24 Lebanon 1.81 2021 down 21.0% volatile
25 Albania 1.71 2021 up 20.8% rising
26 Slovak Republic 1.71 2021 up 16.8% falling
27 Czech Republic 1.62 2021 up 40.3% flat
28 Qatar 1.57 2021 up 233.2% volatile
29 Jordan 1.54 2021 up 27.1% rising
30 United Arab Emirates 1.53 2021 up 115.8% falling
31 Malaysia 1.47 2021 up 21.6% rising
32 Belgium 1.34 2021 up 72.5% rising
33 Oman 1.13 2021 up 142.4% rising
34 Korea, Republic of 1.07 2021 up 4.9% falling
35 Bangladesh 0.9803 2021 up 44.4% rising
36 Guatemala 0.9281 2021 up 22.1% rising
37 Suriname 0.9157 2021 down 13.7% rising
38 Denmark 0.9133 2021 down 70.0% volatile
39 Iceland 0.8966 2021 down 30.9% falling
40 Algeria 0.8884 2021 up 58.1% rising
41 Italy 0.8513 2021 down 7.4% flat
42 United Kingdom 0.8488 2021 up 161.2% rising
43 Egypt 0.8068 2021 up 25.1% rising
44 Cyprus 0.7972 2021 down 22.9% falling
45 Benin 0.7696 2021 up 86.4% volatile
46 Saudi Arabia 0.7328 2021 up 8.8% falling
47 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.7188 2021 up 94.9% rising
48 Croatia, Republic of 0.696 2021 up 13.0% volatile
49 Japan 0.6493 2021 up 5.0% falling
50 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.6428 2021 up 27.2% rising
51 Ecuador 0.6332 2021 up 18.9% rising
52 Nepal 0.6327 2021 up 2.1% rising
53 Brazil 0.6324 2021 up 99.1% rising
54 Yemen, Republic of 0.6154 2021 down 37.5% falling
55 Barbados 0.5968 2021 up 7.0% falling
56 Kuwait 0.5837 2021 down 20.4% rising
57 Estonia, Republic of 0.575 2021 up 268.5% volatile
58 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.5527 2021 up 30.8% rising
59 Portugal 0.5512 2021 up 100.9% rising
60 Greece 0.4993 2021 up 46.1% falling
61 Australia 0.4989 2021 down 1.0% falling
62 Spain 0.4961 2021 up 42.9% rising
63 India 0.4922 2021 up 67.4% rising
64 Bolivia 0.4768 2021 up 186.8% rising
65 Rwanda 0.4615 2021 up 285.6% volatile
66 Fiji, Republic of 0.4592 2021 up 61.7% rising
67 Costa Rica 0.4588 2021 up 23.4% rising
68 Hungary 0.4566 2021 down 17.9% rising
69 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.4528 2021 down 41.9% falling
70 Mongolia 0.4426 2021 up 144.9% rising
71 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.4218 2021 up 62.7% rising
72 Cambodia 0.3981 2021 up 14.0% rising
73 Pakistan 0.3974 2021 up 40.2% rising
74 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.3837 2021 up 25.4% rising
75 Mauritius 0.3837 2021 up 11.6% rising
76 Thailand 0.378 2021 down 7.6% rising
77 Sri Lanka 0.3628 2021 up 45.0% rising
78 Morocco 0.3617 2021 up 0.3% rising
79 Angola 0.355 2021 up 93.2% rising
80 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 0.354 2021 down 2.8% falling
81 Bhutan 0.3504 2021 up 54.4% rising
82 Panama 0.3485 2021 up 19.8% rising
83 Côte d’Ivoire 0.341 2021 up 138.4% rising
84 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.3391 2021 up 173.2% rising
85 Norway 0.3352 2021 down 15.5% falling
86 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.3348 2021 up 127.9% volatile
87 Georgia 0.3316 2021 down 4.2% rising
88 Indonesia 0.3266 2021 up 30.3% rising
89 Tunisia 0.32 2021 up 60.0% rising
90 Gabon 0.3069 2021 up 132.6% rising
91 Viet Nam 0.3016 2021 down 6.4% rising
92 Peru 0.2877 2021 up 4.1% falling
93 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0.2861 2021 up 84.4% rising
94 Sudan 0.2765 2021 up 29.3% falling
95 Mexico 0.2722 2021 up 36.5% rising
96 Romania 0.2564 2021 down 1.5% volatile
97 Nigeria 0.2508 2021 up 34.0% rising
98 Canada 0.2477 2021 up 15.3% falling
99 Haiti 0.2455 2021 down 13.8% rising
100 Turkmenistan 0.2438 2021 up 127.7% rising
101 Tanzania 0.2346 2021 up 92.4% rising
102 Honduras 0.2307 2021 up 5.8% rising
103 Congo, Republic of 0.2301 2021 up 84.8% rising
104 Dominican Republic 0.2265 2021 up 31.1% falling
105 United States 0.2137 2021 down 6.0% rising
106 Chile 0.2109 2021 up 9.5% rising
107 Philippines 0.1988 2021 up 18.9% rising
108 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.1981 2021 up 77.9% rising
109 Serbia, Republic of 0.1979 2021 up 80.6% falling
110 Kenya 0.1973 2021 up 9.5% rising
111 Uruguay 0.1953 2021 down 14.6% rising
112 Ghana 0.1814 2021 up 30.7% rising
113 Paraguay 0.1797 2021 up 42.4% rising
114 Bulgaria 0.1772 2021 up 292.8% rising
115 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.1767 2021 down 0.9% rising
116 Myanmar 0.1755 2021 up 3.6% rising
117 Armenia 0.1725 2021 down 54.4% falling
118 Türkiye, Republic of 0.1712 2021 down 52.6% falling
119 Libya 0.1709 2021 up 63.7% volatile
120 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.1702 2021 up 27.9% falling
121 Nicaragua 0.1561 2021 down 21.7% rising
122 Belize 0.1552 2021 up 4.4% rising
123 Gambia 0.1477 2021 up 16.9% rising
124 Somalia 0.1443 2021 up 53.1% rising
125 Iraq 0.1403 2021 up 42.2% rising
126 South Africa 0.1338 2021 down 19.3% falling
127 Central African Republic 0.1313 2021 down 29.7% falling
128 Kyrgyzstan 0.1265 2021 up 14.9% falling
129 Comoros, Union of the 0.1231 2021 up 85.1% rising
130 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0.1194 2021 up 13.1% rising
131 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.118 2021 up 12.8% rising
132 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 0.1153 2021 down 71.9% falling
133 Ukraine 0.1144 2021 up 185.9% falling
134 Guinea-Bissau 0.1102 2021 up 0.6% rising
135 Madagascar 0.1088 2021 up 6.1% rising
136 Poland, Republic of 0.1055 2021 up 21.9% rising
137 Colombia 0.1033 2021 down 64.2% falling
138 Cuba 0.1016 2021 down 39.8% falling
139 El Salvador 0.0999 2021 up 18.5% rising
140 Syrian Arab Republic 0.098 2021 down 59.3% falling
141 Chad 0.0941 2021 up 169.3% volatile
142 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0.089 2021 up 10.1% flat
143 Namibia 0.0808 2021 up 31.1% rising
144 Senegal 0.0804 2021 up 51.3% rising
145 Argentina 0.0724 2021 down 48.8% falling
146 Cabo Verde 0.0697 2021 down 62.1% falling
147 Mozambique, Republic of 0.069 2021 up 45.2% rising
148 Belarus, Republic of 0.0681 2021 down 24.6% flat
149 Malawi 0.0678 2021 up 83.2% rising
150 Cameroon 0.0656 2021 up 53.3% rising
151 Burkina Faso 0.0642 2021 up 27.8% rising
152 Botswana 0.0636 2021 up 118.1% volatile
153 Burundi 0.063 2021 up 26.5% rising
154 Russian Federation 0.0597 2021 down 3.1% falling
155 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.0556 2021 up 27.9% rising
156 Guinea 0.0552 2021 up 105.0% volatile
157 Lithuania, Republic of 0.0498 2021 up 116.0% rising
158 Mali 0.0482 2021 up 97.7% volatile
159 Uganda 0.0449 2021 down 6.8% rising
160 Liberia 0.0405 2021 up 80.4% rising
161 Zimbabwe 0.0367 2021 down 4.8% falling
162 Zambia 0.0362 2021 down 55.2% falling
163 Latvia, Republic of 0.0275 2021 up 48.2% rising
164 Eritrea, The State of 0.0204 2021 up 13.1% rising
165 South Sudan, Republic of 0.0189 2021 up 72.1% rising
166 Finland 0.0186 2021 down 92.2% volatile
167 Togo 0.0159 2021 up 55.4% rising
168 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0.0145 2021 down 0.8% rising
169 Guyana 0.0129 2021 down 96.2% volatile
170 Dominica 0.0051 2021 up 29.0% rising
171 Niger 0.0033 2021 down 41.6% volatile
172 St. Lucia 0.0019 2021 down 25.5% falling
173 Ireland 0 2021 volatile
173 Luxembourg 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Irrigated agriculture water use efficiency, Ratio (Not Applicable)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
175 places, 3,664 data points, 1998–2021
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This dataset provides information on global climate and weather patterns, providing insights into temperature variations, land cover accounts, and shifts in mean sea levels.