Table 8 Geographical distribution of land by irrigation type
From: The role of irrigation in determining the global land use impacts of biofuels
Region | Area (million hectares) | Distribution by irrigation (%) | Geographical distribution (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Rainfed | Irrigated | Total | Rainfed | Irrigated | Total | Rainfed | Irrigated | Total |
USA | 111.1 | 21.0 | 132.0 | 84.1 | 15.9 | 100.0 | 11.3 | 7.2 | 10.3 |
EU27 | 104.2 | 10.8 | 115.0 | 90.6 | 9.4 | 100.0 | 10.6 | 3.7 | 9.0 |
Brazil | 45.4 | 3.1 | 48.5 | 93.5 | 6.5 | 100.0 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
Canada | 34.7 | 0.6 | 35.3 | 98.3 | 1.7 | 100.0 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
Japan | 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 42.0 | 58.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
China | 88.8 | 72.1 | 160.9 | 55.2 | 44.8 | 100.0 | 9.0 | 24.6 | 12.6 |
India | 114.2 | 68.0 | 182.2 | 62.7 | 37.3 | 100.0 | 11.6 | 23.2 | 14.3 |
Central America | 19.4 | 8.2 | 27.6 | 70.1 | 29.9 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
South America | 43.5 | 5.1 | 48.6 | 89.4 | 10.6 | 100.0 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
East Asia | 3.0 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 59.1 | 40.9 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Malaysia-Indonesia | 28.5 | 7.1 | 35.6 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
Rest of Southeast Asia | 44.2 | 16.4 | 60.6 | 73.0 | 27.0 | 100.0 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
Rest of South Asia | 18.7 | 27.1 | 45.8 | 40.8 | 59.2 | 100.0 | 1.9 | 9.2 | 3.6 |
Russia | 72.9 | 3.6 | 76.5 | 95.3 | 4.7 | 100.0 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
E-Europe-RFSU | 75.3 | 13.6 | 88.9 | 84.8 | 15.2 | 100.0 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 7.0 |
Other European regions | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 95.3 | 4.7 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
M-East-N-Africa | 21.1 | 18.9 | 40.0 | 52.7 | 47.3 | 100.0 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 3.1 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 131.0 | 4.9 | 135.9 | 96.4 | 3.6 | 100.0 | 13.3 | 1.7 | 10.7 |
Oceania | 24.2 | 8.0 | 32.1 | 75.2 | 24.8 | 100.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
Total | 982.8 | 293.1 | 1275.9 | 77.0 | 23.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |