Surfaces, systems, crop

• The irrigable area comprises 3,828 Mha, which is equivalent to 16% of the agricultural area used in the country.
• Spain is the sixteenth country in the world with the largest irrigated area, and the second largest in the European Union.
• Drip irrigation is the main irrigation system, covering 53% of the irrigable area.
• Cereals are the crops that represent the largest proportion of irrigable area, followed by olive groves, vineyards and fruit trees.
• Since the beginning of the 21st century, Spain has invested 3,815 M€ in the modernization of more than 1.5 Mha of irrigated land.

Sources:

• IGN, 2021.
• INE, 2021.
• MAPA, 2015 (Ya no está disponible en internet)
• MAPA, 2019.