Area of Cultivated Land with Temporary and Permanent Crops in Palestine by Type of Irrigation and Governorate, 2020/2021

Publish Date:21-09-2022

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Total (km2)
Permanent Crops (km2) Temporary Crops (km2) Governorate
Type of Irrigation
Irrigated Rain-fed Irrigated Rain-fed
1,021.5 90.1 586.8 140.0 204.6 State of Palestine
937.4 56.2 584.7 101.8 194.7 West Bank
264.4 5.1 153.4 31.4 74.5 Jenin
75.1 3.4 8.4 29.4 33.9 Tubas & Northern Valleys
78.2 3.7 65.7 7.4 1.4 Tulkarm
92.4 3.5 73.0   5.5 10.4 Nablus
44.4 6.5 35.4 1.3 1.2 Qalqiliya
45.0 0.3 43.9 0.1 0.7 Salfit
95.6 1.0 83.3 1.0 10.3 Ramallah & Al-Bireh 
48.3 27.8 1.3 18.5 0.7 Jericho & Al-Aghwar
10.1 0.4 8.8 -   0.9 Jerusalem 
50.4 1.7 39.6 1.1 8.0 Bethlehem 
133.5 2.8 71.9 6.1 52.7 Hebron
84.1 33.9 2.1 38.2 9.9 Gaza Strip
20.4 7.7 0.3 10.5 1.9 North Gaza
8.7 3.8 0.9 2.4 1.6 Gaza
14.1 7.4 0.5 5.3 0.9 Deir Al- Balah
28.6 11.0 0.3 12.6 4.7 Khan Yunis
12.3 4.0 0.1 7.4 0.8 Rafah

Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2022 Agricultural Census 2021. Ramallah, Palestine