Africa Eastern and Southern | Land area (sq. km)

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source
Africa Eastern and Southern | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 14571611
1962 14571611
1963 14571611
1964 14571611
1965 14571611
1966 14571611
1967 14571611
1968 14571611
1969 14571611
1970 14571611
1971 14571611
1972 14571611
1973 14571611
1974 14571611
1975 14571611
1976 14571611
1977 14571611
1978 14571611
1979 14571611
1980 14571611
1981 14571611
1982 14571611
1983 14571611
1984 14571611
1985 14571611
1986 14571611
1987 14571611
1988 14571611
1989 14571611
1990 14571611
1991 14571611
1992 14571611
1993 14571611
1994 14571611
1995 14571611
1996 14571611
1997 14571611
1998 14571611
1999 14571611
2000 14571611
2001 14571611
2002 14571611
2003 14571611
2004 14720190.922
2005 14720236.092
2006 14720228.252
2007 14720274.665
2008 14720236.89
2009 14720269.284
2010 14720957.055
2011 14721207.05
2012 14845137.142
2013 14845099.326
2014 14845052.467
2015 14845106.128
2016 14845113.968
2017 14845102.053
2018 14845117.143
2019 14845129.404
2020 14845090.094
2021 14845090.094
2022

Africa Eastern and Southern | Land area (sq. km)

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source