Burkina Faso | 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source
Burkina Faso | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 273600
1962 273600
1963 273600
1964 273600
1965 273600
1966 273600
1967 273600
1968 273600
1969 273600
1970 273600
1971 273600
1972 273600
1973 273600
1974 273600
1975 273600
1976 273600
1977 273600
1978 273600
1979 273600
1980 273600
1981 273600
1982 273600
1983 273600
1984 273600
1985 273600
1986 273600
1987 273600
1988 273600
1989 273600
1990 273600
1991 273600
1992 273600
1993 273600
1994 273600
1995 273600
1996 273600
1997 273600
1998 273600
1999 273600
2000 273600
2001 273600
2002 273600
2003 273600
2004 273600
2005 273600
2006 273600
2007 273600
2008 273600
2009 273600
2010 273600
2011 273600
2012 273600
2013 273600
2014 273600
2015 273600
2016 273600
2017 273600
2018 273600
2019 273600
2020 273600
2021 273600
2022

Burkina Faso | 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source