East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Land area (sq. km)
1960
15922288.742 1961
15922288.742 1962
15922288.742 1963
15922288.742 1964
15922288.742 1965
15922288.742 1966
15922288.742 1967
15922288.742 1968
15922288.742 1969
15922288.742 1970
15922288.742 1971
15922288.742 1972
15922258.742 1973
15922218.742 1974
15922198.742 1975
15922198.742 1976
15922198.742 1977
15922198.742 1978
15922198.742 1979
15922198.742 1980
15922198.742 1981
15922198.742 1982
15922198.742 1983
15922198.742 1984
15922198.742 1985
15922198.742 1986
15922198.742 1987
15922198.742 1988
15922198.742 1989
15922198.742 1990
15923538.742 1991
15923538.742 1992
15923538.742 1993
15923538.742 1994
15923528.742 1995
15923518.742 1996
15923518.742 1997
15923518.742 1998
15923518.742 1999
15975027.742 2000
15975051.942 2001
15974511.168 2002
15981277.758 2003
15980915.519 2004
15983621.891 2005
15986704.493 2006
15986516.893 2007
15986546.887 2008
15986507.134 2009
15986826.418 2010
15986805.947 2011
15986838.946 2012
15986320.383 2013
15986683.921 2014
15986698.4 2015
15986401.4 2016
15986337.4 2017
15986313 2018
15986316 2019
15986534.803 2020
16001571.47 2021
2022

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source