Ethiopia | 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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source
Ethiopia | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1101000 1961
1101000 1962
1101000 1963
1101000 1964
1101000 1965
1101000 1966
1101000 1967
1101000 1968
1101000 1969
1101000 1970
1101000 1971
1101000 1972
1101000 1973
1101000 1974
1101000 1975
1101000 1976
1101000 1977
1101000 1978
1101000 1979
1101000 1980
1101000 1981
1101000 1982
1101000 1983
1101000 1984
1101000 1985
1101000 1986
1101000 1987
1101000 1988
1101000 1989
1101000 1990
1101000 1991
1101000 1992
1000000 1993
1000000 1994
1000000 1995
1000000 1996
1000000 1997
1000000 1998
1000000 1999
1000000 2000
1000000 2001
1000000 2002
1000000 2003
1128597.297 2004
1128599.766 2005
1128613.221 2006
1128631.059 2007
1128568.396 2008
1128588.692 2009
1128570.952 2010
1128575.061 2011
1128582.022 2012
1128572.048 2013
1128538.282 2014
1128539.353 2015
1128558.509 2016
1128552.82 2017
1128561.429 2018
1128570.858 2019
1128571.265 2020
1128571.265 2021
2022
Ethiopia | 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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source