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
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 1101000
1993 1000000
1994 1000000
1995 1000000
1996 1000000
1997 1000000
1998 1000000
1999 1000000
2000 1000000
2001 1000000
2002 1000000
2003 1000000
2004 1128597.297
2005 1128599.766
2006 1128613.221
2007 1128631.059
2008 1128568.396
2009 1128588.692
2010 1128570.952
2011 1128575.061
2012 1128582.022
2013 1128572.048
2014 1128538.282
2015 1128539.353
2016 1128558.509
2017 1128552.82
2018 1128561.429
2019 1128570.858
2020 1128571.265
2021 1128571.265
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