Ethiopia | Surface area (sq. km)
Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. Development relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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 | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1221900 1961
1221900 1962
1221900 1963
1221900 1964
1221900 1965
1221900 1966
1221900 1967
1221900 1968
1221900 1969
1221900 1970
1221900 1971
1221900 1972
1221900 1973
1221900 1974
1221900 1975
1221900 1976
1221900 1977
1221900 1978
1221900 1979
1221900 1980
1221900 1981
1221900 1982
1221900 1983
1221900 1984
1221900 1985
1221900 1986
1221900 1987
1221900 1988
1221900 1989
1221900 1990
1221900 1991
1221900 1992
1104300 1993
1104300 1994
1104300 1995
1104300 1996
1104300 1997
1104300 1998
1104300 1999
1104300 2000
1104300 2001
1104300 2002
1104300 2003
1136243.254 2004
1136243.166 2005
1136242.98 2006
1136243.922 2007
1136243.263 2008
1136243.562 2009
1136242.873 2010
1136242.41 2011
1136242.783 2012
1136243.504 2013
1136243.143 2014
1136244.136 2015
1136242.676 2016
1136243.265 2017
1136242.496 2018
1136243.012 2019
1136239.544 2020
1136239.544 2021
2022
Ethiopia | Surface area (sq. km)
Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. Development relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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