Guinea-Bissau | 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
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source
Guinea-Bissau | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 28120
1962 28120
1963 28120
1964 28120
1965 28120
1966 28120
1967 28120
1968 28120
1969 28120
1970 28120
1971 28120
1972 28120
1973 28120
1974 28120
1975 28120
1976 28120
1977 28120
1978 28120
1979 28120
1980 28120
1981 28120
1982 28120
1983 28120
1984 28120
1985 28120
1986 28120
1987 28120
1988 28120
1989 28120
1990 28120
1991 28120
1992 28120
1993 28120
1994 28120
1995 28120
1996 28120
1997 28120
1998 28120
1999 28120
2000 28120
2001 28120
2002 28120
2003 28120
2004 28120
2005 28120
2006 28120
2007 28120
2008 28120
2009 28120
2010 28120
2011 28120
2012 28120
2013 28120
2014 28120
2015 28120
2016 28120
2017 28120
2018 28120
2019 28120
2020 28120
2021 28120
2022

Guinea-Bissau | 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
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source