Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 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
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Records
63
Source
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 19753851
1962 19753851
1963 19753851
1964 19753851
1965 19753851
1966 19753851
1967 19753851
1968 19753851
1969 19753851
1970 19753851
1971 19753851
1972 19753851
1973 19753851
1974 19753451
1975 19753191
1976 19753191
1977 19753191
1978 19753191
1979 19753191
1980 19753191
1981 19753191
1982 19753191
1983 19753191
1984 19753191
1985 19753191
1986 19753191
1987 19753191
1988 19753191
1989 19753191
1990 19753191
1991 19753191
1992 19753191
1993 19753191
1994 19753191
1995 19753191
1996 19753191
1997 19753191
1998 19753191
1999 19753191
2000 19753191
2001 19753191
2002 19753191
2003 19753191
2004 19901770.922
2005 19901816.092
2006 19901808.252
2007 19901854.665
2008 19901816.89
2009 19901849.284
2010 19902537.055
2011 19902820.05
2012 19394820.142
2013 19394782.326
2014 19394735.467
2015 19394789.128
2016 19394796.968
2017 19394785.053
2018 19394800.143
2019 19394812.404
2020 19394766.094
2021 19394766.094
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Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 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
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Records
63
Source