Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 17820
1962 17820
1963 17820
1964 17820
1965 17820
1966 17820
1967 17820
1968 17820
1969 17820
1970 17820
1971 17820
1972 17820
1973 17820
1974 17820
1975 17820
1976 17820
1977 17820
1978 17820
1979 17820
1980 17820
1981 17820
1982 17820
1983 17820
1984 17820
1985 17820
1986 17820
1987 17820
1988 17820
1989 17820
1990 17820
1991 17820
1992 17820
1993 17820
1994 17820
1995 17820
1996 17820
1997 17820
1998 17820
1999 17820
2000 17820
2001 17820
2002 17820
2003 17820
2004 17820
2005 17820
2006 17820
2007 17820
2008 17820
2009 17820
2010 17820
2011 17820
2012 17820
2013 17820
2014 17820
2015 17820
2016 17820
2017 17820
2018 17820
2019 17820
2020 17820
2021 17820
2022

Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source