Lebanon | 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
Lebanese Republic
Records
63
Source
Lebanon | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 10230
1962 10230
1963 10230
1964 10230
1965 10230
1966 10230
1967 10230
1968 10230
1969 10230
1970 10230
1971 10230
1972 10230
1973 10230
1974 10230
1975 10230
1976 10230
1977 10230
1978 10230
1979 10230
1980 10230
1981 10230
1982 10230
1983 10230
1984 10230
1985 10230
1986 10230
1987 10230
1988 10230
1989 10230
1990 10230
1991 10230
1992 10230
1993 10230
1994 10230
1995 10230
1996 10230
1997 10230
1998 10230
1999 10230
2000 10230
2001 10230
2002 10230
2003 10230
2004 10230
2005 10230
2006 10230
2007 10230
2008 10230
2009 10230
2010 10230
2011 10230
2012 10230
2013 10230
2014 10230
2015 10230
2016 10230
2017 10230
2018 10230
2019 10230
2020 10230
2021 10230
2022

Lebanon | 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
Lebanese Republic
Records
63
Source