Lebanon | 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
Lebanese Republic
Records
63
Source
Lebanon | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 10450
1962 10450
1963 10450
1964 10450
1965 10450
1966 10450
1967 10450
1968 10450
1969 10450
1970 10450
1971 10450
1972 10450
1973 10450
1974 10450
1975 10450
1976 10450
1977 10450
1978 10450
1979 10450
1980 10450
1981 10450
1982 10450
1983 10450
1984 10450
1985 10450
1986 10450
1987 10450
1988 10450
1989 10450
1990 10450
1991 10450
1992 10450
1993 10450
1994 10450
1995 10450
1996 10450
1997 10450
1998 10450
1999 10450
2000 10450
2001 10450
2002 10450
2003 10450
2004 10450
2005 10450
2006 10450
2007 10450
2008 10450
2009 10450
2010 10450
2011 10450
2012 10450
2013 10450
2014 10450
2015 10450
2016 10450
2017 10450
2018 10450
2019 10450
2020 10450
2021 10450
2022

Lebanon | 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
Lebanese Republic
Records
63
Source