Libya | 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 Libya
Records
63
Source
Libya | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1759540 1961
1759540 1962
1759540 1963
1759540 1964
1759540 1965
1759540 1966
1759540 1967
1759540 1968
1759540 1969
1759540 1970
1759540 1971
1759540 1972
1759540 1973
1759540 1974
1759540 1975
1759540 1976
1759540 1977
1759540 1978
1759540 1979
1759540 1980
1759540 1981
1759540 1982
1759540 1983
1759540 1984
1759540 1985
1759540 1986
1759540 1987
1759540 1988
1759540 1989
1759540 1990
1759540 1991
1759540 1992
1759540 1993
1759540 1994
1759540 1995
1759540 1996
1759540 1997
1759540 1998
1759540 1999
1759540 2000
1759540 2001
1759540 2002
1759540 2003
1759540 2004
1759540 2005
1759540 2006
1759540 2007
1759540 2008
1759540 2009
1759540 2010
1759540 2011
1759540 2012
1759540 2013
1759540 2014
1759540 2015
1759540 2016
1759540 2017
1759540 2018
1759540 2019
1759540 2020
1759540 2021
2022
Libya | 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 Libya
Records
63
Source