Lower middle income | 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source
Lower middle income | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 22681182.742
1962 22681182.742
1963 22681182.742
1964 22681182.742
1965 22681182.742
1966 22681182.742
1967 22681182.742
1968 22681182.742
1969 22681182.742
1970 22681182.742
1971 22681182.742
1972 22681182.742
1973 22681112.742
1974 22681072.742
1975 22681052.742
1976 22681052.742
1977 22681052.742
1978 22681052.742
1979 22681052.742
1980 22681052.742
1981 22681052.742
1982 22681052.742
1983 22681052.742
1984 22681052.742
1985 22681052.742
1986 22681052.742
1987 22681052.742
1988 22681052.742
1989 22681052.742
1990 22681052.742
1991 22681752.742
1992 24018262.742
1993 24018262.742
1994 24011339.742
1995 24011339.742
1996 24011339.742
1997 24011339.742
1998 24011339.742
1999 24011339.742
2000 24007824.742
2001 24007800.742
2002 24007250.968
2003 24013984.058
2004 24011915.019
2005 24014658.091
2006 24017722.093
2007 24017639.093
2008 24017642.087
2009 24018120.134
2010 24018386.418
2011 24018282.947
2012 24018306.946
2013 24017777.383
2014 24016936.921
2015 24020950.4
2016 24020672.4
2017 24014355.4
2018 24014397
2019 24014382.47
2020 24014684.803
2021 24014688
2022

Lower middle income | 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source