Mali | 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
Republic of Mali
Records
63
Source
Mali | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1220190
1962 1220190
1963 1220190
1964 1220190
1965 1220190
1966 1220190
1967 1220190
1968 1220190
1969 1220190
1970 1220190
1971 1220190
1972 1220190
1973 1220190
1974 1220190
1975 1220190
1976 1220190
1977 1220190
1978 1220190
1979 1220190
1980 1220190
1981 1220190
1982 1220190
1983 1220190
1984 1220190
1985 1220190
1986 1220190
1987 1220190
1988 1220190
1989 1220190
1990 1220190
1991 1220190
1992 1220190
1993 1220190
1994 1220190
1995 1220190
1996 1220190
1997 1220190
1998 1220190
1999 1220190
2000 1220190
2001 1220190
2002 1220190
2003 1220190
2004 1220190
2005 1220190
2006 1220190
2007 1220190
2008 1220190
2009 1220190
2010 1220190
2011 1220190
2012 1220190
2013 1220190
2014 1220190
2015 1220190
2016 1220190
2017 1220190
2018 1220190
2019 1220190
2020 1220190
2021 1220190
2022

Mali | 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
Republic of Mali
Records
63
Source