Mali | 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
Republic of Mali
Records
63
Source
Mali | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1240190 1961
1240190 1962
1240190 1963
1240190 1964
1240190 1965
1240190 1966
1240190 1967
1240190 1968
1240190 1969
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1240190 1971
1240190 1972
1240190 1973
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1240190 1975
1240190 1976
1240190 1977
1240190 1978
1240190 1979
1240190 1980
1240190 1981
1240190 1982
1240190 1983
1240190 1984
1240190 1985
1240190 1986
1240190 1987
1240190 1988
1240190 1989
1240190 1990
1240190 1991
1240190 1992
1240190 1993
1240190 1994
1240190 1995
1240190 1996
1240190 1997
1240190 1998
1240190 1999
1240190 2000
1240190 2001
1240190 2002
1240190 2003
1240190 2004
1240190 2005
1240190 2006
1240190 2007
1240190 2008
1240190 2009
1240190 2010
1240190 2011
1240190 2012
1240190 2013
1240190 2014
1240190 2015
1240190 2016
1240190 2017
1240190 2018
1240190 2019
1240190 2020
1240190 2021
2022
Mali | 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
Republic of Mali
Records
63
Source