Middle East & North Africa | 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
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 11226270
1962 11226270
1963 11226270
1964 11226270
1965 11226270
1966 11226270
1967 11226270
1968 11226270
1969 11226270
1970 11226270
1971 11226270
1972 11226270
1973 11226230
1974 11226230
1975 11226230
1976 11226230
1977 11226230
1978 11226230
1979 11226230
1980 11226230
1981 11226230
1982 11226230
1983 11226230
1984 11226230
1985 11226230
1986 11226230
1987 11226230
1988 11226230
1989 11226230
1990 11226230
1991 11226230
1992 11226250
1993 11226250
1994 11226250
1995 11226250
1996 11226250
1997 11226250
1998 11226250
1999 11226250
2000 11226250
2001 11226250
2002 11226250
2003 11226070
2004 11226060
2005 11226070
2006 11226130
2007 11226150
2008 11226160
2009 11223650
2010 11223642
2011 11223647
2012 11223650
2013 11223458
2014 11223339
2015 11223347
2016 11223348
2017 11217089
2018 11217087
2019 11217103
2020 11217108
2021 11217118
2022

Middle East & North Africa | 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
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source