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
Middle income
Records
63
Source
Middle income | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 57370142.742
1962 57370142.742
1963 57370142.742
1964 57370142.742
1965 57370142.742
1966 57370142.742
1967 57370142.742
1968 57370142.742
1969 57370142.742
1970 57370142.742
1971 57370142.742
1972 57370142.742
1973 57370072.742
1974 57370032.742
1975 57370012.742
1976 57369882.742
1977 57369882.742
1978 57369882.742
1979 57369882.742
1980 57369882.742
1981 57369882.742
1982 57369882.742
1983 57369882.742
1984 57369882.742
1985 57369882.742
1986 57369882.742
1987 57369882.742
1988 57369882.742
1989 57369882.742
1990 57369882.742
1991 57371222.742
1992 78760917.742
1993 78757191.742
1994 78745394.742
1995 78742414.742
1996 78741970.742
1997 78742651.742
1998 78716660.742
1999 78723479.742
2000 78778626.742
2001 78777691.942
2002 78774800.168
2003 78781573.758
2004 78779773.519
2005 78782601.891
2006 78882953.493
2007 78882648.893
2008 78881780.887
2009 78879140.134
2010 78879404.418
2011 78879700.947
2012 78879509.946
2013 78876389.383
2014 78875417.921
2015 78879516.4
2016 78879194.4
2017 78872639.4
2018 78872660.3
2019 78871852.37
2020 78868790.403
2021 78883894.47
2022

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
Middle income
Records
63
Source