Mozambique | 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 Mozambique
Records
63
Source
Mozambique | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 799380
1962 799380
1963 799380
1964 799380
1965 799380
1966 799380
1967 799380
1968 799380
1969 799380
1970 799380
1971 799380
1972 799380
1973 799380
1974 799380
1975 799380
1976 799380
1977 799380
1978 799380
1979 799380
1980 799380
1981 799380
1982 799380
1983 799380
1984 799380
1985 799380
1986 799380
1987 799380
1988 799380
1989 799380
1990 799380
1991 799380
1992 799380
1993 799380
1994 799380
1995 799380
1996 799380
1997 799380
1998 799380
1999 799380
2000 799380
2001 799380
2002 799380
2003 799380
2004 799380
2005 799380
2006 799380
2007 799380
2008 799380
2009 799380
2010 799380
2011 799380
2012 799380
2013 799380
2014 799380
2015 799380
2016 799380
2017 799380
2018 799380
2019 799380
2020 799380
2021 799380
2022

Mozambique | 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 Mozambique
Records
63
Source