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
799380 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
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