Timor-Leste | 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
Timor-Leste
Records
63
Source
Timor-Leste | Land area (sq. km)
1960
14870 1961
14870 1962
14870 1963
14870 1964
14870 1965
14870 1966
14870 1967
14870 1968
14870 1969
14870 1970
14870 1971
14870 1972
14870 1973
14870 1974
14870 1975
14870 1976
14870 1977
14870 1978
14870 1979
14870 1980
14870 1981
14870 1982
14870 1983
14870 1984
14870 1985
14870 1986
14870 1987
14870 1988
14870 1989
14870 1990
14870 1991
14870 1992
14870 1993
14870 1994
14870 1995
14870 1996
14870 1997
14870 1998
14870 1999
14870 2000
14870 2001
14870 2002
14870 2003
14870 2004
14870 2005
14870 2006
14870 2007
14870 2008
14870 2009
14870 2010
14870 2011
14870 2012
14870 2013
14870 2014
14870 2015
14870 2016
14870 2017
14870 2018
14870 2019
14870 2020
14870 2021
2022

Timor-Leste | 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
Timor-Leste
Records
63
Source