United Arab Emirates | 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
United Arab Emirates
Records
63
Source
United Arab Emirates | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 71020
1962 71020
1963 71020
1964 71020
1965 71020
1966 71020
1967 71020
1968 71020
1969 71020
1970 71020
1971 71020
1972 71020
1973 71020
1974 71020
1975 71020
1976 71020
1977 71020
1978 71020
1979 71020
1980 71020
1981 71020
1982 71020
1983 71020
1984 71020
1985 71020
1986 71020
1987 71020
1988 71020
1989 71020
1990 71020
1991 71020
1992 71020
1993 71020
1994 71020
1995 71020
1996 71020
1997 71020
1998 71020
1999 71020
2000 71020
2001 71020
2002 71020
2003 71020
2004 71020
2005 71020
2006 71020
2007 71020
2008 71020
2009 71020
2010 71020
2011 71020
2012 71020
2013 71020
2014 71020
2015 71020
2016 71020
2017 71020
2018 71020
2019 71020
2020 71020
2021 71020
2022

United Arab Emirates | 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
United Arab Emirates
Records
63
Source