Upper 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source
Upper middle income | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 34688960
1962 34688960
1963 34688960
1964 34688960
1965 34688960
1966 34688960
1967 34688960
1968 34688960
1969 34688960
1970 34688960
1971 34688960
1972 34688960
1973 34688960
1974 34688960
1975 34688960
1976 34688830
1977 34688830
1978 34688830
1979 34688830
1980 34688830
1981 34688830
1982 34688830
1983 34688830
1984 34688830
1985 34688830
1986 34688830
1987 34688830
1988 34688830
1989 34688830
1990 34688830
1991 34689470
1992 54742655
1993 54738929
1994 54734055
1995 54731075
1996 54730631
1997 54731312
1998 54705321
1999 54712140
2000 54770802
2001 54769891.2
2002 54767549.2
2003 54767589.7
2004 54767858.5
2005 54767943.8
2006 54865231.4
2007 54865009.8
2008 54864138.8
2009 54861020
2010 54861018
2011 54861418
2012 54861203
2013 54858612
2014 54858481
2015 54858566
2016 54858522
2017 54858284
2018 54858263.3
2019 54857469.9
2020 54854105.6
2021 54869206.47
2022

Upper 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source