Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source
Venezuela, RB | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 882050
1962 882050
1963 882050
1964 882050
1965 882050
1966 882050
1967 882050
1968 882050
1969 882050
1970 882050
1971 882050
1972 882050
1973 882050
1974 882050
1975 882050
1976 882050
1977 882050
1978 882050
1979 882050
1980 882050
1981 882050
1982 882050
1983 882050
1984 882050
1985 882050
1986 882050
1987 882050
1988 882050
1989 882050
1990 882050
1991 882050
1992 882050
1993 882050
1994 882050
1995 882050
1996 882050
1997 882050
1998 882050
1999 882050
2000 882050
2001 882050
2002 882050
2003 882050
2004 882050
2005 882050
2006 882050
2007 882050
2008 882050
2009 882050
2010 882050
2011 882050
2012 882050
2013 882050
2014 882050
2015 882050
2016 882050
2017 882050
2018 882050
2019 882050
2020 882050
2021 882050
2022

Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source