Zimbabwe | 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
Republic of Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source
Zimbabwe | Land area (sq. km)
1960
386850 1961
386850 1962
386850 1963
386850 1964
386850 1965
386850 1966
386850 1967
386850 1968
386850 1969
386850 1970
386850 1971
386850 1972
386850 1973
386850 1974
386850 1975
386850 1976
386850 1977
386850 1978
386850 1979
386850 1980
386850 1981
386850 1982
386850 1983
386850 1984
386850 1985
386850 1986
386850 1987
386850 1988
386850 1989
386850 1990
386850 1991
386850 1992
386850 1993
386850 1994
386850 1995
386850 1996
386850 1997
386850 1998
386850 1999
386850 2000
386850 2001
386850 2002
386850 2003
386850 2004
386850 2005
386850 2006
386850 2007
386850 2008
386850 2009
386850 2010
386850 2011
386850 2012
386850 2013
386850 2014
386850 2015
386850 2016
386850 2017
386850 2018
386850 2019
386850 2020
386850 2021
2022
Zimbabwe | 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
Republic of Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source