Burkina Faso - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Burkina Faso was 274,220 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 274,220 in 2018 and a minimum value of 274,220 in 1961.

Definition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 274,220
1962 274,220
1963 274,220
1964 274,220
1965 274,220
1966 274,220
1967 274,220
1968 274,220
1969 274,220
1970 274,220
1971 274,220
1972 274,220
1973 274,220
1974 274,220
1975 274,220
1976 274,220
1977 274,220
1978 274,220
1979 274,220
1980 274,220
1981 274,220
1982 274,220
1983 274,220
1984 274,220
1985 274,220
1986 274,220
1987 274,220
1988 274,220
1989 274,220
1990 274,220
1991 274,220
1992 274,220
1993 274,220
1994 274,220
1995 274,220
1996 274,220
1997 274,220
1998 274,220
1999 274,220
2000 274,220
2001 274,220
2002 274,220
2003 274,220
2004 274,220
2005 274,220
2006 274,220
2007 274,220
2008 274,220
2009 274,220
2010 274,220
2011 274,220
2012 274,220
2013 274,220
2014 274,220
2015 274,220
2016 274,220
2017 274,220
2018 274,220

Development Relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use