Comoros - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Comoros was 1,861 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,861 in 2021 and a minimum value of 1,861 in 1961.

Definition: 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.

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

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Year Value
1961 1,861
1962 1,861
1963 1,861
1964 1,861
1965 1,861
1966 1,861
1967 1,861
1968 1,861
1969 1,861
1970 1,861
1971 1,861
1972 1,861
1973 1,861
1974 1,861
1975 1,861
1976 1,861
1977 1,861
1978 1,861
1979 1,861
1980 1,861
1981 1,861
1982 1,861
1983 1,861
1984 1,861
1985 1,861
1986 1,861
1987 1,861
1988 1,861
1989 1,861
1990 1,861
1991 1,861
1992 1,861
1993 1,861
1994 1,861
1995 1,861
1996 1,861
1997 1,861
1998 1,861
1999 1,861
2000 1,861
2001 1,861
2002 1,861
2003 1,861
2004 1,861
2005 1,861
2006 1,861
2007 1,861
2008 1,861
2009 1,861
2010 1,861
2011 1,861
2012 1,861
2013 1,861
2014 1,861
2015 1,861
2016 1,861
2017 1,861
2018 1,861
2019 1,861
2020 1,861
2021 1,861

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.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use