Fragile and conflict affected situations - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 19,947,740 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,962,760 in 2007 and a minimum value of 19,833,460 in 2003.

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 19,935,140
1962 19,935,140
1963 19,935,140
1964 19,935,140
1965 19,935,140
1966 19,935,140
1967 19,935,140
1968 19,935,140
1969 19,935,140
1970 19,935,140
1971 19,935,140
1972 19,935,140
1973 19,935,140
1974 19,934,740
1975 19,934,340
1976 19,934,340
1977 19,934,340
1978 19,934,340
1979 19,934,340
1980 19,934,340
1981 19,934,340
1982 19,934,340
1983 19,934,340
1984 19,934,340
1985 19,934,340
1986 19,934,340
1987 19,934,340
1988 19,934,340
1989 19,934,340
1990 19,934,340
1991 19,935,220
1992 19,935,220
1993 19,834,220
1994 19,834,220
1995 19,834,220
1996 19,834,220
1997 19,834,220
1998 19,834,090
1999 19,833,710
2000 19,833,610
2001 19,833,610
2002 19,833,620
2003 19,833,460
2004 19,962,610
2005 19,962,590
2006 19,962,730
2007 19,962,760
2008 19,962,530
2009 19,959,460
2010 19,959,430
2011 19,959,420
2012 19,959,280
2013 19,959,020
2014 19,958,990
2015 19,959,040
2016 19,958,960
2017 19,958,630
2018 19,947,740
2019 19,947,740
2020 19,947,740
2021 19,947,740

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