Iraq - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Iraq was 434,128 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 437,370 in 2008 and a minimum value of 434,128 in 2013.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 437,370
1962 437,370
1963 437,370
1964 437,370
1965 437,370
1966 437,370
1967 437,370
1968 437,370
1969 437,370
1970 437,370
1971 437,370
1972 437,370
1973 437,370
1974 437,370
1975 437,370
1976 437,370
1977 437,370
1978 437,370
1979 437,370
1980 437,370
1981 437,370
1982 437,370
1983 437,370
1984 437,370
1985 437,370
1986 437,370
1987 437,370
1988 437,370
1989 437,370
1990 437,370
1991 437,370
1992 437,370
1993 437,370
1994 437,370
1995 437,370
1996 437,370
1997 437,370
1998 437,370
1999 437,370
2000 437,370
2001 437,370
2002 437,370
2003 437,370
2004 437,370
2005 437,370
2006 437,370
2007 437,370
2008 437,370
2009 434,320
2010 434,320
2011 434,320
2012 434,320
2013 434,128
2014 434,128
2015 434,128
2016 434,128
2017 434,128
2018 434,128
2019 434,128
2020 434,128
2021 434,128

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