Malaysia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Malaysia was 328,550 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 328,550 in 2021 and a minimum value of 328,550 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 328,550
1962 328,550
1963 328,550
1964 328,550
1965 328,550
1966 328,550
1967 328,550
1968 328,550
1969 328,550
1970 328,550
1971 328,550
1972 328,550
1973 328,550
1974 328,550
1975 328,550
1976 328,550
1977 328,550
1978 328,550
1979 328,550
1980 328,550
1981 328,550
1982 328,550
1983 328,550
1984 328,550
1985 328,550
1986 328,550
1987 328,550
1988 328,550
1989 328,550
1990 328,550
1991 328,550
1992 328,550
1993 328,550
1994 328,550
1995 328,550
1996 328,550
1997 328,550
1998 328,550
1999 328,550
2000 328,550
2001 328,550
2002 328,550
2003 328,550
2004 328,550
2005 328,550
2006 328,550
2007 328,550
2008 328,550
2009 328,550
2010 328,550
2011 328,550
2012 328,550
2013 328,550
2014 328,550
2015 328,550
2016 328,550
2017 328,550
2018 328,550
2019 328,550
2020 328,550
2021 328,550

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