Rwanda - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Rwanda was 24,670 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,670 in 2021 and a minimum value of 24,670 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 24,670
1962 24,670
1963 24,670
1964 24,670
1965 24,670
1966 24,670
1967 24,670
1968 24,670
1969 24,670
1970 24,670
1971 24,670
1972 24,670
1973 24,670
1974 24,670
1975 24,670
1976 24,670
1977 24,670
1978 24,670
1979 24,670
1980 24,670
1981 24,670
1982 24,670
1983 24,670
1984 24,670
1985 24,670
1986 24,670
1987 24,670
1988 24,670
1989 24,670
1990 24,670
1991 24,670
1992 24,670
1993 24,670
1994 24,670
1995 24,670
1996 24,670
1997 24,670
1998 24,670
1999 24,670
2000 24,670
2001 24,670
2002 24,670
2003 24,670
2004 24,670
2005 24,670
2006 24,670
2007 24,670
2008 24,670
2009 24,670
2010 24,670
2011 24,670
2012 24,670
2013 24,670
2014 24,670
2015 24,670
2016 24,670
2017 24,670
2018 24,670
2019 24,670
2020 24,670
2021 24,670

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