Sierra Leone - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Sierra Leone was 72,180 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72,180 in 2021 and a minimum value of 72,180 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 72,180
1962 72,180
1963 72,180
1964 72,180
1965 72,180
1966 72,180
1967 72,180
1968 72,180
1969 72,180
1970 72,180
1971 72,180
1972 72,180
1973 72,180
1974 72,180
1975 72,180
1976 72,180
1977 72,180
1978 72,180
1979 72,180
1980 72,180
1981 72,180
1982 72,180
1983 72,180
1984 72,180
1985 72,180
1986 72,180
1987 72,180
1988 72,180
1989 72,180
1990 72,180
1991 72,180
1992 72,180
1993 72,180
1994 72,180
1995 72,180
1996 72,180
1997 72,180
1998 72,180
1999 72,180
2000 72,180
2001 72,180
2002 72,180
2003 72,180
2004 72,180
2005 72,180
2006 72,180
2007 72,180
2008 72,180
2009 72,180
2010 72,180
2011 72,180
2012 72,180
2013 72,180
2014 72,180
2015 72,180
2016 72,180
2017 72,180
2018 72,180
2019 72,180
2020 72,180
2021 72,180

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