Tajikistan - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Tajikistan was 138,790 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 139,960 in 2013 and a minimum value of 138,786 in 2014.

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 139,960
1962 139,960
1963 139,960
1964 139,960
1965 139,960
1966 139,960
1967 139,960
1968 139,960
1969 139,960
1970 139,960
1971 139,960
1972 139,960
1973 139,960
1974 139,960
1975 139,960
1976 139,960
1977 139,960
1978 139,960
1979 139,960
1980 139,960
1981 139,960
1982 139,960
1983 139,960
1984 139,960
1985 139,960
1986 139,960
1987 139,960
1988 139,960
1989 139,960
1990 139,960
1991 139,960
1992 139,960
1993 139,960
1994 139,960
1995 139,960
1996 139,960
1997 139,960
1998 139,960
1999 139,960
2000 139,960
2001 139,960
2002 139,960
2003 139,960
2004 139,960
2005 139,960
2006 139,960
2007 139,960
2008 139,960
2009 139,960
2010 139,960
2011 139,960
2012 139,960
2013 139,960
2014 138,786
2015 138,790
2016 138,790
2017 138,790
2018 138,790
2019 138,790
2020 138,790
2021 138,790

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