The Gambia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in The Gambia was 10,120 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,120 in 2021 and a minimum value of 10,120 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 10,120
1962 10,120
1963 10,120
1964 10,120
1965 10,120
1966 10,120
1967 10,120
1968 10,120
1969 10,120
1970 10,120
1971 10,120
1972 10,120
1973 10,120
1974 10,120
1975 10,120
1976 10,120
1977 10,120
1978 10,120
1979 10,120
1980 10,120
1981 10,120
1982 10,120
1983 10,120
1984 10,120
1985 10,120
1986 10,120
1987 10,120
1988 10,120
1989 10,120
1990 10,120
1991 10,120
1992 10,120
1993 10,120
1994 10,120
1995 10,120
1996 10,120
1997 10,120
1998 10,120
1999 10,120
2000 10,120
2001 10,120
2002 10,120
2003 10,120
2004 10,120
2005 10,120
2006 10,120
2007 10,120
2008 10,120
2009 10,120
2010 10,120
2011 10,120
2012 10,120
2013 10,120
2014 10,120
2015 10,120
2016 10,120
2017 10,120
2018 10,120
2019 10,120
2020 10,120
2021 10,120

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