Timor-Leste - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Timor-Leste was 14,870 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,870 in 2021 and a minimum value of 14,870 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 14,870
1962 14,870
1963 14,870
1964 14,870
1965 14,870
1966 14,870
1967 14,870
1968 14,870
1969 14,870
1970 14,870
1971 14,870
1972 14,870
1973 14,870
1974 14,870
1975 14,870
1976 14,870
1977 14,870
1978 14,870
1979 14,870
1980 14,870
1981 14,870
1982 14,870
1983 14,870
1984 14,870
1985 14,870
1986 14,870
1987 14,870
1988 14,870
1989 14,870
1990 14,870
1991 14,870
1992 14,870
1993 14,870
1994 14,870
1995 14,870
1996 14,870
1997 14,870
1998 14,870
1999 14,870
2000 14,870
2001 14,870
2002 14,870
2003 14,870
2004 14,870
2005 14,870
2006 14,870
2007 14,870
2008 14,870
2009 14,870
2010 14,870
2011 14,870
2012 14,870
2013 14,870
2014 14,870
2015 14,870
2016 14,870
2017 14,870
2018 14,870
2019 14,870
2020 14,870
2021 14,870

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