Tunisia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Tunisia was 155,360 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 155,360 in 2021 and a minimum value of 155,360 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 155,360
1962 155,360
1963 155,360
1964 155,360
1965 155,360
1966 155,360
1967 155,360
1968 155,360
1969 155,360
1970 155,360
1971 155,360
1972 155,360
1973 155,360
1974 155,360
1975 155,360
1976 155,360
1977 155,360
1978 155,360
1979 155,360
1980 155,360
1981 155,360
1982 155,360
1983 155,360
1984 155,360
1985 155,360
1986 155,360
1987 155,360
1988 155,360
1989 155,360
1990 155,360
1991 155,360
1992 155,360
1993 155,360
1994 155,360
1995 155,360
1996 155,360
1997 155,360
1998 155,360
1999 155,360
2000 155,360
2001 155,360
2002 155,360
2003 155,360
2004 155,360
2005 155,360
2006 155,360
2007 155,360
2008 155,360
2009 155,360
2010 155,360
2011 155,360
2012 155,360
2013 155,360
2014 155,360
2015 155,360
2016 155,360
2017 155,360
2018 155,360
2019 155,360
2020 155,360
2021 155,360

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