Vanuatu - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Vanuatu was 12,190 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,190 in 2021 and a minimum value of 12,190 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 12,190
1962 12,190
1963 12,190
1964 12,190
1965 12,190
1966 12,190
1967 12,190
1968 12,190
1969 12,190
1970 12,190
1971 12,190
1972 12,190
1973 12,190
1974 12,190
1975 12,190
1976 12,190
1977 12,190
1978 12,190
1979 12,190
1980 12,190
1981 12,190
1982 12,190
1983 12,190
1984 12,190
1985 12,190
1986 12,190
1987 12,190
1988 12,190
1989 12,190
1990 12,190
1991 12,190
1992 12,190
1993 12,190
1994 12,190
1995 12,190
1996 12,190
1997 12,190
1998 12,190
1999 12,190
2000 12,190
2001 12,190
2002 12,190
2003 12,190
2004 12,190
2005 12,190
2006 12,190
2007 12,190
2008 12,190
2009 12,190
2010 12,190
2011 12,190
2012 12,190
2013 12,190
2014 12,190
2015 12,190
2016 12,190
2017 12,190
2018 12,190
2019 12,190
2020 12,190
2021 12,190

Rural land area (sq. km)

Definition: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 12,210
2000 12,210
2010 12,210

Urban land area (sq. km)

Definition: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 97.81
2000 97.81
2010 97.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use