Yemen - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Yemen was 527,970 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 527,970 in 2021 and a minimum value of 527,970 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 527,970
1962 527,970
1963 527,970
1964 527,970
1965 527,970
1966 527,970
1967 527,970
1968 527,970
1969 527,970
1970 527,970
1971 527,970
1972 527,970
1973 527,970
1974 527,970
1975 527,970
1976 527,970
1977 527,970
1978 527,970
1979 527,970
1980 527,970
1981 527,970
1982 527,970
1983 527,970
1984 527,970
1985 527,970
1986 527,970
1987 527,970
1988 527,970
1989 527,970
1990 527,970
1991 527,970
1992 527,970
1993 527,970
1994 527,970
1995 527,970
1996 527,970
1997 527,970
1998 527,970
1999 527,970
2000 527,970
2001 527,970
2002 527,970
2003 527,970
2004 527,970
2005 527,970
2006 527,970
2007 527,970
2008 527,970
2009 527,970
2010 527,970
2011 527,970
2012 527,970
2013 527,970
2014 527,970
2015 527,970
2016 527,970
2017 527,970
2018 527,970
2019 527,970
2020 527,970
2021 527,970

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