Zambia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Zambia was 743,390 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 743,390 in 2021 and a minimum value of 743,390 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 743,390
1962 743,390
1963 743,390
1964 743,390
1965 743,390
1966 743,390
1967 743,390
1968 743,390
1969 743,390
1970 743,390
1971 743,390
1972 743,390
1973 743,390
1974 743,390
1975 743,390
1976 743,390
1977 743,390
1978 743,390
1979 743,390
1980 743,390
1981 743,390
1982 743,390
1983 743,390
1984 743,390
1985 743,390
1986 743,390
1987 743,390
1988 743,390
1989 743,390
1990 743,390
1991 743,390
1992 743,390
1993 743,390
1994 743,390
1995 743,390
1996 743,390
1997 743,390
1998 743,390
1999 743,390
2000 743,390
2001 743,390
2002 743,390
2003 743,390
2004 743,390
2005 743,390
2006 743,390
2007 743,390
2008 743,390
2009 743,390
2010 743,390
2011 743,390
2012 743,390
2013 743,390
2014 743,390
2015 743,390
2016 743,390
2017 743,390
2018 743,390
2019 743,390
2020 743,390
2021 743,390

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