Azerbaijan - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Azerbaijan was 82,654 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83,217 in 1997 and a minimum value of 82,604 in 2001.

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 83,217
1962 83,217
1963 83,217
1964 83,217
1965 83,217
1966 83,217
1967 83,217
1968 83,217
1969 83,217
1970 83,217
1971 83,217
1972 83,217
1973 83,217
1974 83,217
1975 83,217
1976 83,217
1977 83,217
1978 83,217
1979 83,217
1980 83,217
1981 83,217
1982 83,217
1983 83,217
1984 83,217
1985 83,217
1986 83,217
1987 83,217
1988 83,217
1989 83,217
1990 83,217
1991 83,217
1992 83,217
1993 83,217
1994 83,217
1995 83,217
1996 83,217
1997 83,217
1998 83,092
1999 82,705
2000 82,605
2001 82,604
2002 82,618
2003 82,652
2004 82,672
2005 82,660
2006 82,637
2007 82,629
2008 82,627
2009 82,622
2010 82,656
2011 82,658
2012 82,658
2013 82,659
2014 82,663
2015 82,663
2016 82,670
2017 82,662
2018 82,654
2019 82,654
2020 82,654
2021 82,654

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