Belize - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Belize was 22,810 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,810 in 2021 and a minimum value of 22,810 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 22,810
1962 22,810
1963 22,810
1964 22,810
1965 22,810
1966 22,810
1967 22,810
1968 22,810
1969 22,810
1970 22,810
1971 22,810
1972 22,810
1973 22,810
1974 22,810
1975 22,810
1976 22,810
1977 22,810
1978 22,810
1979 22,810
1980 22,810
1981 22,810
1982 22,810
1983 22,810
1984 22,810
1985 22,810
1986 22,810
1987 22,810
1988 22,810
1989 22,810
1990 22,810
1991 22,810
1992 22,810
1993 22,810
1994 22,810
1995 22,810
1996 22,810
1997 22,810
1998 22,810
1999 22,810
2000 22,810
2001 22,810
2002 22,810
2003 22,810
2004 22,810
2005 22,810
2006 22,810
2007 22,810
2008 22,810
2009 22,810
2010 22,810
2011 22,810
2012 22,810
2013 22,810
2014 22,810
2015 22,810
2016 22,810
2017 22,810
2018 22,810
2019 22,810
2020 22,810
2021 22,810

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