Benin - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Benin was 112,760 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 112,760 in 2021 and a minimum value of 112,760 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 112,760
1962 112,760
1963 112,760
1964 112,760
1965 112,760
1966 112,760
1967 112,760
1968 112,760
1969 112,760
1970 112,760
1971 112,760
1972 112,760
1973 112,760
1974 112,760
1975 112,760
1976 112,760
1977 112,760
1978 112,760
1979 112,760
1980 112,760
1981 112,760
1982 112,760
1983 112,760
1984 112,760
1985 112,760
1986 112,760
1987 112,760
1988 112,760
1989 112,760
1990 112,760
1991 112,760
1992 112,760
1993 112,760
1994 112,760
1995 112,760
1996 112,760
1997 112,760
1998 112,760
1999 112,760
2000 112,760
2001 112,760
2002 112,760
2003 112,760
2004 112,760
2005 112,760
2006 112,760
2007 112,760
2008 112,760
2009 112,760
2010 112,760
2011 112,760
2012 112,760
2013 112,760
2014 112,760
2015 112,760
2016 112,760
2017 112,760
2018 112,760
2019 112,760
2020 112,760
2021 112,760

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