Côte d'Ivoire - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Côte d'Ivoire was 318,000 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 318,000 in 2021 and a minimum value of 318,000 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 318,000
1962 318,000
1963 318,000
1964 318,000
1965 318,000
1966 318,000
1967 318,000
1968 318,000
1969 318,000
1970 318,000
1971 318,000
1972 318,000
1973 318,000
1974 318,000
1975 318,000
1976 318,000
1977 318,000
1978 318,000
1979 318,000
1980 318,000
1981 318,000
1982 318,000
1983 318,000
1984 318,000
1985 318,000
1986 318,000
1987 318,000
1988 318,000
1989 318,000
1990 318,000
1991 318,000
1992 318,000
1993 318,000
1994 318,000
1995 318,000
1996 318,000
1997 318,000
1998 318,000
1999 318,000
2000 318,000
2001 318,000
2002 318,000
2003 318,000
2004 318,000
2005 318,000
2006 318,000
2007 318,000
2008 318,000
2009 318,000
2010 318,000
2011 318,000
2012 318,000
2013 318,000
2014 318,000
2015 318,000
2016 318,000
2017 318,000
2018 318,000
2019 318,000
2020 318,000
2021 318,000

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