Cabo Verde - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Cabo Verde was 4,030 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,030 in 2021 and a minimum value of 4,030 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 4,030
1962 4,030
1963 4,030
1964 4,030
1965 4,030
1966 4,030
1967 4,030
1968 4,030
1969 4,030
1970 4,030
1971 4,030
1972 4,030
1973 4,030
1974 4,030
1975 4,030
1976 4,030
1977 4,030
1978 4,030
1979 4,030
1980 4,030
1981 4,030
1982 4,030
1983 4,030
1984 4,030
1985 4,030
1986 4,030
1987 4,030
1988 4,030
1989 4,030
1990 4,030
1991 4,030
1992 4,030
1993 4,030
1994 4,030
1995 4,030
1996 4,030
1997 4,030
1998 4,030
1999 4,030
2000 4,030
2001 4,030
2002 4,030
2003 4,030
2004 4,030
2005 4,030
2006 4,030
2007 4,030
2008 4,030
2009 4,030
2010 4,030
2011 4,030
2012 4,030
2013 4,030
2014 4,030
2015 4,030
2016 4,030
2017 4,030
2018 4,030
2019 4,030
2020 4,030
2021 4,030

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