Cambodia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Cambodia was 176,520 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 176,520 in 2021 and a minimum value of 176,520 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 176,520
1962 176,520
1963 176,520
1964 176,520
1965 176,520
1966 176,520
1967 176,520
1968 176,520
1969 176,520
1970 176,520
1971 176,520
1972 176,520
1973 176,520
1974 176,520
1975 176,520
1976 176,520
1977 176,520
1978 176,520
1979 176,520
1980 176,520
1981 176,520
1982 176,520
1983 176,520
1984 176,520
1985 176,520
1986 176,520
1987 176,520
1988 176,520
1989 176,520
1990 176,520
1991 176,520
1992 176,520
1993 176,520
1994 176,520
1995 176,520
1996 176,520
1997 176,520
1998 176,520
1999 176,520
2000 176,520
2001 176,520
2002 176,520
2003 176,520
2004 176,520
2005 176,520
2006 176,520
2007 176,520
2008 176,520
2009 176,520
2010 176,520
2011 176,520
2012 176,520
2013 176,520
2014 176,520
2015 176,520
2016 176,520
2017 176,520
2018 176,520
2019 176,520
2020 176,520
2021 176,520

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