Dem. Rep. Congo - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 2,267,050 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,267,050 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,267,050 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 2,267,050
1962 2,267,050
1963 2,267,050
1964 2,267,050
1965 2,267,050
1966 2,267,050
1967 2,267,050
1968 2,267,050
1969 2,267,050
1970 2,267,050
1971 2,267,050
1972 2,267,050
1973 2,267,050
1974 2,267,050
1975 2,267,050
1976 2,267,050
1977 2,267,050
1978 2,267,050
1979 2,267,050
1980 2,267,050
1981 2,267,050
1982 2,267,050
1983 2,267,050
1984 2,267,050
1985 2,267,050
1986 2,267,050
1987 2,267,050
1988 2,267,050
1989 2,267,050
1990 2,267,050
1991 2,267,050
1992 2,267,050
1993 2,267,050
1994 2,267,050
1995 2,267,050
1996 2,267,050
1997 2,267,050
1998 2,267,050
1999 2,267,050
2000 2,267,050
2001 2,267,050
2002 2,267,050
2003 2,267,050
2004 2,267,050
2005 2,267,050
2006 2,267,050
2007 2,267,050
2008 2,267,050
2009 2,267,050
2010 2,267,050
2011 2,267,050
2012 2,267,050
2013 2,267,050
2014 2,267,050
2015 2,267,050
2016 2,267,050
2017 2,267,050
2018 2,267,050
2019 2,267,050
2020 2,267,050
2021 2,267,050

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