Egypt - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Egypt was 995,450 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 995,450 in 2021 and a minimum value of 995,450 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 995,450
1962 995,450
1963 995,450
1964 995,450
1965 995,450
1966 995,450
1967 995,450
1968 995,450
1969 995,450
1970 995,450
1971 995,450
1972 995,450
1973 995,450
1974 995,450
1975 995,450
1976 995,450
1977 995,450
1978 995,450
1979 995,450
1980 995,450
1981 995,450
1982 995,450
1983 995,450
1984 995,450
1985 995,450
1986 995,450
1987 995,450
1988 995,450
1989 995,450
1990 995,450
1991 995,450
1992 995,450
1993 995,450
1994 995,450
1995 995,450
1996 995,450
1997 995,450
1998 995,450
1999 995,450
2000 995,450
2001 995,450
2002 995,450
2003 995,450
2004 995,450
2005 995,450
2006 995,450
2007 995,450
2008 995,450
2009 995,450
2010 995,450
2011 995,450
2012 995,450
2013 995,450
2014 995,450
2015 995,450
2016 995,450
2017 995,450
2018 995,450
2019 995,450
2020 995,450
2021 995,450

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