Eswatini - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Eswatini was 17,200 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,200 in 2021 and a minimum value of 17,200 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 17,200
1962 17,200
1963 17,200
1964 17,200
1965 17,200
1966 17,200
1967 17,200
1968 17,200
1969 17,200
1970 17,200
1971 17,200
1972 17,200
1973 17,200
1974 17,200
1975 17,200
1976 17,200
1977 17,200
1978 17,200
1979 17,200
1980 17,200
1981 17,200
1982 17,200
1983 17,200
1984 17,200
1985 17,200
1986 17,200
1987 17,200
1988 17,200
1989 17,200
1990 17,200
1991 17,200
1992 17,200
1993 17,200
1994 17,200
1995 17,200
1996 17,200
1997 17,200
1998 17,200
1999 17,200
2000 17,200
2001 17,200
2002 17,200
2003 17,200
2004 17,200
2005 17,200
2006 17,200
2007 17,200
2008 17,200
2009 17,200
2010 17,200
2011 17,200
2012 17,200
2013 17,200
2014 17,200
2015 17,200
2016 17,200
2017 17,200
2018 17,200
2019 17,200
2020 17,200
2021 17,200

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