Israel - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Israel was 21,640 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,640 in 2021 and a minimum value of 21,640 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 21,640
1962 21,640
1963 21,640
1964 21,640
1965 21,640
1966 21,640
1967 21,640
1968 21,640
1969 21,640
1970 21,640
1971 21,640
1972 21,640
1973 21,640
1974 21,640
1975 21,640
1976 21,640
1977 21,640
1978 21,640
1979 21,640
1980 21,640
1981 21,640
1982 21,640
1983 21,640
1984 21,640
1985 21,640
1986 21,640
1987 21,640
1988 21,640
1989 21,640
1990 21,640
1991 21,640
1992 21,640
1993 21,640
1994 21,640
1995 21,640
1996 21,640
1997 21,640
1998 21,640
1999 21,640
2000 21,640
2001 21,640
2002 21,640
2003 21,640
2004 21,640
2005 21,640
2006 21,640
2007 21,640
2008 21,640
2009 21,640
2010 21,640
2011 21,640
2012 21,640
2013 21,640
2014 21,640
2015 21,640
2016 21,640
2017 21,640
2018 21,640
2019 21,640
2020 21,640
2021 21,640

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