Liberia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Liberia was 96,320 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96,320 in 2021 and a minimum value of 96,320 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 96,320
1962 96,320
1963 96,320
1964 96,320
1965 96,320
1966 96,320
1967 96,320
1968 96,320
1969 96,320
1970 96,320
1971 96,320
1972 96,320
1973 96,320
1974 96,320
1975 96,320
1976 96,320
1977 96,320
1978 96,320
1979 96,320
1980 96,320
1981 96,320
1982 96,320
1983 96,320
1984 96,320
1985 96,320
1986 96,320
1987 96,320
1988 96,320
1989 96,320
1990 96,320
1991 96,320
1992 96,320
1993 96,320
1994 96,320
1995 96,320
1996 96,320
1997 96,320
1998 96,320
1999 96,320
2000 96,320
2001 96,320
2002 96,320
2003 96,320
2004 96,320
2005 96,320
2006 96,320
2007 96,320
2008 96,320
2009 96,320
2010 96,320
2011 96,320
2012 96,320
2013 96,320
2014 96,320
2015 96,320
2016 96,320
2017 96,320
2018 96,320
2019 96,320
2020 96,320
2021 96,320

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