Luxembourg - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Luxembourg was 2,430 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,430 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,430 in 2000.

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
2000 2,430
2001 2,430
2002 2,430
2003 2,430
2004 2,430
2005 2,430
2006 2,430
2007 2,430
2008 2,430
2009 2,430
2010 2,430
2011 2,430
2012 2,430
2013 2,430
2014 2,430
2015 2,430
2016 2,430
2017 2,430
2018 2,430
2019 2,430
2020 2,430
2021 2,430

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