Luxembourg - Land area

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

Rural land area (sq. km)

Definition: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 1,783
2000 1,783
2010 1,783

Urban land area (sq. km)

Definition: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 801.08
2000 801.08
2010 801.08

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use