Mozambique - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Mozambique was 786,380 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 786,380 in 2021 and a minimum value of 786,380 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 786,380
1962 786,380
1963 786,380
1964 786,380
1965 786,380
1966 786,380
1967 786,380
1968 786,380
1969 786,380
1970 786,380
1971 786,380
1972 786,380
1973 786,380
1974 786,380
1975 786,380
1976 786,380
1977 786,380
1978 786,380
1979 786,380
1980 786,380
1981 786,380
1982 786,380
1983 786,380
1984 786,380
1985 786,380
1986 786,380
1987 786,380
1988 786,380
1989 786,380
1990 786,380
1991 786,380
1992 786,380
1993 786,380
1994 786,380
1995 786,380
1996 786,380
1997 786,380
1998 786,380
1999 786,380
2000 786,380
2001 786,380
2002 786,380
2003 786,380
2004 786,380
2005 786,380
2006 786,380
2007 786,380
2008 786,380
2009 786,380
2010 786,380
2011 786,380
2012 786,380
2013 786,380
2014 786,380
2015 786,380
2016 786,380
2017 786,380
2018 786,380
2019 786,380
2020 786,380
2021 786,380

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