Mozambique - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Mozambique was 799,380 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 799,380 in 2018 and a minimum value of 799,380 in 1961.

Definition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 799,380
1962 799,380
1963 799,380
1964 799,380
1965 799,380
1966 799,380
1967 799,380
1968 799,380
1969 799,380
1970 799,380
1971 799,380
1972 799,380
1973 799,380
1974 799,380
1975 799,380
1976 799,380
1977 799,380
1978 799,380
1979 799,380
1980 799,380
1981 799,380
1982 799,380
1983 799,380
1984 799,380
1985 799,380
1986 799,380
1987 799,380
1988 799,380
1989 799,380
1990 799,380
1991 799,380
1992 799,380
1993 799,380
1994 799,380
1995 799,380
1996 799,380
1997 799,380
1998 799,380
1999 799,380
2000 799,380
2001 799,380
2002 799,380
2003 799,380
2004 799,380
2005 799,380
2006 799,380
2007 799,380
2008 799,380
2009 799,380
2010 799,380
2011 799,380
2012 799,380
2013 799,380
2014 799,380
2015 799,380
2016 799,380
2017 799,380
2018 799,380

Development Relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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