Namibia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Namibia was 823,290 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 823,290 in 2021 and a minimum value of 823,290 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 823,290
1962 823,290
1963 823,290
1964 823,290
1965 823,290
1966 823,290
1967 823,290
1968 823,290
1969 823,290
1970 823,290
1971 823,290
1972 823,290
1973 823,290
1974 823,290
1975 823,290
1976 823,290
1977 823,290
1978 823,290
1979 823,290
1980 823,290
1981 823,290
1982 823,290
1983 823,290
1984 823,290
1985 823,290
1986 823,290
1987 823,290
1988 823,290
1989 823,290
1990 823,290
1991 823,290
1992 823,290
1993 823,290
1994 823,290
1995 823,290
1996 823,290
1997 823,290
1998 823,290
1999 823,290
2000 823,290
2001 823,290
2002 823,290
2003 823,290
2004 823,290
2005 823,290
2006 823,290
2007 823,290
2008 823,290
2009 823,290
2010 823,290
2011 823,290
2012 823,290
2013 823,290
2014 823,290
2015 823,290
2016 823,290
2017 823,290
2018 823,290
2019 823,290
2020 823,290
2021 823,290

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