Namibia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Namibia was 824,290 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 824,290 in 2018 and a minimum value of 824,290 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 824,290
1962 824,290
1963 824,290
1964 824,290
1965 824,290
1966 824,290
1967 824,290
1968 824,290
1969 824,290
1970 824,290
1971 824,290
1972 824,290
1973 824,290
1974 824,290
1975 824,290
1976 824,290
1977 824,290
1978 824,290
1979 824,290
1980 824,290
1981 824,290
1982 824,290
1983 824,290
1984 824,290
1985 824,290
1986 824,290
1987 824,290
1988 824,290
1989 824,290
1990 824,290
1991 824,290
1992 824,290
1993 824,290
1994 824,290
1995 824,290
1996 824,290
1997 824,290
1998 824,290
1999 824,290
2000 824,290
2001 824,290
2002 824,290
2003 824,290
2004 824,290
2005 824,290
2006 824,290
2007 824,290
2008 824,290
2009 824,290
2010 824,290
2011 824,290
2012 824,290
2013 824,290
2014 824,290
2015 824,290
2016 824,290
2017 824,290
2018 824,290

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