Tanzania - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Tanzania was 885,800 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 885,800 in 2021 and a minimum value of 885,800 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 885,800
1962 885,800
1963 885,800
1964 885,800
1965 885,800
1966 885,800
1967 885,800
1968 885,800
1969 885,800
1970 885,800
1971 885,800
1972 885,800
1973 885,800
1974 885,800
1975 885,800
1976 885,800
1977 885,800
1978 885,800
1979 885,800
1980 885,800
1981 885,800
1982 885,800
1983 885,800
1984 885,800
1985 885,800
1986 885,800
1987 885,800
1988 885,800
1989 885,800
1990 885,800
1991 885,800
1992 885,800
1993 885,800
1994 885,800
1995 885,800
1996 885,800
1997 885,800
1998 885,800
1999 885,800
2000 885,800
2001 885,800
2002 885,800
2003 885,800
2004 885,800
2005 885,800
2006 885,800
2007 885,800
2008 885,800
2009 885,800
2010 885,800
2011 885,800
2012 885,800
2013 885,800
2014 885,800
2015 885,800
2016 885,800
2017 885,800
2018 885,800
2019 885,800
2020 885,800
2021 885,800

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