Uganda - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Uganda was 241,550 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 241,550 in 2018 and a minimum value of 241,550 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 241,550
1962 241,550
1963 241,550
1964 241,550
1965 241,550
1966 241,550
1967 241,550
1968 241,550
1969 241,550
1970 241,550
1971 241,550
1972 241,550
1973 241,550
1974 241,550
1975 241,550
1976 241,550
1977 241,550
1978 241,550
1979 241,550
1980 241,550
1981 241,550
1982 241,550
1983 241,550
1984 241,550
1985 241,550
1986 241,550
1987 241,550
1988 241,550
1989 241,550
1990 241,550
1991 241,550
1992 241,550
1993 241,550
1994 241,550
1995 241,550
1996 241,550
1997 241,550
1998 241,550
1999 241,550
2000 241,550
2001 241,550
2002 241,550
2003 241,550
2004 241,550
2005 241,550
2006 241,550
2007 241,550
2008 241,550
2009 241,550
2010 241,550
2011 241,550
2012 241,550
2013 241,550
2014 241,550
2015 241,550
2016 241,550
2017 241,550
2018 241,550

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