Burundi - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Burundi was 25,680 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,680 in 2021 and a minimum value of 25,680 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 25,680
1962 25,680
1963 25,680
1964 25,680
1965 25,680
1966 25,680
1967 25,680
1968 25,680
1969 25,680
1970 25,680
1971 25,680
1972 25,680
1973 25,680
1974 25,680
1975 25,680
1976 25,680
1977 25,680
1978 25,680
1979 25,680
1980 25,680
1981 25,680
1982 25,680
1983 25,680
1984 25,680
1985 25,680
1986 25,680
1987 25,680
1988 25,680
1989 25,680
1990 25,680
1991 25,680
1992 25,680
1993 25,680
1994 25,680
1995 25,680
1996 25,680
1997 25,680
1998 25,680
1999 25,680
2000 25,680
2001 25,680
2002 25,680
2003 25,680
2004 25,680
2005 25,680
2006 25,680
2007 25,680
2008 25,680
2009 25,680
2010 25,680
2011 25,680
2012 25,680
2013 25,680
2014 25,680
2015 25,680
2016 25,680
2017 25,680
2018 25,680
2019 25,680
2020 25,680
2021 25,680

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