Samoa - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Samoa was 2,830 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,830 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,830 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 2,830
1962 2,830
1963 2,830
1964 2,830
1965 2,830
1966 2,830
1967 2,830
1968 2,830
1969 2,830
1970 2,830
1971 2,830
1972 2,830
1973 2,830
1974 2,830
1975 2,830
1976 2,830
1977 2,830
1978 2,830
1979 2,830
1980 2,830
1981 2,830
1982 2,830
1983 2,830
1984 2,830
1985 2,830
1986 2,830
1987 2,830
1988 2,830
1989 2,830
1990 2,830
1991 2,830
1992 2,830
1993 2,830
1994 2,830
1995 2,830
1996 2,830
1997 2,830
1998 2,830
1999 2,830
2000 2,830
2001 2,830
2002 2,830
2003 2,830
2004 2,830
2005 2,830
2006 2,830
2007 2,830
2008 2,830
2009 2,830
2010 2,830
2011 2,830
2012 2,830
2013 2,830
2014 2,830
2015 2,830
2016 2,830
2017 2,830
2018 2,830
2019 2,830
2020 2,830
2021 2,830

Rural land area (sq. km)

Definition: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 2,748
2000 2,748
2010 2,748

Urban land area (sq. km)

Definition: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 108.13
2000 108.13
2010 108.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use