Belgium - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Belgium was 30,280 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32,820 in 1999 and a minimum value of 30,280 in 2000.

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 32,820
1962 32,820
1963 32,820
1964 32,820
1965 32,820
1966 32,820
1967 32,820
1968 32,820
1969 32,820
1970 32,820
1971 32,820
1972 32,820
1973 32,820
1974 32,820
1975 32,820
1976 32,820
1977 32,820
1978 32,820
1979 32,820
1980 32,820
1981 32,820
1982 32,820
1983 32,820
1984 32,820
1985 32,820
1986 32,820
1987 32,820
1988 32,820
1989 32,820
1990 32,820
1991 32,820
1992 32,820
1993 32,820
1994 32,820
1995 32,820
1996 32,820
1997 32,820
1998 32,820
1999 32,820
2000 30,280
2001 30,280
2002 30,280
2003 30,280
2004 30,280
2005 30,280
2006 30,280
2007 30,280
2008 30,280
2009 30,280
2010 30,280
2011 30,280
2012 30,280
2013 30,280
2014 30,280
2015 30,280
2016 30,280
2017 30,280
2018 30,280
2019 30,280
2020 30,280
2021 30,280

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