Brunei - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Brunei was 5,270 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,270 in 2021 and a minimum value of 5,270 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 5,270
1962 5,270
1963 5,270
1964 5,270
1965 5,270
1966 5,270
1967 5,270
1968 5,270
1969 5,270
1970 5,270
1971 5,270
1972 5,270
1973 5,270
1974 5,270
1975 5,270
1976 5,270
1977 5,270
1978 5,270
1979 5,270
1980 5,270
1981 5,270
1982 5,270
1983 5,270
1984 5,270
1985 5,270
1986 5,270
1987 5,270
1988 5,270
1989 5,270
1990 5,270
1991 5,270
1992 5,270
1993 5,270
1994 5,270
1995 5,270
1996 5,270
1997 5,270
1998 5,270
1999 5,270
2000 5,270
2001 5,270
2002 5,270
2003 5,270
2004 5,270
2005 5,270
2006 5,270
2007 5,270
2008 5,270
2009 5,270
2010 5,270
2011 5,270
2012 5,270
2013 5,270
2014 5,270
2015 5,270
2016 5,270
2017 5,270
2018 5,270
2019 5,270
2020 5,270
2021 5,270

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