Liberia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Liberia was 111,370 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 111,370 in 2018 and a minimum value of 111,370 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 111,370
1962 111,370
1963 111,370
1964 111,370
1965 111,370
1966 111,370
1967 111,370
1968 111,370
1969 111,370
1970 111,370
1971 111,370
1972 111,370
1973 111,370
1974 111,370
1975 111,370
1976 111,370
1977 111,370
1978 111,370
1979 111,370
1980 111,370
1981 111,370
1982 111,370
1983 111,370
1984 111,370
1985 111,370
1986 111,370
1987 111,370
1988 111,370
1989 111,370
1990 111,370
1991 111,370
1992 111,370
1993 111,370
1994 111,370
1995 111,370
1996 111,370
1997 111,370
1998 111,370
1999 111,370
2000 111,370
2001 111,370
2002 111,370
2003 111,370
2004 111,370
2005 111,370
2006 111,370
2007 111,370
2008 111,370
2009 111,370
2010 111,370
2011 111,370
2012 111,370
2013 111,370
2014 111,370
2015 111,370
2016 111,370
2017 111,370
2018 111,370

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