Pakistan - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Pakistan was 770,880 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 770,880 in 2021 and a minimum value of 770,880 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 770,880
1962 770,880
1963 770,880
1964 770,880
1965 770,880
1966 770,880
1967 770,880
1968 770,880
1969 770,880
1970 770,880
1971 770,880
1972 770,880
1973 770,880
1974 770,880
1975 770,880
1976 770,880
1977 770,880
1978 770,880
1979 770,880
1980 770,880
1981 770,880
1982 770,880
1983 770,880
1984 770,880
1985 770,880
1986 770,880
1987 770,880
1988 770,880
1989 770,880
1990 770,880
1991 770,880
1992 770,880
1993 770,880
1994 770,880
1995 770,880
1996 770,880
1997 770,880
1998 770,880
1999 770,880
2000 770,880
2001 770,880
2002 770,880
2003 770,880
2004 770,880
2005 770,880
2006 770,880
2007 770,880
2008 770,880
2009 770,880
2010 770,880
2011 770,880
2012 770,880
2013 770,880
2014 770,880
2015 770,880
2016 770,880
2017 770,880
2018 770,880
2019 770,880
2020 770,880
2021 770,880

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