Variable: Land area (sq. km)

QoG Code: (wdi_area)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

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.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-19
Last updated by source: 2025-12-19


Categories:

Environment


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2026 Basic Time-series - 2026 OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 192
Basic time-series: 191
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 191
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1961-2023
Basic time-series: 1961-2023
OECD time-series: 1961-2023

This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1961 to the year 2023