Mongolia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Mongolia was 1,564,116 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,564,120 in 2016 and a minimum value of 1,564,116 in 2017.

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 1,564,120
1962 1,564,120
1963 1,564,120
1964 1,564,120
1965 1,564,120
1966 1,564,120
1967 1,564,120
1968 1,564,120
1969 1,564,120
1970 1,564,120
1971 1,564,120
1972 1,564,120
1973 1,564,120
1974 1,564,120
1975 1,564,120
1976 1,564,120
1977 1,564,120
1978 1,564,120
1979 1,564,120
1980 1,564,120
1981 1,564,120
1982 1,564,120
1983 1,564,120
1984 1,564,120
1985 1,564,120
1986 1,564,120
1987 1,564,120
1988 1,564,120
1989 1,564,120
1990 1,564,120
1991 1,564,120
1992 1,564,120
1993 1,564,120
1994 1,564,120
1995 1,564,120
1996 1,564,120
1997 1,564,120
1998 1,564,120
1999 1,564,120
2000 1,564,120
2001 1,564,120
2002 1,564,120
2003 1,564,120
2004 1,564,120
2005 1,564,120
2006 1,564,120
2007 1,564,120
2008 1,564,120
2009 1,564,120
2010 1,564,120
2011 1,564,120
2012 1,564,120
2013 1,564,120
2014 1,564,120
2015 1,564,120
2016 1,564,120
2017 1,564,116
2018 1,564,116

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