New Caledonia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in New Caledonia was 18,580 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,580 in 2018 and a minimum value of 18,580 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 18,580
1962 18,580
1963 18,580
1964 18,580
1965 18,580
1966 18,580
1967 18,580
1968 18,580
1969 18,580
1970 18,580
1971 18,580
1972 18,580
1973 18,580
1974 18,580
1975 18,580
1976 18,580
1977 18,580
1978 18,580
1979 18,580
1980 18,580
1981 18,580
1982 18,580
1983 18,580
1984 18,580
1985 18,580
1986 18,580
1987 18,580
1988 18,580
1989 18,580
1990 18,580
1991 18,580
1992 18,580
1993 18,580
1994 18,580
1995 18,580
1996 18,580
1997 18,580
1998 18,580
1999 18,580
2000 18,580
2001 18,580
2002 18,580
2003 18,580
2004 18,580
2005 18,580
2006 18,580
2007 18,580
2008 18,580
2009 18,580
2010 18,580
2011 18,580
2012 18,580
2013 18,580
2014 18,580
2015 18,580
2016 18,580
2017 18,580
2018 18,580

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