Czech Republic - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Czech Republic was 78,870 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78,870 in 2018 and a minimum value of 78,870 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 78,870
1962 78,870
1963 78,870
1964 78,870
1965 78,870
1966 78,870
1967 78,870
1968 78,870
1969 78,870
1970 78,870
1971 78,870
1972 78,870
1973 78,870
1974 78,870
1975 78,870
1976 78,870
1977 78,870
1978 78,870
1979 78,870
1980 78,870
1981 78,870
1982 78,870
1983 78,870
1984 78,870
1985 78,870
1986 78,870
1987 78,870
1988 78,870
1989 78,870
1990 78,870
1991 78,870
1992 78,870
1993 78,870
1994 78,870
1995 78,870
1996 78,870
1997 78,870
1998 78,870
1999 78,870
2000 78,870
2001 78,870
2002 78,870
2003 78,870
2004 78,870
2005 78,870
2006 78,870
2007 78,870
2008 78,870
2009 78,870
2010 78,870
2011 78,870
2012 78,870
2013 78,870
2014 78,870
2015 78,870
2016 78,870
2017 78,870
2018 78,870

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