Fragile and conflict affected situations - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 20,228,080 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,239,170 in 2012 and a minimum value of 17,722,270 in 1993.

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 17,838,990
1962 17,838,990
1963 17,838,990
1964 17,838,990
1965 17,838,990
1966 17,838,990
1967 17,838,990
1968 17,838,990
1969 17,838,990
1970 17,838,990
1971 17,838,990
1972 17,838,990
1973 17,838,990
1974 17,838,990
1975 17,838,990
1976 17,838,990
1977 17,838,990
1978 17,838,990
1979 17,838,990
1980 17,838,990
1981 17,838,990
1982 17,838,990
1983 17,838,990
1984 17,838,990
1985 17,838,990
1986 17,838,990
1987 17,838,990
1988 17,838,990
1989 17,838,990
1990 17,838,990
1991 17,839,870
1992 17,839,870
1993 17,722,270
1994 17,722,270
1995 17,722,270
1996 17,722,270
1997 17,722,270
1998 17,722,270
1999 17,722,270
2000 17,722,270
2001 17,722,270
2002 17,722,270
2003 17,722,270
2004 17,754,240
2005 17,754,240
2006 17,754,240
2007 17,754,230
2008 17,754,230
2009 17,751,150
2010 17,751,150
2011 20,239,170
2012 20,239,170
2013 20,238,970
2014 20,238,970
2015 20,238,970
2016 20,238,970
2017 20,238,970
2018 20,228,080

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