Grenada - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Grenada was 340.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 340.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 340.00 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 340.00
1962 340.00
1963 340.00
1964 340.00
1965 340.00
1966 340.00
1967 340.00
1968 340.00
1969 340.00
1970 340.00
1971 340.00
1972 340.00
1973 340.00
1974 340.00
1975 340.00
1976 340.00
1977 340.00
1978 340.00
1979 340.00
1980 340.00
1981 340.00
1982 340.00
1983 340.00
1984 340.00
1985 340.00
1986 340.00
1987 340.00
1988 340.00
1989 340.00
1990 340.00
1991 340.00
1992 340.00
1993 340.00
1994 340.00
1995 340.00
1996 340.00
1997 340.00
1998 340.00
1999 340.00
2000 340.00
2001 340.00
2002 340.00
2003 340.00
2004 340.00
2005 340.00
2006 340.00
2007 340.00
2008 340.00
2009 340.00
2010 340.00
2011 340.00
2012 340.00
2013 340.00
2014 340.00
2015 340.00
2016 340.00
2017 340.00
2018 340.00

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