Iraq - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Iraq was 435,052 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 438,320 in 2008 and a minimum value of 435,052 in 2013.

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 438,320
1962 438,320
1963 438,320
1964 438,320
1965 438,320
1966 438,320
1967 438,320
1968 438,320
1969 438,320
1970 438,320
1971 438,320
1972 438,320
1973 438,320
1974 438,320
1975 438,320
1976 438,320
1977 438,320
1978 438,320
1979 438,320
1980 438,320
1981 438,320
1982 438,320
1983 438,320
1984 438,320
1985 438,320
1986 438,320
1987 438,320
1988 438,320
1989 438,320
1990 438,320
1991 438,320
1992 438,320
1993 438,320
1994 438,320
1995 438,320
1996 438,320
1997 438,320
1998 438,320
1999 438,320
2000 438,320
2001 438,320
2002 438,320
2003 438,320
2004 438,320
2005 438,320
2006 438,320
2007 438,320
2008 438,320
2009 435,240
2010 435,240
2011 435,240
2012 435,240
2013 435,052
2014 435,052
2015 435,052
2016 435,052
2017 435,052
2018 435,052

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