Nicaragua - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Nicaragua was 130,370 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 130,370 in 2018 and a minimum value of 130,370 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 130,370
1962 130,370
1963 130,370
1964 130,370
1965 130,370
1966 130,370
1967 130,370
1968 130,370
1969 130,370
1970 130,370
1971 130,370
1972 130,370
1973 130,370
1974 130,370
1975 130,370
1976 130,370
1977 130,370
1978 130,370
1979 130,370
1980 130,370
1981 130,370
1982 130,370
1983 130,370
1984 130,370
1985 130,370
1986 130,370
1987 130,370
1988 130,370
1989 130,370
1990 130,370
1991 130,370
1992 130,370
1993 130,370
1994 130,370
1995 130,370
1996 130,370
1997 130,370
1998 130,370
1999 130,370
2000 130,370
2001 130,370
2002 130,370
2003 130,370
2004 130,370
2005 130,370
2006 130,370
2007 130,370
2008 130,370
2009 130,370
2010 130,370
2011 130,370
2012 130,370
2013 130,370
2014 130,370
2015 130,370
2016 130,370
2017 130,370
2018 130,370

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