North Macedonia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in North Macedonia was 25,710 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,710 in 2018 and a minimum value of 25,710 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 25,710
1962 25,710
1963 25,710
1964 25,710
1965 25,710
1966 25,710
1967 25,710
1968 25,710
1969 25,710
1970 25,710
1971 25,710
1972 25,710
1973 25,710
1974 25,710
1975 25,710
1976 25,710
1977 25,710
1978 25,710
1979 25,710
1980 25,710
1981 25,710
1982 25,710
1983 25,710
1984 25,710
1985 25,710
1986 25,710
1987 25,710
1988 25,710
1989 25,710
1990 25,710
1991 25,710
1992 25,710
1993 25,710
1994 25,710
1995 25,710
1996 25,710
1997 25,710
1998 25,710
1999 25,710
2000 25,710
2001 25,710
2002 25,710
2003 25,710
2004 25,710
2005 25,710
2006 25,710
2007 25,710
2008 25,710
2009 25,710
2010 25,710
2011 25,710
2012 25,710
2013 25,710
2014 25,710
2015 25,710
2016 25,710
2017 25,710
2018 25,710

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