Other small states - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Other small states was 2,032,281 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,039,254 in 1993 and a minimum value of 2,030,668 in 2004.

Definition: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 2,039,234
1962 2,039,234
1963 2,039,234
1964 2,039,234
1965 2,039,234
1966 2,039,234
1967 2,039,234
1968 2,039,234
1969 2,039,234
1970 2,039,234
1971 2,039,234
1972 2,039,234
1973 2,039,234
1974 2,039,234
1975 2,039,234
1976 2,039,234
1977 2,039,234
1978 2,039,234
1979 2,039,234
1980 2,039,234
1981 2,039,234
1982 2,039,234
1983 2,039,234
1984 2,039,234
1985 2,039,234
1986 2,039,234
1987 2,039,234
1988 2,039,234
1989 2,039,234
1990 2,039,234
1991 2,039,234
1992 2,039,254
1993 2,039,254
1994 2,032,331
1995 2,032,331
1996 2,032,331
1997 2,032,331
1998 2,032,331
1999 2,032,331
2000 2,032,331
2001 2,032,331
2002 2,032,331
2003 2,032,341
2004 2,030,668
2005 2,030,678
2006 2,030,678
2007 2,030,688
2008 2,030,698
2009 2,030,698
2010 2,030,700
2011 2,030,705
2012 2,030,708
2013 2,031,788
2014 2,031,669
2015 2,031,676
2016 2,031,704
2017 2,031,705
2018 2,032,281
2019 2,032,281
2020 2,032,281
2021 2,032,281

Development Relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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