Russia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Russia was 16,376,870 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,389,950 in 1992 and a minimum value of 16,376,870 in 2008.

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 16,389,950
1962 16,389,950
1963 16,389,950
1964 16,389,950
1965 16,389,950
1966 16,389,950
1967 16,389,950
1968 16,389,950
1969 16,389,950
1970 16,389,950
1971 16,389,950
1972 16,389,950
1973 16,389,950
1974 16,389,950
1975 16,389,950
1976 16,389,950
1977 16,389,950
1978 16,389,950
1979 16,389,950
1980 16,389,950
1981 16,389,950
1982 16,389,950
1983 16,389,950
1984 16,389,950
1985 16,389,950
1986 16,389,950
1987 16,389,950
1988 16,389,950
1989 16,389,950
1990 16,389,950
1991 16,389,950
1992 16,389,950
1993 16,386,180
1994 16,381,330
1995 16,378,380
1996 16,377,960
1997 16,378,650
1998 16,381,300
1999 16,388,510
2000 16,381,340
2001 16,380,440
2002 16,380,940
2003 16,380,980
2004 16,381,230
2005 16,381,390
2006 16,377,740
2007 16,377,740
2008 16,376,870
2009 16,376,870
2010 16,376,870
2011 16,376,870
2012 16,376,870
2013 16,376,870
2014 16,376,870
2015 16,376,870
2016 16,376,870
2017 16,376,870
2018 16,376,870
2019 16,376,870
2020 16,376,870
2021 16,376,870

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