Albania | Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. 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. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Albania
Records
63
Source
Albania | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 28750
1962 28750
1963 28750
1964 28750
1965 28750
1966 28750
1967 28750
1968 28750
1969 28750
1970 28750
1971 28750
1972 28750
1973 28750
1974 28750
1975 28750
1976 28750
1977 28750
1978 28750
1979 28750
1980 28750
1981 28750
1982 28750
1983 28750
1984 28750
1985 28750
1986 28750
1987 28750
1988 28750
1989 28750
1990 28750
1991 28750
1992 28750
1993 28750
1994 28750
1995 28750
1996 28750
1997 28750
1998 28750
1999 28750
2000 28750
2001 28750
2002 28750
2003 28750
2004 28750
2005 28750
2006 28750
2007 28750
2008 28750
2009 28750
2010 28750
2011 28750
2012 28750
2013 28750
2014 28750
2015 28750
2016 28750
2017 28750
2018 28750
2019 28750
2020 28750
2021 28750
2022

Albania | Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. 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. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Albania
Records
63
Source