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
28750 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
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