Belgium | 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
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source
Belgium | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 33120
1962 33120
1963 33120
1964 33120
1965 33120
1966 33120
1967 33120
1968 33120
1969 33120
1970 33120
1971 33120
1972 33120
1973 33120
1974 33120
1975 33120
1976 33120
1977 33120
1978 33120
1979 33120
1980 33120
1981 33120
1982 33120
1983 33120
1984 33120
1985 33120
1986 33120
1987 33120
1988 33120
1989 33120
1990 33120
1991 33120
1992 33120
1993 33120
1994 33120
1995 33120
1996 33120
1997 33120
1998 33120
1999 33120
2000 30530
2001 30530
2002 30530
2003 30530
2004 30530
2005 30530
2006 30530
2007 30530
2008 30530
2009 30530
2010 30530
2011 30530
2012 30530
2013 30530
2014 30530
2015 30530
2016 30530
2017 30530
2018 30530
2019 30530
2020 30530
2021 30530
2022

Belgium | 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
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source