Caribbean small states | 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
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source
Caribbean small states | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 435080
1962 435080
1963 435080
1964 435080
1965 435080
1966 435080
1967 435080
1968 435080
1969 435080
1970 435080
1971 435080
1972 435080
1973 435080
1974 435080
1975 435080
1976 435080
1977 435080
1978 435080
1979 435080
1980 434990
1981 434990
1982 434990
1983 434990
1984 434990
1985 434990
1986 434990
1987 434990
1988 434990
1989 434990
1990 434990
1991 434990
1992 434990
1993 434990
1994 434990
1995 434990
1996 434990
1997 434990
1998 434990
1999 434990
2000 434990
2001 434990
2002 434990
2003 434990
2004 434990
2005 434990
2006 434990
2007 434990
2008 434990
2009 434990
2010 434990
2011 434990
2012 434990
2013 434990
2014 434990
2015 434990
2016 434990
2017 434990
2018 434990
2019 434990
2020 434990
2021 434990
2022

Caribbean small states | 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
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source