Estonia | 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 Estonia
Records
63
Source
Estonia | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 45230
1962 45230
1963 45230
1964 45230
1965 45230
1966 45230
1967 45230
1968 45230
1969 45230
1970 45230
1971 45230
1972 45230
1973 45230
1974 45230
1975 45230
1976 45230
1977 45230
1978 45230
1979 45230
1980 45230
1981 45230
1982 45230
1983 45230
1984 45230
1985 45230
1986 45230
1987 45230
1988 45230
1989 45230
1990 45230
1991 45230
1992 45230
1993 45230
1994 45230
1995 45230
1996 45230
1997 45230
1998 45230
1999 45230
2000 45230
2001 45230
2002 45230
2003 45230
2004 45230
2005 45230
2006 45230
2007 45230
2008 45230
2009 45230
2010 45230
2011 45230
2012 45230
2013 45340
2014 45340
2015 45340
2016 45340
2017 45340
2018 45340
2019 45340
2020 45340
2021 45340
2022
Estonia | 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 Estonia
Records
63
Source