Euro area | Land area (sq. km)

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 2410306
1962 2410306
1963 2410306
1964 2410306
1965 2410306
1966 2410306
1967 2410306
1968 2410306
1969 2410306
1970 2410306
1971 2410306
1972 2410306
1973 2410306
1974 2410276
1975 2410156
1976 2410096
1977 2410066
1978 2410056
1979 2410066
1980 2409996
1981 2409986
1982 2409986
1983 2409956
1984 2409966
1985 2409966
1986 2409966
1987 2409966
1988 2409966
1989 2409966
1990 2409966
1991 2409966
1992 2597403
1993 2645493
1994 2645483
1995 2645473
1996 2645463
1997 2645423
1998 2645393
1999 2645353
2000 2679346.46
2001 2678816.46
2002 2679296.46
2003 2679726.46
2004 2679346.46
2005 2679206.46
2006 2678576.46
2007 2678636.46
2008 2678097.66
2009 2678017.26
2010 2679328.66
2011 2679164.46
2012 2679474.16
2013 2680874.66
2014 2680862.06
2015 2680277.66
2016 2680670.06
2017 2679948.51
2018 2680001.939
2019 2679977.496
2020 2679977.105
2021 2680151.404
2022

Euro area | Land area (sq. km)

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source