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
2410306 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
2410276 1974
2410156 1975
2410096 1976
2410066 1977
2410056 1978
2410066 1979
2409996 1980
2409986 1981
2409986 1982
2409956 1983
2409966 1984
2409966 1985
2409966 1986
2409966 1987
2409966 1988
2409966 1989
2409966 1990
2409966 1991
2597403 1992
2645493 1993
2645483 1994
2645473 1995
2645463 1996
2645423 1997
2645393 1998
2645353 1999
2679346.46 2000
2678816.46 2001
2679296.46 2002
2679726.46 2003
2679346.46 2004
2679206.46 2005
2678576.46 2006
2678636.46 2007
2678097.66 2008
2678017.26 2009
2679328.66 2010
2679164.46 2011
2679474.16 2012
2680874.66 2013
2680862.06 2014
2680277.66 2015
2680670.06 2016
2679948.51 2017
2680001.939 2018
2679977.496 2019
2679977.105 2020
2680151.404 2021
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