Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
2758419 1961
2758419 1962
2758419 1963
2758419 1964
2758419 1965
2758419 1966
2758419 1967
2758419 1968
2758419 1969
2758419 1970
2758419 1971
2758419 1972
2758419 1973
2758419 1974
2758419 1975
2758419 1976
2758419 1977
2758419 1978
2758419 1979
2758419 1980
2758419 1981
2758419 1982
2758419 1983
2758419 1984
2758419 1985
2758419 1986
2758419 1987
2758419 1988
2758419 1989
2758419 1990
2758419 1991
2758419 1992
2758439 1993
2758449 1994
2758469 1995
2758479 1996
2758479 1997
2758479 1998
2758479 1999
2758219 2000
2758239 2001
2758549 2002
2758899 2003
2758609 2004
2758629 2005
2758929 2006
2758909 2007
2758924 2008
2759059 2009
2759296 2010
2759305 2011
2759675 2012
2760375.2 2013
2760396.6 2014
2760436.6 2015
2760621.6 2016
2760426.83 2017
2760451.889 2018
2760460.796 2019
2760483.761 2020
2760488.464 2021
2022
Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source