Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | 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
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 23236282
1962 23236282
1963 23236282
1964 23236282
1965 23236282
1966 23236282
1967 23236282
1968 23236282
1969 23236282
1970 23236282
1971 23236282
1972 23236282
1973 23236282
1974 23236282
1975 23236282
1976 23236282
1977 23236282
1978 23236282
1979 23236282
1980 23236282
1981 23236282
1982 23236282
1983 23236282
1984 23236282
1985 23236282
1986 23236282
1987 23236282
1988 23236282
1989 23236282
1990 23236282
1991 23236282
1992 23236282
1993 23236352
1994 23236352
1995 23236362
1996 23236362
1997 23236352
1998 23236352
1999 23236352
2000 23233055
2001 23233055
2002 23233055
2003 23233055
2004 23233075
2005 23233075
2006 23233075
2007 23233075
2008 23233075
2009 23233074
2010 23233084
2011 23233084
2012 23233084
2013 23233084
2014 23231910
2015 23236735
2016 23236736
2017 23236736
2018 23236736
2019 23236735
2020 23233374
2021 23233393
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Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | 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
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source