Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1444290
1962 1444290
1963 1444290
1964 1444290
1965 1444290
1966 1444290
1967 1444290
1968 1444290
1969 1444290
1970 1444290
1971 1444290
1972 1444290
1973 1444290
1974 1444290
1975 1444290
1976 1444290
1977 1444290
1978 1444290
1979 1444290
1980 1444290
1981 1444290
1982 1444290
1983 1444290
1984 1444290
1985 1444290
1986 1444290
1987 1444290
1988 1444290
1989 1443300
1990 1443300
1991 1443410
1992 22889015
1993 22885289
1994 22880465
1995 22877475
1996 22877141
1997 22877832
1998 22880311
1999 22887140
2000 22890540
2001 22889581
2002 22888400
2003 22888479
2004 22888854
2005 22888926
2006 22986195
2007 22985978
2008 22985070
2009 22985119
2010 22985054
2011 22985051
2012 22984881
2013 22984900
2014 22983795
2015 22988615
2016 22988623
2017 22988632
2018 22988690.3
2019 22988583.9
2020 22985330.6
2021 22985363
2022

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source