Europe & Central Asia | 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
Records
63
Source
Europe & Central Asia | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 5483173.727
1962 5483153.727
1963 5483163.727
1964 5483163.727
1965 5483153.727
1966 5483143.727
1967 5483133.727
1968 5483123.727
1969 5483123.727
1970 5483113.727
1971 5483103.727
1972 5483103.727
1973 5483103.727
1974 5483073.727
1975 5482953.727
1976 5482873.727
1977 5482853.727
1978 5482853.727
1979 5482814.437
1980 5482734.437
1981 5482714.437
1982 5482704.437
1983 5482664.437
1984 5482674.517
1985 5482674.597
1986 5482674.677
1987 5482674.757
1988 5482664.837
1989 5481674.917
1990 5481674.997
1991 5481785.077
1992 27114827.157
1993 27236451.237
1994 27231617.317
1995 27228617.397
1996 27228272.181
1997 27297611.964
1998 27300059.746
1999 27306847.527
2000 27344059.768
2001 27342569.547
2002 27341867.326
2003 27342375.104
2004 27342358.881
2005 27342279.657
2006 27438907.432
2007 27438749.207
2008 27437291.809
2009 27438179.811
2010 27439415.612
2011 27439247.813
2012 27439386.915
2013 27440674.775
2014 27440271.616
2015 27444550.257
2016 27444905.087
2017 27444169.807
2018 27444846.536
2019 27444670.143
2020 27440570.424
2021 27440754.488
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Europe & Central Asia | 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
Records
63
Source