Faroe Islands | 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
Faroe Islands
Records
63
Source
Faroe Islands | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1396 1961
1396 1962
1396 1963
1396 1964
1396 1965
1396 1966
1396 1967
1396 1968
1396 1969
1396 1970
1396 1971
1396 1972
1396 1973
1396 1974
1396 1975
1396 1976
1396 1977
1396 1978
1396 1979
1396 1980
1396 1981
1396 1982
1396 1983
1396 1984
1396 1985
1396 1986
1396 1987
1396 1988
1396 1989
1396 1990
1396 1991
1396 1992
1396 1993
1396 1994
1396 1995
1396 1996
1396 1997
1396 1998
1396 1999
1396 2000
1396 2001
1396 2002
1396 2003
1396 2004
1396 2005
1396 2006
1396 2007
1396 2008
1396 2009
1396 2010
1396 2011
1396 2012
1396 2013
1396 2014
1396 2015
1396 2016
1396 2017
1396 2018
1396 2019
12959.67 2020
12960 2021
2022
Faroe Islands | 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
Faroe Islands
Records
63
Source