Jamaica | 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
Jamaica
Records
63
Source
Jamaica | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 10990
1962 10990
1963 10990
1964 10990
1965 10990
1966 10990
1967 10990
1968 10990
1969 10990
1970 10990
1971 10990
1972 10990
1973 10990
1974 10990
1975 10990
1976 10990
1977 10990
1978 10990
1979 10990
1980 10990
1981 10990
1982 10990
1983 10990
1984 10990
1985 10990
1986 10990
1987 10990
1988 10990
1989 10990
1990 10990
1991 10990
1992 10990
1993 10990
1994 10990
1995 10990
1996 10990
1997 10990
1998 10990
1999 10990
2000 10990
2001 10990
2002 10990
2003 10990
2004 10990
2005 10990
2006 10990
2007 10990
2008 10990
2009 10990
2010 10990
2011 10990
2012 10990
2013 10990
2014 10990
2015 10990
2016 10990
2017 10990
2018 10990
2019 10990
2020 10990
2021 10990
2022

Jamaica | 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
Jamaica
Records
63
Source