Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source
Spain | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 499780
1962 499780
1963 499780
1964 499780
1965 499780
1966 499780
1967 499780
1968 499780
1969 499780
1970 499780
1971 499780
1972 499780
1973 499780
1974 499750
1975 499630
1976 499570
1977 499540
1978 499530
1979 499540
1980 499470
1981 499460
1982 499460
1983 499430
1984 499440
1985 499440
1986 499440
1987 499440
1988 499440
1989 499440
1990 499440
1991 499440
1992 499440
1993 499440
1994 499440
1995 499440
1996 499440
1997 499440
1998 499440
1999 499440
2000 499000
2001 498520
2002 499040
2003 499210
2004 499180
2005 499090
2006 498980
2007 499110
2008 498800
2009 498660
2010 500010
2011 499880
2012 500210
2013 500210
2014 500210
2015 499661
2016 499564
2017 499547.35
2018 499603.479
2019 499570.036
2020 499556.645
2021 499733.244
2022

Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source