Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source
Spain | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
505990 1961
505990 1962
505990 1963
505990 1964
505990 1965
505990 1966
505990 1967
505990 1968
505990 1969
505990 1970
505990 1971
505990 1972
505990 1973
505990 1974
505990 1975
505990 1976
505990 1977
505990 1978
505990 1979
505990 1980
505990 1981
505990 1982
505990 1983
505990 1984
505990 1985
505990 1986
505990 1987
505990 1988
505990 1989
505990 1990
505990 1991
505990 1992
505990 1993
505990 1994
505990 1995
505990 1996
505990 1997
505990 1998
505990 1999
505000 2000
505020 2001
505320 2002
505370 2003
505370 2004
505370 2005
505370 2006
505370 2007
505370 2008
505370 2009
505600 2010
505600 2011
505940 2012
505940 2013
505940 2014
505924 2015
505935 2016
505935.23 2017
505957.289 2018
505952.796 2019
505969.891 2020
505964.594 2021
2022
Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source