Austria - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Austria was 83,879 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83,879 in 2018 and a minimum value of 83,879 in 1961.

Definition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 83,879
1962 83,879
1963 83,879
1964 83,879
1965 83,879
1966 83,879
1967 83,879
1968 83,879
1969 83,879
1970 83,879
1971 83,879
1972 83,879
1973 83,879
1974 83,879
1975 83,879
1976 83,879
1977 83,879
1978 83,879
1979 83,879
1980 83,879
1981 83,879
1982 83,879
1983 83,879
1984 83,879
1985 83,879
1986 83,879
1987 83,879
1988 83,879
1989 83,879
1990 83,879
1991 83,879
1992 83,879
1993 83,879
1994 83,879
1995 83,879
1996 83,879
1997 83,879
1998 83,879
1999 83,879
2000 83,879
2001 83,879
2002 83,879
2003 83,879
2004 83,879
2005 83,879
2006 83,879
2007 83,879
2008 83,879
2009 83,879
2010 83,879
2011 83,879
2012 83,879
2013 83,879
2014 83,879
2015 83,879
2016 83,879
2017 83,879
2018 83,879

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.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use