Central Europe and the Baltics - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 1,106,266 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,106,380 in 2014 and a minimum value of 1,103,137 in 2008.

Definition: 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.

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

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Year Value
1961 1,105,986
1962 1,105,966
1963 1,105,976
1964 1,105,976
1965 1,105,966
1966 1,105,956
1967 1,105,946
1968 1,105,936
1969 1,105,936
1970 1,105,926
1971 1,105,916
1972 1,105,916
1973 1,105,916
1974 1,105,916
1975 1,105,916
1976 1,105,896
1977 1,105,906
1978 1,105,916
1979 1,105,866
1980 1,105,856
1981 1,105,846
1982 1,105,836
1983 1,105,826
1984 1,105,826
1985 1,105,826
1986 1,105,826
1987 1,105,826
1988 1,105,816
1989 1,104,826
1990 1,104,826
1991 1,104,936
1992 1,104,936
1993 1,104,926
1994 1,104,976
1995 1,104,956
1996 1,105,056
1997 1,105,006
1998 1,104,996
1999 1,105,006
2000 1,104,936
2001 1,104,936
2002 1,103,266
2003 1,103,276
2004 1,103,436
2005 1,103,286
2006 1,103,256
2007 1,103,146
2008 1,103,137
2009 1,104,121
2010 1,104,162
2011 1,104,188
2012 1,103,998
2013 1,105,073
2014 1,106,380
2015 1,106,365
2016 1,106,354
2017 1,106,329
2018 1,106,266
2019 1,106,266
2020 1,106,266
2021 1,106,266

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.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use