Croatia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Croatia was 56,590 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56,590 in 2021 and a minimum value of 55,910 in 1961.

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 55,910
1962 55,910
1963 55,910
1964 55,910
1965 55,910
1966 55,910
1967 55,910
1968 55,910
1969 55,910
1970 55,910
1971 55,910
1972 55,910
1973 55,910
1974 55,910
1975 55,910
1976 55,910
1977 55,910
1978 55,910
1979 55,910
1980 55,910
1981 55,910
1982 55,910
1983 55,910
1984 55,910
1985 55,910
1986 55,910
1987 55,910
1988 55,910
1989 55,910
1990 55,910
1991 55,910
1992 55,910
1993 55,910
1994 55,910
1995 55,910
1996 55,980
1997 55,980
1998 55,910
1999 55,910
2000 55,910
2001 55,910
2002 55,910
2003 55,910
2004 55,960
2005 55,960
2006 55,960
2007 55,960
2008 55,960
2009 55,960
2010 55,960
2011 55,960
2012 55,960
2013 55,960
2014 56,590
2015 56,590
2016 56,590
2017 56,590
2018 56,590
2019 56,590
2020 56,590
2021 56,590

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