Cyprus - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Cyprus was 9,240 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,240 in 2021 and a minimum value of 9,240 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 9,240
1962 9,240
1963 9,240
1964 9,240
1965 9,240
1966 9,240
1967 9,240
1968 9,240
1969 9,240
1970 9,240
1971 9,240
1972 9,240
1973 9,240
1974 9,240
1975 9,240
1976 9,240
1977 9,240
1978 9,240
1979 9,240
1980 9,240
1981 9,240
1982 9,240
1983 9,240
1984 9,240
1985 9,240
1986 9,240
1987 9,240
1988 9,240
1989 9,240
1990 9,240
1991 9,240
1992 9,240
1993 9,240
1994 9,240
1995 9,240
1996 9,240
1997 9,240
1998 9,240
1999 9,240
2000 9,240
2001 9,240
2002 9,240
2003 9,240
2004 9,240
2005 9,240
2006 9,240
2007 9,240
2008 9,240
2009 9,240
2010 9,240
2011 9,240
2012 9,240
2013 9,240
2014 9,240
2015 9,240
2016 9,240
2017 9,240
2018 9,240
2019 9,240
2020 9,240
2021 9,240

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