Estonia - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Estonia was 43,470 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43,470 in 2021 and a minimum value of 42,390 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 42,390
1962 42,390
1963 42,390
1964 42,390
1965 42,390
1966 42,390
1967 42,390
1968 42,390
1969 42,390
1970 42,390
1971 42,390
1972 42,390
1973 42,390
1974 42,390
1975 42,390
1976 42,390
1977 42,390
1978 42,390
1979 42,390
1980 42,390
1981 42,390
1982 42,390
1983 42,390
1984 42,390
1985 42,390
1986 42,390
1987 42,390
1988 42,390
1989 42,390
1990 42,390
1991 42,390
1992 42,390
1993 42,390
1994 42,390
1995 42,390
1996 42,390
1997 42,390
1998 42,390
1999 42,390
2000 42,390
2001 42,390
2002 42,390
2003 42,390
2004 42,390
2005 42,390
2006 42,390
2007 42,390
2008 42,390
2009 42,390
2010 42,390
2011 42,390
2012 42,390
2013 43,470
2014 43,470
2015 43,470
2016 43,470
2017 43,470
2018 43,470
2019 43,470
2020 43,470
2021 43,470

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