Euro area - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Euro area was 2,682,453 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,682,453 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,676,306 in 2009.

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 2,678,692
1962 2,678,692
1963 2,678,692
1964 2,678,692
1965 2,678,692
1966 2,678,692
1967 2,678,692
1968 2,678,692
1969 2,678,692
1970 2,678,692
1971 2,678,692
1972 2,678,692
1973 2,678,692
1974 2,678,662
1975 2,678,542
1976 2,678,482
1977 2,678,452
1978 2,678,442
1979 2,678,452
1980 2,678,382
1981 2,678,372
1982 2,678,372
1983 2,678,342
1984 2,678,352
1985 2,678,352
1986 2,678,352
1987 2,678,352
1988 2,678,352
1989 2,678,352
1990 2,678,352
1991 2,678,352
1992 2,678,352
1993 2,678,342
1994 2,678,332
1995 2,678,322
1996 2,678,312
1997 2,678,272
1998 2,678,242
1999 2,678,202
2000 2,677,623
2001 2,677,093
2002 2,677,573
2003 2,678,033
2004 2,677,653
2005 2,677,513
2006 2,676,883
2007 2,676,941
2008 2,676,402
2009 2,676,306
2010 2,677,670
2011 2,677,456
2012 2,677,739
2013 2,679,126
2014 2,679,056
2015 2,678,458
2016 2,678,841
2017 2,678,829
2018 2,682,453
2019 2,682,453
2020 2,682,453
2021 2,682,453

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