Euro area - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Euro area was 2,760,429 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,760,429 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,757,455 in 2000.

Definition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

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

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Year Value
1961 2,758,384
1962 2,758,384
1963 2,758,384
1964 2,758,384
1965 2,758,384
1966 2,758,384
1967 2,758,384
1968 2,758,384
1969 2,758,384
1970 2,758,384
1971 2,758,384
1972 2,758,384
1973 2,758,384
1974 2,758,384
1975 2,758,384
1976 2,758,384
1977 2,758,384
1978 2,758,384
1979 2,758,384
1980 2,758,384
1981 2,758,384
1982 2,758,384
1983 2,758,384
1984 2,758,384
1985 2,758,384
1986 2,758,384
1987 2,758,384
1988 2,758,384
1989 2,758,384
1990 2,758,384
1991 2,758,384
1992 2,758,384
1993 2,758,404
1994 2,758,414
1995 2,758,434
1996 2,758,444
1997 2,758,444
1998 2,758,444
1999 2,758,444
2000 2,757,455
2001 2,757,475
2002 2,757,785
2003 2,758,135
2004 2,757,845
2005 2,757,865
2006 2,758,165
2007 2,758,145
2008 2,758,160
2009 2,758,296
2010 2,758,480
2011 2,758,462
2012 2,758,832
2013 2,759,542
2014 2,759,644
2015 2,759,683
2016 2,759,869
2017 2,759,674
2018 2,760,429

Development Relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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