Fiji - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Fiji was 18,270 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,270 in 2018 and a minimum value of 18,270 in 1961.

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 18,270
1962 18,270
1963 18,270
1964 18,270
1965 18,270
1966 18,270
1967 18,270
1968 18,270
1969 18,270
1970 18,270
1971 18,270
1972 18,270
1973 18,270
1974 18,270
1975 18,270
1976 18,270
1977 18,270
1978 18,270
1979 18,270
1980 18,270
1981 18,270
1982 18,270
1983 18,270
1984 18,270
1985 18,270
1986 18,270
1987 18,270
1988 18,270
1989 18,270
1990 18,270
1991 18,270
1992 18,270
1993 18,270
1994 18,270
1995 18,270
1996 18,270
1997 18,270
1998 18,270
1999 18,270
2000 18,270
2001 18,270
2002 18,270
2003 18,270
2004 18,270
2005 18,270
2006 18,270
2007 18,270
2008 18,270
2009 18,270
2010 18,270
2011 18,270
2012 18,270
2013 18,270
2014 18,270
2015 18,270
2016 18,270
2017 18,270
2018 18,270

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