Hungary - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Hungary was 93,030 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 93,030 in 2018 and a minimum value of 93,030 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 93,030
1962 93,030
1963 93,030
1964 93,030
1965 93,030
1966 93,030
1967 93,030
1968 93,030
1969 93,030
1970 93,030
1971 93,030
1972 93,030
1973 93,030
1974 93,030
1975 93,030
1976 93,030
1977 93,030
1978 93,030
1979 93,030
1980 93,030
1981 93,030
1982 93,030
1983 93,030
1984 93,030
1985 93,030
1986 93,030
1987 93,030
1988 93,030
1989 93,030
1990 93,030
1991 93,030
1992 93,030
1993 93,030
1994 93,030
1995 93,030
1996 93,030
1997 93,030
1998 93,030
1999 93,030
2000 93,030
2001 93,030
2002 93,030
2003 93,030
2004 93,030
2005 93,030
2006 93,030
2007 93,030
2008 93,030
2009 93,030
2010 93,030
2011 93,030
2012 93,030
2013 93,030
2014 93,030
2015 93,030
2016 93,030
2017 93,030
2018 93,030

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