Moldova - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Moldova was 32,885 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32,950 in 1993 and a minimum value of 32,850 in 2010.

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 32,870
1962 32,870
1963 32,870
1964 32,870
1965 32,870
1966 32,870
1967 32,870
1968 32,870
1969 32,870
1970 32,870
1971 32,870
1972 32,870
1973 32,870
1974 32,870
1975 32,870
1976 32,870
1977 32,870
1978 32,870
1979 32,870
1980 32,870
1981 32,870
1982 32,870
1983 32,870
1984 32,870
1985 32,870
1986 32,870
1987 32,870
1988 32,870
1989 32,870
1990 32,870
1991 32,870
1992 32,870
1993 32,950
1994 32,940
1995 32,930
1996 32,930
1997 32,920
1998 32,910
1999 32,900
2000 32,880
2001 32,880
2002 32,880
2003 32,870
2004 32,880
2005 32,890
2006 32,890
2007 32,890
2008 32,890
2009 32,890
2010 32,850
2011 32,850
2012 32,860
2013 32,880
2014 32,880
2015 32,880
2016 32,880
2017 32,890
2018 32,885
2019 32,885
2020 32,885
2021 32,885

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