Netherlands - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Netherlands was 41,540 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41,540 in 2018 and a minimum value of 41,530 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 41,530
1962 41,530
1963 41,530
1964 41,530
1965 41,530
1966 41,530
1967 41,530
1968 41,530
1969 41,530
1970 41,530
1971 41,530
1972 41,530
1973 41,530
1974 41,530
1975 41,530
1976 41,530
1977 41,530
1978 41,530
1979 41,530
1980 41,530
1981 41,530
1982 41,530
1983 41,530
1984 41,530
1985 41,530
1986 41,530
1987 41,530
1988 41,530
1989 41,530
1990 41,530
1991 41,530
1992 41,530
1993 41,530
1994 41,530
1995 41,530
1996 41,530
1997 41,530
1998 41,530
1999 41,530
2000 41,530
2001 41,530
2002 41,530
2003 41,530
2004 41,530
2005 41,540
2006 41,540
2007 41,540
2008 41,540
2009 41,540
2010 41,540
2011 41,540
2012 41,540
2013 41,540
2014 41,540
2015 41,540
2016 41,540
2017 41,540
2018 41,540

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