Slovenia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Slovenia was 20,480 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,675 in 2016 and a minimum value of 20,270 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 20,270
1962 20,270
1963 20,270
1964 20,270
1965 20,270
1966 20,270
1967 20,270
1968 20,270
1969 20,270
1970 20,270
1971 20,270
1972 20,270
1973 20,270
1974 20,270
1975 20,270
1976 20,270
1977 20,270
1978 20,270
1979 20,270
1980 20,270
1981 20,270
1982 20,270
1983 20,270
1984 20,270
1985 20,270
1986 20,270
1987 20,270
1988 20,270
1989 20,270
1990 20,270
1991 20,270
1992 20,270
1993 20,270
1994 20,270
1995 20,270
1996 20,270
1997 20,270
1998 20,270
1999 20,270
2000 20,270
2001 20,270
2002 20,270
2003 20,270
2004 20,270
2005 20,270
2006 20,270
2007 20,270
2008 20,270
2009 20,270
2010 20,270
2011 20,270
2012 20,270
2013 20,675
2014 20,675
2015 20,675
2016 20,675
2017 20,480
2018 20,480

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