Suriname - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Suriname was 163,820 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 163,820 in 2018 and a minimum value of 163,820 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 163,820
1962 163,820
1963 163,820
1964 163,820
1965 163,820
1966 163,820
1967 163,820
1968 163,820
1969 163,820
1970 163,820
1971 163,820
1972 163,820
1973 163,820
1974 163,820
1975 163,820
1976 163,820
1977 163,820
1978 163,820
1979 163,820
1980 163,820
1981 163,820
1982 163,820
1983 163,820
1984 163,820
1985 163,820
1986 163,820
1987 163,820
1988 163,820
1989 163,820
1990 163,820
1991 163,820
1992 163,820
1993 163,820
1994 163,820
1995 163,820
1996 163,820
1997 163,820
1998 163,820
1999 163,820
2000 163,820
2001 163,820
2002 163,820
2003 163,820
2004 163,820
2005 163,820
2006 163,820
2007 163,820
2008 163,820
2009 163,820
2010 163,820
2011 163,820
2012 163,820
2013 163,820
2014 163,820
2015 163,820
2016 163,820
2017 163,820
2018 163,820

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