United Kingdom - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in United Kingdom was 241,930 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 241,930 in 2021 and a minimum value of 241,930 in 1961.

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 241,930
1962 241,930
1963 241,930
1964 241,930
1965 241,930
1966 241,930
1967 241,930
1968 241,930
1969 241,930
1970 241,930
1971 241,930
1972 241,930
1973 241,930
1974 241,930
1975 241,930
1976 241,930
1977 241,930
1978 241,930
1979 241,930
1980 241,930
1981 241,930
1982 241,930
1983 241,930
1984 241,930
1985 241,930
1986 241,930
1987 241,930
1988 241,930
1989 241,930
1990 241,930
1991 241,930
1992 241,930
1993 241,930
1994 241,930
1995 241,930
1996 241,930
1997 241,930
1998 241,930
1999 241,930
2000 241,930
2001 241,930
2002 241,930
2003 241,930
2004 241,930
2005 241,930
2006 241,930
2007 241,930
2008 241,930
2009 241,930
2010 241,930
2011 241,930
2012 241,930
2013 241,930
2014 241,930
2015 241,930
2016 241,930
2017 241,930
2018 241,930
2019 241,930
2020 241,930
2021 241,930

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