Albania - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Albania was 27,400 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27,400 in 2021 and a minimum value of 27,400 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 27,400
1962 27,400
1963 27,400
1964 27,400
1965 27,400
1966 27,400
1967 27,400
1968 27,400
1969 27,400
1970 27,400
1971 27,400
1972 27,400
1973 27,400
1974 27,400
1975 27,400
1976 27,400
1977 27,400
1978 27,400
1979 27,400
1980 27,400
1981 27,400
1982 27,400
1983 27,400
1984 27,400
1985 27,400
1986 27,400
1987 27,400
1988 27,400
1989 27,400
1990 27,400
1991 27,400
1992 27,400
1993 27,400
1994 27,400
1995 27,400
1996 27,400
1997 27,400
1998 27,400
1999 27,400
2000 27,400
2001 27,400
2002 27,400
2003 27,400
2004 27,400
2005 27,400
2006 27,400
2007 27,400
2008 27,400
2009 27,400
2010 27,400
2011 27,400
2012 27,400
2013 27,400
2014 27,400
2015 27,400
2016 27,400
2017 27,400
2018 27,400
2019 27,400
2020 27,400
2021 27,400

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