Aruba - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Aruba was 180.00 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 180.00 in 2021 and a minimum value of 180.00 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 180.00
1962 180.00
1963 180.00
1964 180.00
1965 180.00
1966 180.00
1967 180.00
1968 180.00
1969 180.00
1970 180.00
1971 180.00
1972 180.00
1973 180.00
1974 180.00
1975 180.00
1976 180.00
1977 180.00
1978 180.00
1979 180.00
1980 180.00
1981 180.00
1982 180.00
1983 180.00
1984 180.00
1985 180.00
1986 180.00
1987 180.00
1988 180.00
1989 180.00
1990 180.00
1991 180.00
1992 180.00
1993 180.00
1994 180.00
1995 180.00
1996 180.00
1997 180.00
1998 180.00
1999 180.00
2000 180.00
2001 180.00
2002 180.00
2003 180.00
2004 180.00
2005 180.00
2006 180.00
2007 180.00
2008 180.00
2009 180.00
2010 180.00
2011 180.00
2012 180.00
2013 180.00
2014 180.00
2015 180.00
2016 180.00
2017 180.00
2018 180.00
2019 180.00
2020 180.00
2021 180.00

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