Azerbaijan - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Azerbaijan was 86,600 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86,600 in 2018 and a minimum value of 86,600 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 86,600
1962 86,600
1963 86,600
1964 86,600
1965 86,600
1966 86,600
1967 86,600
1968 86,600
1969 86,600
1970 86,600
1971 86,600
1972 86,600
1973 86,600
1974 86,600
1975 86,600
1976 86,600
1977 86,600
1978 86,600
1979 86,600
1980 86,600
1981 86,600
1982 86,600
1983 86,600
1984 86,600
1985 86,600
1986 86,600
1987 86,600
1988 86,600
1989 86,600
1990 86,600
1991 86,600
1992 86,600
1993 86,600
1994 86,600
1995 86,600
1996 86,600
1997 86,600
1998 86,600
1999 86,600
2000 86,600
2001 86,600
2002 86,600
2003 86,600
2004 86,600
2005 86,600
2006 86,600
2007 86,600
2008 86,600
2009 86,600
2010 86,600
2011 86,600
2012 86,600
2013 86,600
2014 86,600
2015 86,600
2016 86,600
2017 86,600
2018 86,600

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