Cambodia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Cambodia was 181,040 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 181,040 in 2018 and a minimum value of 181,040 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 181,040
1962 181,040
1963 181,040
1964 181,040
1965 181,040
1966 181,040
1967 181,040
1968 181,040
1969 181,040
1970 181,040
1971 181,040
1972 181,040
1973 181,040
1974 181,040
1975 181,040
1976 181,040
1977 181,040
1978 181,040
1979 181,040
1980 181,040
1981 181,040
1982 181,040
1983 181,040
1984 181,040
1985 181,040
1986 181,040
1987 181,040
1988 181,040
1989 181,040
1990 181,040
1991 181,040
1992 181,040
1993 181,040
1994 181,040
1995 181,040
1996 181,040
1997 181,040
1998 181,040
1999 181,040
2000 181,040
2001 181,040
2002 181,040
2003 181,040
2004 181,040
2005 181,040
2006 181,040
2007 181,040
2008 181,040
2009 181,040
2010 181,040
2011 181,040
2012 181,040
2013 181,040
2014 181,040
2015 181,040
2016 181,040
2017 181,040
2018 181,040

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