Croatia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Croatia was 88,070 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88,073 in 2017 and a minimum value of 56,540 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 56,540
1962 56,540
1963 56,540
1964 56,540
1965 56,540
1966 56,540
1967 56,540
1968 56,540
1969 56,540
1970 56,540
1971 56,540
1972 56,540
1973 56,540
1974 56,540
1975 56,540
1976 56,540
1977 56,540
1978 56,540
1979 56,540
1980 56,540
1981 56,540
1982 56,540
1983 56,540
1984 56,540
1985 56,540
1986 56,540
1987 56,540
1988 56,540
1989 56,540
1990 56,540
1991 56,540
1992 56,540
1993 56,540
1994 56,540
1995 56,540
1996 56,610
1997 56,610
1998 56,540
1999 56,540
2000 56,540
2001 56,540
2002 56,540
2003 56,540
2004 56,590
2005 56,590
2006 56,590
2007 56,590
2008 56,590
2009 56,590
2010 56,590
2011 56,590
2012 88,073
2013 88,073
2014 88,073
2015 88,073
2016 88,073
2017 88,073
2018 88,070

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