Cyprus - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Cyprus was 9,250 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,251 in 2017 and a minimum value of 9,250 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 9,250
1962 9,250
1963 9,250
1964 9,250
1965 9,250
1966 9,250
1967 9,250
1968 9,250
1969 9,250
1970 9,250
1971 9,250
1972 9,250
1973 9,250
1974 9,250
1975 9,250
1976 9,250
1977 9,250
1978 9,250
1979 9,250
1980 9,250
1981 9,250
1982 9,250
1983 9,250
1984 9,250
1985 9,250
1986 9,250
1987 9,250
1988 9,250
1989 9,250
1990 9,250
1991 9,250
1992 9,250
1993 9,250
1994 9,250
1995 9,250
1996 9,250
1997 9,250
1998 9,250
1999 9,250
2000 9,250
2001 9,250
2002 9,250
2003 9,250
2004 9,250
2005 9,250
2006 9,250
2007 9,250
2008 9,250
2009 9,250
2010 9,250
2011 9,250
2012 9,250
2013 9,250
2014 9,251
2015 9,251
2016 9,251
2017 9,251
2018 9,250

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