Eritrea - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Eritrea was 117,600 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 117,600 in 2018 and a minimum value of 117,600 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 117,600
1962 117,600
1963 117,600
1964 117,600
1965 117,600
1966 117,600
1967 117,600
1968 117,600
1969 117,600
1970 117,600
1971 117,600
1972 117,600
1973 117,600
1974 117,600
1975 117,600
1976 117,600
1977 117,600
1978 117,600
1979 117,600
1980 117,600
1981 117,600
1982 117,600
1983 117,600
1984 117,600
1985 117,600
1986 117,600
1987 117,600
1988 117,600
1989 117,600
1990 117,600
1991 117,600
1992 117,600
1993 117,600
1994 117,600
1995 117,600
1996 117,600
1997 117,600
1998 117,600
1999 117,600
2000 117,600
2001 117,600
2002 117,600
2003 117,600
2004 117,600
2005 117,600
2006 117,600
2007 117,600
2008 117,600
2009 117,600
2010 117,600
2011 117,600
2012 117,600
2013 117,600
2014 117,600
2015 117,600
2016 117,600
2017 117,600
2018 117,600

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